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Esther Guerrero and Marta Pérez achieve the minimum for the Doha World Cup in Poland
Barcelona's Esther Guerrero and Soriana Marta Pérez achieved minimum marks for the Doha World Cups in 1,500 meters on Thursday in Szczecin (Poland) respective marks of 4: 05.70 and 4: 05.85 (The mark required to compete in the World Cups, as of September 27 in the Qatari capital, is 4: 06.50).
Two arrivals almost stuck
Guerrero qualified fourth in the Wieslawa Maniaka Memorial with a time of 4: 05.70 and Marta Pérez then arrived with 4: 05.85 in a race that won the Belarusian Darya Barysevich with 4: 05.13.
Guerrero achieved with his 4.05.70 personal brand in the 1,500 and best Spanish brand of the year; Perez, meanwhile, got his best record of the season.
The Barcelona and Soriana are the first Spanish athletes who achieve the World Cup minimum at 1,500. In races only Irene Sánchez-Escribano (3,000m obstacles) and Marta Galimany had done it (marathon).