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Perez smashes Spanish 20km race walk record with world leading 1:25:30 in Cordoba

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With the European Race Walking Team Championships in Podebrady less than two months away on 21 May, Maria Perez rebounded from a difficult and challenging 2022 season by smashing her Spanish record at the Spanish 20km Race Walking Championships in Cordoba on Sunday (26).

After suffering the ignominy of back-to-back disqualifications at the World Athletics Championships and European Athletics Championships last summer, Perez showed she was better than ever on Sunday by smashing her national record with a world leading time of 1:25:30.

Her winning time took more than one minute off her previous Spanish record of 1:26:36 which she set at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin where she won gold. It was also the fastest ever non-Russian time recorded by a European race walker and her 10km split of 42:29 was also the fastest ever time recorded by a Spaniard.

After the race, Perez said she was “very satisfied and grateful” although her principal goal was the Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifying time rather than the Spanish record. Perez also confirmed she is planning to contest both the 20km race walk and 35km race walk events at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

In the men's 20km race walk, two-time European champion Alvaro Martin marched to victory in 1:21:48 ahead of European U20 10,000m race walk champion Paul McGrath in 1:22:41.

Martin will now turn his attention to contesting the 35km race walk at the European Race Walking Team Championships in Podebrady in May.




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