A world record. A. Record. Of the world. Since May the marcher Maria Perez She is the first Spanish athlete to hold a world record and hardly celebrates it. Her test, the 35 kilometers, will die after the World Cup in Budapest. A bureaucratic decision: at the 2024 Paris Olympics a mixed relay will replace the long distance walk. «Honestly I would like someone to beat my record in this championship. It would be sad to keep the record just because it is no longer competed. It would also give more credibility from a distance. In the 35 kilometers, some women are faster than some men and that is interesting, “explains María Pérez to EL MUNDO after overcoming the most intense months of her life.
There were tears for a disastrous season, there was a break from the march, there was a catharsis, there was even a wedding. In this World Cup he will seek the medal this Sunday in the 20 kilometers (07.15 hours, Teledeporte) and on Thursday in the 35 kilometers, where he holds a world record. A. Record. Of the world.