The march opened Tokyo’s Athletics World Cups and did it back to Spain with the Maria Pérez’s gold in the 35 kilometers. Granada ratified its status as a best Spanish marching in history. Six medals in large competition. María defended the title achieved two years ago in Budapest and ratified her dominance of discipline with an extraordinary exhibition that served to march alone in the last twelve kilometers. He tasted gold in 2h39: 01. La Plata went to the Italian Antonella Palmisano (2h42: 24) and bronze for the Ecuadorian Paula Torres (2h42: 44).
In 23, Orce’s laughed with an unbearable rhythm for the four athletes who accompanied her. First the Peruvian García León and the China Peng fell. The Ecuadorian Torres resisted a little more. Antonella Palmisano, her friend and training partner, was the last to resign thanks to the unbearable rhythm of the Spanish. «I arrive at the World Cups in a good moment, even better than the games. I am happy with the work and with the summer I have done to get in the best possible way, ”said Maria before Tokyo. And the test that the championships premiered ratified it with scandalous sufficiency. In just four kilometers he put more than a minute of difference to Italian and two to China and Ecuadorian. The last section could even regulate thinking about the 20 kilometers of the next weekend. Reissue Budapest’s double is a real option.
The exceptional role of the Spanish expedition was completed by Raquel González and Cristina Montesinos with their finalists: sixth and seventh, respectively.
In the male test the gold went to Canadian Evan Dunfee (2h28: 22) after the Japanese Katsuki and Kawano marked a suicide rhythm that they ended up paying. The silver went to the Brazilian Bonfim (2h28: 55) and the bronze for the Japanese Katsuki (2h29: 16). Daniel Chamosa, sixth and therefore finalist, was the first Spaniard with the best career of his life. Miguel Ángel López was twelfth and Manuel Bermúdez, tenth fourth.
