The Portuguese athlete Isaac Nader welcomed this Sunday with a personal record of 3:31.49 minutes, a mark that allows qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with the aim of establishing a new national maximum “as soon as possible”.
“I’m happy to have achieved the Olympic minimum. It was a goal to guarantee this year. It’s done and I’m happy about it,” said the athlete, speaking to Lusa.
The seventh place in the Silesian Diamond League Match, conquered by the Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen with a new European record (3:27.14 minutes), was achieved by the Portuguese in 3:31.49 minutes, removing 18 hundredths of a second to his previous record: the mark for Paris2024 is set at 3.33.50.
The 23-year-old athlete is the second Portuguese to qualify for Paris 2024, after Auriol Dongmo, in the shot put.
“I know I’m worth more than what I did today, but I’m happy for both, a personal record and an Olympic minimum, with a difficult mark to reach,” he illustrated.
Isaac Nadar has “no doubts” that he will be in Paris 2024, despite the fact that confirmation of his presence in the world’s largest sporting event will only take place on June 30, 2024, when the ranking positions and athletes will be agreed. that they make the classification mark, for which now the record of Portugal points.
“I have no doubt that I will be in Paris. I want to be in the Olympics, but clearly I intend to lower this mark, I’m not going to stay here. I want to break the national record, that’s my goal. for the year, but it could happen this year, “he completed.
The best national record in the 1,500 m is quite old, belonging to Rui Silva, set at 3:30.07 minutes, obtained in Monaco on July 19, 2002.
Source: TSF
