Mechaal defeats Katir in the highest level final of the Spanish Championships

The greats (Mohamed Katir, Adel Mechaal and Mario Garcia Romo) guarded, mimed with the package, events. Some events that depended fundamentally on the trio and that Katir began to unleash.

The national record holder lengthened his stride shortly before the last lap. When the bell rang, his tactic was abundantly clear, summed up in a brutal and sustained attack. Only Mechaal followed him. García Romo seemed surprised and, reacting, tried in vain to join the duo. It didn't lose much ground, but it didn't gain a meter either.

The final stretch saw a superb battle between Katir, still in the lead, and Mechaal. Gritting teeth, maximum effort, equivalent determination. Strength, class, rage. Inch by inch, Mechaal was eating up Katir's ground, taking air from him, taking time away from him.. He overtook him in his last breaths to finish in 3:33.44, a Championship record, taking it from Fermín Cacho. Katir did 3:33.76. García Romo, 3:34.77, withstood the attack by Ignacio Fontes (3:34.95). The three confirmed their trip to the World Cup in Budapest. And they will not go exactly as tourists.