The Argentine long distance runner Florence Borelli reached the mark sufficient to access the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, after finishing the Seville athletics marathon, in Spain.
The athlete from Mar del Plata, 31 years old, He recorded a total time of 2 hours for the 42,195 kilometers of travel. 24m. 19s., which allowed him to reach ninth place in the general women’s classification.
Borelli, who broke the South American record held by the Ecuadorian Silvia Patricia Ortiz (last December she achieved 2h. 24m. 50s., in Valencia), also improved her personal record, which stood at 2h. 26m. 54s., two years ago, also in Seville.
The athlete from Mar del Plata, silver medalist in the last Pan American Games Santiago de Chile 2023, achieved the minimum mark to qualify for the Olympic event, which will begin next July in the French capital.
The Buenos Aires Daiana Ocampo, For his part, he returned to high competition at a very good level and achieved a time of 2 hours. 27m. 16s., which placed her among the three Argentine athletes who broke 2h. 30m. for the distance. The remaining one is the chacoña Marcela Cristina Gomez, who established 2h. 28m. 58s., in Seville 2020.
The missionary Chiara Mainetti finished the test in 2 hours. 33m. 26s., while María Luján Urrutia from Tandil abandoned.
In the male branch, meanwhile, the Tucumán Pedro Gomez It took 2 hours. 10m. 39s., which improved his personal record and achieved the fourth best national record throughout history.
The jujeño Miguel Maza He covered the distance in 2 hours. 15 m. 52s. and he was also able to break the time he held. Miguel Barzola from Braga, representative of Argentine athletics at the London 2012 Olympic Games, did not finish the race.
Among the men, the winner was the Ethiopian Deresa Geleta, with 2h. 03m. 27s., followed by the Frenchman Morhad Amdouni (2h. 03m. 47s.) and the Israeli Gashau Ayele (2h. 04m. 53s.).
Among the women, however, the victory was in the hands of the Ethiopian, Azmera Gebru, with a time of 2 hours. 22m. 13s., escorted by Kenyans Josephine Chepkoech (2h. 22m.38s.) and Magdalyne Masai (2h. 22m. 51s.), respectively.
He Seville marathon It included a heartfelt tribute to the Kenyan distance runner, Kelvin Kiptum, to whose memory 42 seconds of silence were paid at the start. The African sprinter died last Monday, due to a serious car accident in the town of Kaptagat, in his native country.
This way, Argentina already has more than 90 athletes in 13 sports for the event that will officially begin next Friday, July 26 in the capital of France. With the recent ticket that the men’s soccer team got, there are 18 new places taking into account the number of players that the Jefecito will be able to take to the competition.
So far, Argentina has safe participation in: athletics (marathon), soccer, shooting, sprint canoeing, swimming, modern pentathlon, tennis, horse riding, field hockey, handball, sailing, cycling and rugby sevens.
Source: Ambito
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