The Uruguayan athlete María Pía Fernández broke the national record for the 1,500 meters in Spain, surpassing her previous mark from 2019 and adding important points for qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Their performance took place at the Desafío Nerja, a tournament that was part of the World Continental Tour carried out by World Athletics and which was held in Malaga, Spain. There, the 29-year-old Trinidadian completed the competition with a time of 4:07.90 and placed fourth.
The record, from October 2019 at the Doha World Cup, was 4:09.45, so he improved it by more than a second, and with the new record it becomes the third continental historical mark. He is currently located in Olympic classification positions by ranking, occupying 44th place out of 45 that are available in the 1,500 meters, but with this new record he will supplant one of his five marks and for the next update he will improve several positions.
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The ranking is made up of the best five performances of each athlete in the period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.
#Athletics María Pía Fernández broke the national record for the 1500 meters at the “Desafío Nerja” in Málaga, Spain.
The Uruguayan went with a time of 4:07.90, leaving behind her previous record of 4:09.45 from the Doha World Cup in 2019.
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On the other hand, also thinking about the Olympic Games, Mikael Aprahamian competed in the Abu Dhabi Judo World Cup and fell in the first round of the up to 81 kilogram category with the British Lachlan Moorhead by ippon, and was unable to access the next phase. of the competition, but still maintains a qualifying position.
The Uruguayan is in the continental quota position through the ranking of the International Judo Federation, something that must be maintained until June 23, when the count closes.
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