MADRID, 28 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Carlos Gimeno from Gran Canaria made history this Saturday in Spanish sport by becoming the first to win an international medal in the specialty of high jumps thanks to his second place in the World Cup event held in Fort Lauderdale (United States). Joined).
As reported by the RFEN, Gimeno, who in 2015 became the first Spaniard to participate in this modality, signed a brilliant competition from the beginning. Thus, after the first two rounds he was second after the Romanian Constantin Popovici, current European champion.
The canary knew how to withstand the pressure and maintained his chances of a historic podium after his third jump (306.00) and confirmed it in his fourth and last jump, which gave him a 10 and three 9.5s from the judges.
In this way, Carlos Gimeno, a swimmer from Real Canoe NC of Madrid trained by Ramón Fumadó in the M86, finished with a total of 454.40 points, more than 19 behind Popovici, winner of the test, but also well ahead of the Frenchman Gary Hunt (438.15), third.