Sprinter Sergio López won the bronze medal in 4x100 relay and fifth in the final on an individual level, along with another important participation for Murcia athletics, with the pertiguista José Antonio Maldonado, both with the Spanish team
In the morning of today, in the athletics track of the Sports Facility "Manuel Ruiz Pérez" the General Director of Sports, Alonso Gómez, accompanied by the Councilor for Youth and Sports, Antonio Martínez Grińán, have held a meeting with the two Murcia athletes Of the Alcantarilla Nutribán Sewer Company, Sergio López (Aljucer) and José Antonio Maldonado (Alcantarilla) who participated last days in the Junior European held in the Italian city of Grosetto.
With them have also been present the president of the club Lydia Sánchez and his coach Juan Carlos Abellán, who also accompanied the athletes at the international event.
Sergio López Barranco, was fifth in 100 meters smooth in said European Junior and bronze medal in relay, obtaining the best result of a Spaniard in the 100 straight meters of the last 25 years, being only 8 cents of the national record.
In the recent Junior European Championships he has made history as he has broken an 18-year drought with no Spaniard in the final 100 meters of a continental tournament and 25 since an athlete achieved a fifth place, in addition to contributing to the National team of 4x100 relays to obtain a bronze medal with flavor.
In the first of his two years as a junior, he has been a double champion in Spain (60 and 100 meters) and has achieved a personal best of 10.48, just 8 hundredths of the national record held by Alfonso Borreguero.
In this meeting was also the alcantarillero José Antonio Maldonado Albaladejo, who was next to Sergio in Grosetto (Italy) and to be able to congratulate the work that this pertiguista has been carrying out, with a relevant and historical trajectory for Murcia athletics, since it is the The first time that a pertiguista became international with Spain.
Jose Antonio was 10 centimeters from his best personal mark (5.00 meters) and is already only 5 centimeters of the regional record despite being in junior age, starting this now international career with a twenty-second position.
The great work that the Athletic Society Alcantarilla Nutribán has been developing in a very short space of time have also spoken, given that the two architects of the successes of these two athletes there were, on the one hand, coach and sports director, Juan Carlos Abellán , Getting from Sergio López, to be playing in Aljucer the soccer hall to be a promising sprinter at the national level in his category and Maldonado, the total fruit of this coach, having great aspirations of him in this difficult athletic specialty as the pole And the progression of José Antonio Maldonado is important.
Always with the attentive eyes of the president of the club, without ever fading and implying if day to day more to all the equipment of trainers and technicians that has the Nutribán, among which are the Murcia stone thrower, Ursula Ruiz, who Holds the record of Spain with 18.28 meters and about to participate in the World Athletics of London, tomorrow with the qualifications and Wednesday the final.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla