Markel Fernández, Paula Sevilla, David García and Blanca Hervás won silver this Saturday in the mixed 4×400 relay, an event that debuted on the program in this edition of Torun (Poland). The Spanish quartet, which set its best mark of the season with 3m16.96s, only lost to Belgium (3m15.60s), which dominated the entire race. The bronze initially went to Jamaica with 3m17.13s, but minutes later it was disqualified for an irregular change in the controversial first exchange, so Poland closed the podium (3m17.44s). which is celebrated in the Polish region of Cuyavia and Pomerania.
The fact of starting on lane 1 hurt Markel Fernández in the first relay, who passed the baton last, but the Spanish team benefited from a fall between the Dutch and Americans caused by the tumult and another fall that occurred at the moment of the change. Paula Sevilla was not affected by the accident and began her race in fourth place. The athlete from La Solana brought Spain fully into the fight for medals by handing the baton to David García, who struggled to maintain his chances before giving way to Blanca Hervás, an individual finalist in Torun.
The Madrid native knew how to manage her forces. She stayed just over a meter away from the Jamaican Leah Anderson without allowing the Polish Justuna Swiety-Ersetic to get any closer than she should and finished wildly in the final stretch to surpass the Caribbean woman and give Spain the first medal in these World Championships. The Caribbean team had to settle for third place initially, but then the team was disqualified and the host team took the podium.
[Noticia de última hora. Habrá ampliación en breve.]
