Portugal with 23 athletes in the World Athletics Championships | Other Modalities
Pedro Pablo Pichardo, Olympic triple jump champion, leads the published list of 23 Portuguese men called up for the World Athletics Championships, to compete in Eugene, in the States, and which includes Mariana Machado, in the 5,000 meters.
In a statement, the Portuguese Athletics Federation (FPA) confirmed the presence of 23 athletes in the world championships, which will compete on the 15th and the July disputes, recapping the Sporting de Braga middle distance runner 4th in the ‘ranking’ and 2nd most. marathon runner Solange Jesus, who will compete in the European Championships in Munich.
Sixth largest by day 1999 in Berlin 24 in Seville 1999 and 24 in 1993 and 2011 – equal to 30 out of 30 in Tokyo 1995 and in Berlin 24 in Est. 2007.
In addition to Pichardo, Olympic champion and winner of the Diamond League in 2021, the Portuguese team Patrícia Mamona, silver medal in the triple in Tokyo 2020, João Vieira, fourth in the 50 km of the last Olympic Games and runner-up of the Olympic in Doha 2019, Auriol Dongmo, holder of the best mark of the year in the shot put (20.43 meters) and fourth in Tokyo 2020, and Inês Henriques, the last Portuguese world champion, in London 2017 in the 50 march, which will present at distances of 20 and 35.
João Vieira, the only medalist in Doha 2019, will become the Portuguese with the most presence in the competition (12) in the debut of the 35 in World Cups, will sell with Rui Coelho, while Henriques will have the company of Sandra Silva and Vitória Oliveira in this distance. National record holders Ana Cabecinha and Carolina Costa are like other participants in the 20 km march.
The female representation is again mostly in the Portuguese team, with 16 athletes, including Lorene Bazolo (100 and 200 meters), Cátia Azevedo (400 meters), Vera Barbosa (400 meters hurdles), Marta Pen (1,500 meters) ), Mariana Machado (5,000 meters), Evelise Veiga (long jump), Jessica Inchude (shot put) Liliana Cá (discus throw) and Irina Rodrigues (discus throw).
In the men’s sector, in addition to Pichar and Vieira, Portugal will be men’s jump by Isaac Nader (1st men’s jump), march).
Tal in Tokyo Tokyo, in Paris, returns to the qualifying mark, at 29.04 hours, at 02:29.04 hours, with the presence in the distance of the athletes present (52), despite Jesus having more luck in the proving, in Paris, in 02 :29.04 hours the presence in the European championships.
The 2022 World Championships in Athletics will be held in Eugene, Oregon, between July 15th and 24th.
Portugal has won 21 medals in World Athletics, six of which were gold, by Rosa Mota, in the marathon, in Rome 1987, by Fernanda Ribeiro, in the 10,000 meters, and Manuela Machado, in the marathon, in Gothenburg 1995, by Carla Sacramento, in the 1,500 meters, in Athens 1997, by Nelson Évora, in the triple, in Osaka 2007, and Inês Henriques, in the 50 march, in London 2017.
In the 17 appearances, the Portuguese athletes still climbed the podium 16 times, winning seven silver medals and nine bronze medals.