Adverse weather conditions, with rain and thunderstorms, led this Saturday to the rescheduling of the Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships in the stadium for one hour, at 11:30 am local time (10:30 am in Lisbon), announced WA.
After the start of the XIX World Championship was delayed, with the rescheduling of the men’s 20-kilometre race at 10:50 a.m. (09:50 a.m.), two hours later than expected, due to the forecast of storms, The organization also reformulated the morning program for the first day at the National Athletics Center, in the Hungarian capital, where it has been raining heavily for almost an hour and 15 minutes [desde as 08h05 locais, 07h05 em Lisboa].
“Due to weather conditions, the morning session at the stadium has been postponed to 11:30 a.m., with an expected end date of 3:45 p.m. (approximately 2:45 p.m.). The National Athletics Center is open for spectators to wait. for indoor competition,” the WA statement read.
In this way, the road test, through the streets of Budapest, a UNESCO World Heritage City, starting and finishing at Praça dos Heróis, is once again the first on the competition calendar, with the presence of the Portuguese walker Joao Vieira.
The 47-year-old veteran Sporting athlete will make his 13th participation in the competition, equaling the Spanish Jesús Bragado, current record holder, in the 20-kilometre race.
João Vieira’s best results at the World Championships include a silver medal over 50 kilometers in Doha 2019 and a third place over 20 kilometers in Moscow 2013.
Shortly after, from 11:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m.), the competition should begin in the new stadium, with the shot put qualification, in which the Portuguese Francisco Belo and Tsanko Arnaudov compete.
Also during the morning, Portugal will line up for the first time in the 4×400 meter relay heats, with Ricardo dos Santos, Cátia Azevedo, Omar Elkhatib and Fatoumata Diallo, whose final is still scheduled for today, before Marta Pen and Salomé Afonso dispute the heats of the 1,500 meters.
At the same distance, but already in the afternoon session, Isaac Nader, who has already managed to qualify for Paris 2024, will play the qualifiers, with a view to being in the semifinals, on Saturday, and the final, scheduled for Wednesday fair.
Without Pedro Pablo Pichardo, who was unable to defend his world title in the triple jump that he won in Oregon 2022, due to low back pain that kept him outdoors for much of the season, the national representation in the specialty is reduced to Tiago Luís Pereira. , which is presented today with the modest best mark of the year of 16.51 meters, the 18th among the 19 participants of Group B classified for the final -insured for jumps greater than 17.15-.
Source: TSF
