Mo Katir returns Spain to its successful past: bronze in the 1,500 meters of the World Cup

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Memories in sepia:

.

There they were, kept in a drawer, while a tradition, that of Spain in the 1,500 meters, was extinguished.

Not anymore.

Mo Katir updated history with a bronze in the World Cup, the first Spanish in the mythical distance since 1999. And he did it in a big way.

In one of the fastest races in history;

with a compatriot,

, behind him, fourth;

and after overtaking the two Kenyans,

and

, in the last corner.

And that in the first round seemed lost.

Katir, who this season did not stand out like the previous one, who arrived in Eugene with a discreet mark, stood at the back of the group and watched the action from afar.

One of those two Kenyans, Kipsang, launched without vertigo, a crazy rhythm, all to defeat the favorite, the Norwegian

, and the three Spaniards were left behind.

It was a tactic.

Only

, who was finally eleventh, really suffered.

The other two took shelter while the owners of the test wore themselves out, stabbed each other, tore each other's strength.

But at the touch of the bell, comeback.

García Romo, always in the center of the peloton, was at the ideal distance to take advantage of his fast final sprint and Katir was carried forward by the British

.

From there, to the podium.

Overtaking Cheruiyot and Kipsang is, at the moment, the culmination of his career.

Ahead, in addition, another surprise: the British

overtook Ingebrigtsen and took the gold.

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