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LUCÍA PALACIOS
...wealthiest athletes: Serena Williams. Unfortunately, a report presented at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos made it clear that this inequality is not likely to end soon; in fact, it calculated that it could take over 100 years. The number of women
Sport
MIGUEL OLMEDA
...with a distance of 14.73 metres. The 23-year-old, who was junior world champion in 2012, has now, under the tutelage of retired Cuban track and field athlete Iván Pedroso, come of age and sealed an elusive European Championship win after so many ... for fourth. Minutes later came gold for Jorge Ureña. The heptathlete from Alicante was proclaimed European champion with a total of 6,218 points after coming out on top in the 1,000 metres. He also pipped a British athlete to the post, in this case ... Tim Duckworth who finished on 6,156 points. This was just the third medal won by a Spanish athlete in a combined indoor event after Antonio Peñalver in Genoa 1992 (bronze) and Ureña himself in Belgrade two years ago (silver). A further two medals
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MARINA RIVAS
Glasgow European Championships being met six times and eight athletes overall sealing their qualification, the town's athletics complex was filled with positivity. IN NUMBERS Spanish champions: Sergio López and Jaël Bestué (60m), Orlando Ortega and Cari ... Olympic silver medallist Orlando Ortega came away with the title in the 60-metre hurdles. The following day, national record-holding sprinter Óscar Husillos also came away with gold as expected. A podium finish at just 15 Two young athletes grabbed ... under-23 category and picked up a medal which had not gone to an athlete so young in 46 years. On that occasion, it was Olympian Isabel Mozún, who won the high jump in 1973, aged 13 and 10 months. Another ticket to Glasgow went to Úrsula Ruiz, with a
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SUR
Antequera's Athletics Centre plays host to the 55th edition of the Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships on 16 and 17 February. The event, which will attract almost 500 athletes, will for the second time have more female than male representation,
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Tony Bryant
Local and national athletes are preparing for the thirtieth edition of the Media Maratón de Torremolinos, the town's popular half marathon that will take place on Sunday 3 February. Athletes from all over Spain will participate in one of the ... longest-running half marathons in the province of Malaga. The 21.097 km race, which is limited to 2000 runners, is organised by the sports department of Torremolinos town hall. The event, which attracts both serious athletes and fun runners attired in an
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CHARO MÁRQUEZ
Local athletes have shown that they are not only concerned about improving their results, but they support good causes as well. Organisers have now confirmed that the charity sports weekend for Sarah Almagro, which took place between 14 and 16 ... win the highest number of points in a limited time. At the municipal stadium 450 athletes took part in a relay marathon, and at the Antonio Serrano Lima complex 300 people participated in a karate display. The 'Somos tu ola' campaign was
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Mónica Pérez
Ángel Mora, an athlete who is part of the 'Deportistas por una Causa' group, is to run the Zurich Marathon in Seville on 17 February to raise money for the Piel de Mariposa association. He will tackle the 42.2-kilometre challenge to "give wings to
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Tony Bryant
...requirement is that participants donate one kilo of non-perishable food, which will be distributed among local aid organizations. Those taking part, whether seasoned athletes or fun runners, are asked to dress in festive costumes and prizes will be given for
Sport
ENRIQUE MIRANDA
...different this time as some 5,000 athletes congregated in the central Paseo del Parque, some in fancy dress, ahead of the Malaga Marathon. This year saw a record number of participants, with 1,500 of those signed up taking part in the new half marathon. ... finished with times quicker than the previous record. Two-time world champion Abel Antón, ambassador of the event said: "It was a great day for many athletes who broke their record times." He also highlighted the very favourable conditions, with not too ... much heat and very little wind. The final rankings were dominated by athletes from east Africa with 23-year-old debutant Lemi Dumecha (Ethiopia) winning in the men's category with a time of two hours, 11 minutes and seven seconds. It was a dramatic
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GEORGIE KENNY
...the tender age of seventeen he had established himself as a junior athlete on an international level. Winning a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in South Korea in 1992, he then went on to become the European Junior Champion the ... following year. Martínez Gutiérrez had many successes throughout his time as a professional athlete. His main career highlights came in the form of his win in the 2002 European Indoor Championships and then going on to take the gold medal at the 2003 ... World Indoor Championships. Every professional athlete dreams of competing in the Olympic Games. This came true for Martínez in Athens in 2004. However, not only did he compete, but he was also awarded the bronze medal position following an IAAF drug