MADRID, 23 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The five-time world champion and two-time Olympic champion in the 100 meters, the Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, flew over the green tartan of the Vallehermoso Stadium in the Madrid meeting of the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver, where the Spanish Ana Peleteiro also won the heat of the public with her triple jump victory.
Fraser-Pryce responded to his status as a star in the Madrid event, with nearly 6,000 spectators waiting for his 100 meters. The Jamaican clearly won with a time of 10.83, a new record of the ‘meeting’. Following in her wake, the Spanish Jaël Sakura Bestué stopped the clock at 11.10, entering second position and achieving a personal best, the third Spanish all-time.
The Caribbean accent was also brought to the Spanish capital by the Jamaican Rajindra Campbell, who achieved the best weight mark ever achieved in Spain (22.22), event record, Central American and Caribbean record, third world athlete this year.
In a national key, Peleteiro left very good feelings, regulating above 14 meters and victorious in front of his public. The Cantabrian improved her return in Castellón two weeks ago, after giving birth six months ago, with a 14.15 as the best mark of the season. The Olympic medalist, tuning up for the World Cup in Budapest next month, won with her second attempt, ahead of the Italian Dariya Derkach, who fell one centimeter away.
In the same way, the 800 masculine had it in red for the Madrid public, with a tight race until the last meters. Frenchman Gabriel Tual bested Kenyan Cornelius Tuwei, while hometown hero Adrián Ben, the European indoor champion, progressed late to third (1:44.72). Ethiopian Worknesh Mesele won the women’s event.
In the men’s 400, he did not drop below 45 seconds, but it was a race that was won by the young Japanese Yuki Joseph Nakajima, with a nice duel between the Asturian Iñaki Cañal, second, and the Palencian Óscar Husillos, fourth.
In addition, in the 110 meter hurdles, the Swiss Jason Joseph made good predictions as European indoor champion, with the Spanish favorite Enrique Llopis, third and improving his best Spanish mark of the year with 13.35. Jamaican Megan Tapper won the women’s 100 hurdles and the 400 went to American Anna Cockrell.
There was also no surprise in the women’s hammer, winner of the Romanian Bianca Florentina Ghelber, current European champion, without reaching her best version of the Spanish Laura Redondo (68.95). At the end of the day, the Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Rajindra Campbell were recognized as the best athletes at the International Federation meeting in Madrid.