Today, Saturday, runner Joao Coelho will participate in the 400-meter final of the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow, where Thiago Luis Pereira will compete in the triple jump.
Without Olympic and world outdoor champion Pedro Pablo Pichardo, absent due to injury, Thiago Luis Pereira will be the only Portuguese representative in the trio, whose live final is scheduled to take place at 7:40 p.m.
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The 30-year-old Sporting athlete, ninth at Belgrade 2022, appears at the Emirates Arena with a distance of 17.02 metres, the best mark this year, and sixth among those on the entry list, led by Hugues Fabrice Zango, from Burkina Faso (17.21). ).
Practically coinciding with the last jumps in the triple jump competition, Joao Coelho will compete in the 400-meter final, at 9:10 p.m.
The 24-year-old Sporting runner secured a place among the top six fastest in the two short track events on Friday, setting a new national record (45.98 seconds) in the semi-finals, hours after also improving the previous record. It is also his time of 46.35 seconds in qualifying.
The national program will be completed in Glasgow 2024 with the presence of runners Lauren Pazzolo and Rosalina Santos in the 60-meter qualifiers, starting at 11:20 a.m., and if they qualify, in the semi-finals at 7:45 p.m.
– Saturday, March 2:
11.20 am: Women's 60 meters (qualifiers) Lauren Pazzolo
Rosalina Santos
7:40 p.m.: Men's triple jump (final) Thiago Luis Pereira
7:45 p.m.: Women's 60m (semifinal) Lauren Pazzolo (+)
Rosalina Santos (+)
9:10 p.m.: Men's 400 meters (final) João Coelho
9:45 p.m.: Women's 60m (final) Lauren Pazzolo (+)
Rosalina Santos (+)
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