Maria Pérez, became the first Spaniard to win the women’s 20km walk at the World Championships in Athletics.
Pérez was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 1 hour 26 minutes 51 seconds in the women’s 20 km walk final at the 2023 Budapest World Championships at the Budapest Race Walking Course in Hungary on the 20th. 온라인카지노
Repentance of Major Competitions
Peres, who finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and was disqualified at the 2022 Eugene World Championships,
solved the ‘repentance of major competitions’ in Budapest.
At the same time she was born Spain’s first women’s racewalking world championship champion.
The previous Spanish runner’s best performance in women’s racewalking at the World Championships was third place in the 20 km race in Osaka in 2007 by Maria Bassoko.
Spain dominated the men’s (Alvaro Martin) and women’s 20km racewalking championships at this Budapest event.
Interview of Associated Press
In an interview with the Associated Press after the match, Perez said,
“After finishing last year’s world championships, there was someone who said, ‘Peres is over.
‘ Thanks to my friends,” he said.
Peres, who holds the world record of 2 hours 37 minutes and 15 seconds in the women’s 35 km walk,
will also participate in the 35 km event in Budapest.
Klavdiya Afanaseva (Russia), who holds the world record for women’s 35 km walk (2 hours 37 minutes 11 seconds),
was unable to participate in this event.
World Athletics Federation
The World Athletics Federation bans Russia and Belarus, which invaded Ukraine,
from participating in international competitions.
Initially, Perez was considered a candidate for victory in the 35km run, not the 20km racewalking,
but he said, “I was paying more attention to the 20km race walk. Participating in the 35km race is a
bonus.” I will try my best to win the 20km.”
Jemima Montague (25, Australia) came second with a time of 1 hour 27 minutes and 16 seconds, and Antonella Palmisano (32, Italy) took third place with a time of 1 hour 27 minutes and 26 seconds.
Kimberly Garcia (29, Peru), who won two gold medals in walking (20 km and 30 km) at the Eugene World Championships last year, finished fourth with a time of 1 hour 27 minutes 32 seconds.
From 2009 to 2022, China, which produced 20km women’s walking medalists in seven consecutive competitions, ended up with a ‘no medal’ in this event.
Ma Zhenxia (25) placed 7th with a time of 1 hour 28 minutes 30 seconds, Yang Yang-yu (27) ranked 12th with a time of 1 hour 29 minutes 40 seconds, and Liu Hong (36), who won the world championship a total of 4 times, recorded 1 hour 30 minutes 43 seconds. It stayed 17th in seconds.