Liliana Cá reached sixth place in weight throwing at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday, on a sixth day when Mariana Machado and Cátia Azevedo finished their participation, in Eugene, in the United States.
Here, fifth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, he achieved the second best Portuguese classification in the 18th World Cup to date, after Auriol Dongmo’s fifth place, in the shot put, with a discus throw at 63.99 meters, his best year marking .
At the age of 35, the athlete from Barreiro made his debut with sixth place, equaling the best national result ever in the bracket held by Teresa Machado, with sixth place achieved in Athens 1997.
The pitcher of Sporting was less than one meter from Dutch Jorinde van Kinken (64.97) and German Claudine Vita (64.24), fourth and fifth respectively, both with points below their national records (66.40).
Young Mariana Machado, 21, also made her World Cup debut and was eliminated in the 5,000m semi-final, despite improving her score by seven seconds and setting the new national record for under-23, with 15.18.09 minutes. — the previous maximum was 20 years old and was held by Inês Monteiro (15.21.05).
After completing the 12 and a half laps in 15.18.09 minutes, which earned her 12th place in her series and 20th in the semifinals, the daughter of Albertina Machado, seventh in the 10,000 meters in Seoul 1988 and in the World Cup of Rome 1987, rose to the ‘top-10’ by distance between the Portuguese.
The Sporting de Braga middle distance runner was behind only the national record holder Fernanda Ribeiro (14.36.45) and the dedicated Jessica Augusto (14.37.07), Sara Moreira (14.54.71), Inês Monteiro (15.01.06), Albertina Dias (15.05. 12), Aurora Cunha (15.06.96), Marina Bastos (15.07.29) and Dulce Félix (15.08.02).
After 17th place in Tokyo2020 and 31st in Rio2016, Cátia Azevedo finished the 400 meters competition in 19th place, with 51.79 seconds, in the first series, in the second participation in World Championships, taking the 40th position of Doha2019 improved.
The 28-year-old sprinter from Oliveira de Azeméis achieved the best Portuguese distance classification ever in world championships, surpassing the 29th place of Carmo Tavares (52.86), in Seville 1999.
Repesed for the semi-finals with the 15th time in the qualifiers (51.55), the Sporting athlete again failed to beat her national record (50.59), finishing seventh in the first series, won by Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas at 49.55 .
Source: El heraldo
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