This Wednesday, Portugal’s Isaac Nader is in danger of winning a third medal for Portugal in the 1500m at the 2024 European Championships in Rome, on the final day of competition in which Agathe Sousa and the men’s 4x400m relay are also competing in the final.
The 24-year-old Benfica midfielder enters the 1500m final with the third fastest time of the year on record, just behind Norway’s Jakog Ingebrigtsen and France’s Azeddine Habz, having already faced them in a tough semi-final. in which I had to recover after falling on the last lap.
The Algarve native finished sixth, but the rest of the athletes involved in the fall were reinstated in the final, scheduled for 22:26 local time (21:26 Lisbon time), closing the individual competition program of the 26th championship. Europe.
After winning the gold medal in the 5000m, Ingebrigtsen is hoping to win his second title in Rome in 2024, a distance at which he is the Olympic champion and second in the world behind the absent Josh Kerr, holder of the best European record in the 5000m. year (3:29.79), ahead of Khabz (3:30.80) and Nader (3:30.84).
Before the 1500m, the Portuguese 4×400 relay competes in the final, making its first appearance at the European Championships after Poland’s disqualification qualified with a national record and in the semi-finals for the seventh time.
On Tuesday, Omar Elkhatib, Ricardo dos Santos, Joao Coelho and Eriksson Tavares improved by more than a second the previous national best of 3.03.59 minutes achieved by the university team in August 2022 with Joao Coelho, Mauro. Pereira, Eriksson Tavares and Ricardo dos Santos.
Agathe Souza is another Portuguese finalist competing on the sixth and final day of the 26th European Championships, where she arrived with the third best European mark of the year (6.88), behind Germany’s Malaika Mihambo (6.95, who had already jumped these championships at 7.03) and Mikael Assani (6.91).
The 24-year-old Benfica jumper set a Sao Tome and Principe personal best of 7.03, scoring 6.72 in her first qualifying jump to secure fourth place at the event.
Also this Wednesday, before the start of the day at 19:30, Pedro Pablo Pichardo will receive Portugal’s 40th European Championship medal, silver in the triple jump, in a ceremony planned outside the Olympic Stadium.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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