Portugal takes five athletes to the 35 km march of the World Athletics Championships
World Championships of Athletics are disputed in July in Eugene, United States.
Portugal will have five athletes, including world runner-up João Vieira, who will compete in the 35 km march of the World Athletics Championships, which will be held in July in Eugene, United States.
The deadline to achieve marks for Oregon’2022 – as they are known – ended on Sunday and of the athletes expected to be in the top-60 of the ranking, only Hélder Santos misses the goal.
A month ago, it was 60th on the list and closed the group of those who would be representatives, but now it drops to 64th and is dependent on dropouts among those who are better positioned.
Even with a slight drop, João Vieira (silver for three years in the 50 km march) is a quiet 42nd, while Rui Coelho’s 60th place is on a tangent, unless results for the weekend are yet to be accounted for. .
Among the women, the best positioned is the former 50 km champion Inês Henriques, who enters in 33rd, for a list also of 60 marchers. Further back, Vitória Oliveira is 42nd and Sandra Silva is 60th.
In the 20 km there are still almost four weeks for the maintenance of marks, since the deadline only closes on June 26.
Cabecinha, thanks to the results in the Grandes de Rio Maior and Madrid, climbs three places to 40th, for a race that is also Prêmios da Ana good 60.
At this distance, there are no more Portuguese in the ranking zone or close by.
Qualified by brand (minimum), are currently Lorene Bazolo (100 and 200 meters), Cátia Azevedo (400 meters), Marta Pen (1,500 meters), Solange Jesus (marathon), Patrícia Mamona (triple jump), Auriol Dongmo (launch ) of weight) and Liliana Cá (release of the record).
The triumph in the Ibero-American reinforcements the position of Jessica Inchude in weight, going from 27th to 24th, so her trip to the World Cup is practically certain.
Also by ranking well underway Elise Veiga (25th in compliance), Irina Rodrigues (26th in the discus), Isaac Nader (42nd in the 1.50 meters), Tiago Pereira (15th in the triple), Francisco Belo (26th without weight) and Leandro Ramos (16th without javelin).
Etson Barros is 48th in the 3,000-meter hurdles, three places below the limit, but his position still doesn’t reflect his excellent personal record at the meeting in Huelva, on Wednesday, so it’s certain that he’ll go up.
A totally different situation is the Olympic triple champion, Pedro Pichardo, who appears with a wild card for being the first in the 2021 Diamond League – without which he also has a brand.
Nelson Évora, still the first European in, came to appear as qualified for the title of this continental title, but he has not yet qualified at this time and his entry into the Portuguese competition for Oregon’2022 has already been ruled out.