02/13/2024 at 08:00 CET
Marta Pérez is not a normal athlete neither on nor off the slopes. The 30-year-old from Soriano has managed to perfectly combine her two great passions to finish her degree in Medicine and become one of the leaders of Spanish athletics.
In fact, they were His desire to study medicine motivated his move from Soria to Madrid. at the beginning of the last decade. Sacrificing part of her athletic potential to finish her degree, the brand new Graduate then focused on making her other great dream come true: being an Olympian.
And finally heor got a suspense due to the postponement of the Tokyo Games until 2021 because of covid. There the athlete with the multiple haircuts and the perennial and contagious smile was not satisfied with just participating, but she was only 17 hundredths away from achieving an Olympic diploma (the Japanese Tanaka prevented her from doing so).
Marta Pérez has been starring for several years with the Catalan Esther Guerrero one of the great duels of Spanish athletics in which Banyoles has emerged victorious on more occasions. Furthermore, on more than one occasion she had placed second in Spanish in the historical rankings.
The ‘doctor’ too settled this outstanding account last Sunday at The Armory in a mile in which the American Elle St. Pierre won with 4:16.41 to place herself third in history, although far from the world record by Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba (4:13.31).
The passing times were very demanding and from behind Marta Pérez showed her bravery by taking the responsibility of shooting in the second group in what was the first Spanish female participation in history in this prestigious ‘Wanamaker Mile’ of the Millrose Games, a competition that was in its 116th edition.
While ahead St. Pierre focused on ‘revenge’ on the Australian Jessica Hull, Soriana had in mind the Spanish mile record indoors that Esther Guerrero had precisely with 4:24.92. That goal gave her strength in a great final 200 to finish sixth with 4:23.88.
“I’m very happy. It is my first record from Spain and I am very excited. I’ve been second, second, second many times, but I finally have one. I had never broken a record,” he told ‘Soy Corredor’ minutes after crossing the finish line.
A new milestone for the disciple of Antonio Serrano to join him to that ninth place in Tokyo 2020, to his bronze in the 2019 Mediterranean Games, to his fourth place in the European Indoor Championships in Torun, which was bronze at times due to the disqualification of the later requalified British Archer and her sixth place in the Road World Championships last year in Riga. What will be next? Another Olympic final?
2024-02-13 07:00:15
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