With the emotional impulse to compete close to home, as she later recognized, when she had already amassed the glory of a new record, the Grenadian Maria Perez made history again in the Athletics Nationals that are celebrated in Malaga after breaking the 10 km record. runs with a time of 42:12.93 to lower by more than a second the record established 10 years ago by Rachel Gonzalez (42:14.12).
“I felt good, I didn’t know about the Spanish record. I don’t know if I’m going to compete close to home again, but my friends and family were there and I wanted to put on a little show. I don’t run to make history, for records, I do it to surpass myself, to pursue new challenges and feel good,” said the Olympic champion, who downplayed the importance of achieving the record. She didn’t know that she was in a position to beat the record until the last two laps of the Ciudad de Málaga stadium.
It is the first national record to be broken in the Spanish Championships.Maria confirmed the extraordinary moment he is going through and that makes him arrive in optimal shape to compete at the first level in the Birmingham Europeans (August 10-16). The grenadine flew. He circulated at an average frequency close to 210 steps per minute, brutal records that led him, almost without realizing it, to achieve the record.