Half of Athletic Spain, after enjoying it with Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré and her 14.75 meters of bronze to the rhythm of the Clash, Rock the Casbah, debate at coffee time in Glasgow, pints through, on the 800 night, the winter consecration of Mariano García, his master's degree, it is to be hoped, but Iván Pedroso has no time to waste. The Cuban returns to the pit on the warm-up track because at seven o'clock another of his pupils, the Valencian Fátima Diame, length specialist, jumps. Those who pass by and greet him praise Pedroso with, but you look like God, everything you touch flies, recognizing his personal touch in building the Peleteiro stronger than ever; François Beoringyan, the coach of the unhappy hurdler Asier MartÃnez mutters, people don't know what Pedroso is worth, everyone should get closer to him, and the wise men whisper, there could be a medal, there could be a medal. Only two, Tara Davis and Larissa Iapichino, jump more than Fátima, and if she doesn't make many nulls, she will be there.
It is over there. There it comes. A series in crescendo, from 6.47m, 6.50m to 6.78m on the fifth attempt, and only one null. A bronze medal in which only she, her people in Guadalajara, a city to which she emigrated in September 2021 from Valencia, where she was born 27 years ago and where she trained under the command of another historic player, Rafa Blanquer, and with the who managed to jump 6.81m, his best outdoor mark.
Ahead of Diame, who with her best indoor jump reaches the destiny that her magnificent beginnings and her extraordinary potential promised her, the 24-year-old North American, joyous and super class, happy dancer, Tara Davis (7.07m) ) and her surprising compatriot Mona'e Nichols (6.85m). Fiona May's daughter Iapichino, world outdoor champion in Budapest, was seventh, with 6.69m.
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