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Pedro Luis Alonso
...disciplines. In addition, the details of participating athletes and trainers must be recorded to facilitate tracking in the case of a positive Covid-19 test. Doors open to spectators Another major element of the order issued by the Junta this week is the
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MARINA RIVAS
The Spanish Athletics Championships threw up two surprises for Nerja-based athletes Isidro Leyva and Ouassim Oumaiz. In the case of the former, it was a nice surprise as the pole vaulter claimed gold for the first time at senior level. What's ... the tournament on the back of setting the best time of any Spanish athlete so far this year in the 5,000 metres, a silver came as a slight disappointment, with a time of 13:48.08 (his personal best is 13:13.14) leaving him just behind Abdessamad
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Tony Bryant
...the dedicated Belgian athlete completed the challenge to reach the peaks of eight of Malaga's highest mountains in as many days. These included Los Reales, El Grajo, Ciclo, Chamizo, Lucero, Navachica and Torrecilla. Jennifer, who now lives in Malaga
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MARINA RIVAS / PEDRO LUIS ALONSO
Another race, another landmark for Ouassim Oumaiz. The 21-year-old from Nerja set both a personal best (slashing off 18 seconds) and a new Spanish under-23 record in the 5,000 metres in the Diamond League meeting in Monaco last Friday with a time of
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BORJA GUTIÉRREZ
The coffee table has been in the corner of the room for weeks now, the exercise bike has taken the place of the armchair and towels have taken over the laundry. Although some have enjoyed setting up a home gym, most elite athletes have had to make ... compromises. With the help of contacts or their clubs, some have managed to get hold of machinery to continue their work and, above all, not see their pre-lockdown efforts be undone. So what effect is lockdown having on elite athletes? Enrique Salinas, ... players decide based on how they're feeling," says Salinas, who argues that you have to be even stricter with the food. "I think the biggest oversight will be the food. An elite athlete usually has over 4,500 calories of energy expenditure per day. But