[Sport] Bronze for Jesús Gómez after the requalification of Ingebrigtsen

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Ignacio Fontes, who took the podium after the Norwegian's disqualification, finished fourth

Spain has added its first medal in the Indoor European Championship in Torun with the bronze of Jesús Gómez in the 1,500 meters. The winner of the race, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, was initially disqualified but after the protest of the Norwegian team, more than justified, he was re-qualified.

Ingebrigtsen stepped off the track in the first few meters after being pushed by the Pole Michal Rozmys in a run over as a result of the 13 athletes in contention. It was clear that the brilliant Nordic athlete had neither caused the incident nor benefited but he still lost his gold initially.

Marcin Lewandowski, silver, thus repeated the gold of Belgrade 2017 and Glasgow 2019. For Ingebrigtsen, who arrived in Torun with the idea of achieving the double (1,500-3,000) that he had missed two years ago in the Scottish city, this Disqualification was a huge stick, especially since he had shown great superiority over tartan.

The race itself had little history. Lewandowski started at the front, avoiding any touch that could compromise him. Ingebrigtsen, who ran the first 300 meters within the group, reacted very quickly and took the head so as not to abandon it.

Lewandowski and Gómez tried to follow him as far as his forces reached, preparing a final with a defined podium with 200 meters to go.

The Norwegian, who this year has broken the ancient European record of Andrés Díaz with 3: 31.80, prevailed with a mark of 3: 37.56, by 3: 38.06 of Lewandowsi and 3: 38.47 of Burgos. Further back, as the first of the 'mortals', Ignacio Fontes arrived with 3: 39.66. A meritorious fourth place for the Granada-born player who was bronze for two hours.

 

Tentoglou and Stanek wins in length and weight
In the men's length, the great favorite, the Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou, prevailed with a single valid jump, the first, of 8.35 meters, the best world record of the year. Tentoglou has prevailed in the last three major continental competitions as he had already been gold in Berlin 2018 and Glasgow 2019.

Silver went to the Swedish Thobias Montler with a national record (8.31) and bronze, to the Finn Kristian Pulli with another national record (8.24) in his sixth and last attempt.

In weight, the gold went to the Czech Tomas Stanek with a record of the season (21.62 meters), beating the local and favorite Michal Haratyk, who with 21.47 could not repeat the Glasgow gold. Croatian Filip Mihaljevic completed the podium with 21.31.