The Portuguese Pedro Pablo Pichardo, in the triple jump, and Auriol Dongmo, in the shot put, today seek to revalidate their European champion titles on an indoor track, in Istanbul, where Patrícia Mamona is starting to defend her scepter.
Pichardo appears in the final scheduled for 20:35 local (17:35 in Lisbon) with the security of the new ‘indoor’ national record that he set on Thursday, when he jumped 17.48 meters, in the first attempt.
The Olympic, world and European outdoor champion surpassed by two centimeters the mark that already belonged to him a year ago and by 81 the second in the qualification, the German Max Heb (16.67), presenting himself as the strongest candidate for his succession, in a final that will also be contested by Tiago Luís Pereira, author of the fifth best jump on Thursday (16.39).
As of 19:25 (16:25), Auriol Dongmo, world and European indoor champion, will try to overcome the Dutch Jessica Schilder, who has been stronger than the national record holder in 2023, to revalidate the title earned in Torun2021.
Dongmo secured one of eight places in the final, throwing the device 18.51 meters, while Schilder managed 19.18, but the outcome is pending six launches, which will also be attempted by Jessica Inchude, seventh in qualifying, with 17 .92.
Mariana Machado is the fifth finalist in the second round of the 37th European Indoor Championships and will be one of the 15 to line up in the 15 laps of the track at the Ataköy Arena, in Istanbul, in search of her personal record, which is currently 08.59, 39, after being the last to be caught in the qualifiers.
Patrícia Mamona, the other Portuguese holder of the European indoor title, starts to defend the scepter in qualifying, at 11:10 (08:10), with a view to the final scheduled for Saturday, also presenting with the best record of the year among those present.
During the morning, Marta Pen and Arialis Gandulla seek to confirm the good moments of form and overcome the qualifiers, in a day in which João Coelho, in the 400 meters, Salomé Afonso, in the 1,500 meters, and the sprinters Lorene Bazolo and Rosalina Santos, in the 60.
