Mertixell Soler wins bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships

by | Jun 14, 2024 | Sin categorizar

European Athletics Championships
  • The Catalan athlete Meritxell Soler wins the bronze medal in the team Half Marathon category.
  • Italy, with 24 medals, wins the European Athletics Championships 2024 held in Rome.

The champion of the Vueling Cursa Bombers Barcelona 2021 and 2022, Meritxell Soler, has not been able to achieve the desired individual medal at the European Athletics Championships 2024 held in Rome. He finished 32nd with a time of 1:12:16.

But she did get a bronze medal, the team Half Marathon, which she won together with her companies Fatima Azzahraa, Lidia Campo, Laura Luengo, Ester Navarrete and Laura Mendez.

The team achieved a time of 33:16, one second behind France.

European Athletics Championships

These are the individual data of the six members of the team:

Laura Luengo, 12ª with 1:10:54, SB and the best time of a Spanish athlete in a European Championship.
Ester Navarrete, 13ª with 1:11:08, SB.
Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou, 14ª with 1:11:14, SB.
Meritxell Soler, 32ª with 1:12:16.
Lidia Campo, 40ª with 1:13:25.
Laura Méndez, 58ª with 1:16:28, SB.

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The athlete from Manresa will achieve the 3rd best Spanish record in Marathon ever last February at Maratón de Sevilla, and also the Olympic minimum for Paris 2024. This was her millor marca personal and also made her the runner-up of Spain.

Sher finished the 42.195 km of the Marahon of the Andalusian capital with a 2:24:57 and was very close to the time of another Catalan athlete who is also very well known in our race: the 2:26:24 of the Marta Galimany at the Marató de Valencia in December 2022.

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Així va reaccionar la Meritxell després d’acabar el campionat:

“El meu debut en un Campionat d’Europa amb sabor agre-dolç. Per una part individualment, esperava més (molt més) però simplement, no vaig tenir el dia. Males sensacions desde l’inici i fora de cursa desde el primer metre 🤷🏼‍♀️. Segur que hi haurà dies millors!
Però per altra banda, les noies de mitja marató ens emportem una medalla de bronze per equips, que s’ha de valorar moltissim!
Ha sigut un cap de setmana d’experiencies, aprenentatges, pizza i gelatto (un cop acabada la cursa, clar 🤌🏼)
Gràcies per l’equip, i per tothom que ha estat animant, a Roma i també desde casa.
Toca posar-nos les piles un altre cop, perquè en 9 setmanes… Paris espera 😍”

Apart from Meritxell, all these Catalan athletes have made a great performance in their respective categories:

  • Cristina Montesinos – 6a in 20 K Marxa with 1:29:07
  • Berta Segura – Absolute record of Catalonia in 400mll, with 51.92
  • Paul McGrath – Sub Champion of Europe in 20 K Marathon, with 1:19:31
  • Abel Mechal – European finalist in 5.000 m, 4t, with 13:22:77
  • Esther Guerrero – European finalists in 1.500m, 4a, with 4:06:03
  • Jaël Sakura Bestué – European finalist in 300mll, 7a, with 22.93