The great success of Javi Guerra, the marathoner who broke up with Adidas to be able to run with the 'mgicas' Vaporfly

Without a contract with Nike, I decided to leave Adidas and, with the sponsorship of a friend's restaurant, this Sunday was the best Spanish in the marathon of Seville. Thanks to that being in the Tokyo Games.

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Javi Guerra He started running this Sunday's marathon four years ago.

It was in Ro de Janeiro, where I received the news that his dream would be taken away from him, that he would change his course. A few hours after debuting in his first Olympic Games, the doctors forbade him to run because on the flight from Madrid he had suffered a thrombus in the twin of his left leg and his life was in danger.

Everything suffered, worked, risky until then lose its meaning.

And there were only two roads left at 32. Leave athletics without being Olympic, with three Top 20 World Cups as a button, or suffer more, work more, risk more. He decided on the latter. And I accepted it until the last consequences.

From the moment he was out of the Ro Games, the marathoner delivered himself to the preparation of the Tokyo 2020 Games and did it big. In 2018, he lowered his mark to be among the 10 best Spanish ever (2:08:34), in 2019 he decided to miss the Doha World Cup so as not to force a stress fissure and this 2020 he raised the bet. Checking that many of his countrymen, those who can snatch the Olympic square, were flying with the Nike Vaporfly, Guerra decided to break his usual contract with Adidas and buy the already famous shoes. Economically, the wreck was a disaster: not only did he lose Adidas' income, he was also left helpless in the event of an eventual injury or any future design. But he wanted to be olympic after the misfortune of the Ro Games and, for that, he could not play at a disadvantage.

With the sole support of the sponsorship of the Spanish sports nutrition brand 226ERS and a friend's restaurant, La Portada de Medioda, in Torrecaballeros (Segovia), he made all the preparation for this Sunday's marathon in Seville and, in the end, the I bet it went well.

Guerra not only proclaimed champion of Spain for the third time, he also established the third best national brand in history (2:07:27) and secured a place with the London Games. Although the Hispanic-Moroccan Hamid Ben Daoud He started at a high pace and followed him throughout the test, Guerra did not get out of his plan at any time and ended up crowded with the treasure while the etope Mekuant Ayenew He won the marathon (2.04: 47).

Javi Guerra started running this Sunday's marathon four years ago and, in the end, he won.