After several months of trainingMartina Escudero achieved one of her great goals from his tour of europebreak the national record for the 800 meter dash. In it Ordizia Meeting (Spain) term third with a time of 2:02.75 and took over the test in Argentina.
Saturday afternoon was the big moment for the Cipoleña who, recorded his best time of the season and also, He kept the Argentine athletics record that was not updated more than two and a half decades ago.
In Ordizia, the Rio Negro was the third to cross the finish line after the Cuban Rose Mary Almanza who stayed with him first place with a time of 2:01.1while Australian Sarah Billings was second with 2:01.19.
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During his tour of Europe, Martina had the chance to qualify for the Olympic Games of Paris, however, its priority was to run harder to break the national record in the 800 flat meters.
The last athlete who had recorded the best time in the 800 meters it was Marta Orellano, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata in 1995. Therefore, after 29 years Squire He entered the great history of Argentine athletics.
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