The long-distance runner from Huanca has managed to secure a place for the upcoming Olympic Games which will be held in Paris next year. (cristhianpacheco)

The Olympic journey began with many athletes. And in the case of marathon runners, find a place for Olympic Games Paris 2024 started in the Seville Marathon (42K.), where the Peruvian Cristhian Pacheco got his ranking the first day of competition. The national athlete will go to his third Olympic Games. Congratulations!

The 29-year-old athlete was present at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games there Tokyo 2020. To access Paris 2024, I had to arrive with a time of less than 02:11.30; Pacheco did it and came in 11th place with time 02:07.38obtaining not only the classification in the Olympic event, but also in the Athletics World Championship in Budapest and the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. In addition, he surpassed the national record.

Cristhian Pacheco beat the mark he reached in the Lima 42K marathon in 2022: 02:09.39. The Peruvian is one of the main cards of the next Olympic fair, which is why he left focused on obtaining his classification.

“My goal for this race was to break the national record again and qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. I am happy to have achieved this and to see the results of so much effort. I continue with the same illusion and desire to continue to give everything in the following competitions representing my country”, he said after the race,

The Peruvian has become one of the top three active marathon runners in the Americas, along with Galen Rupp from the United States and Daniel Do Nacimiento from Brazil. Without a doubt, it is a pride for the whole country.

The 29-year-old long-distance runner crossed the finish line of the Seville Marathon in 11th place with a time of 02:07.38.
The 29-year-old long-distance runner crossed the finish line of the Seville Marathon in 11th place with a time of 02:07.38.

In the Seville Marathon, an event in which 3,150 athletes from 82 countries will participate, we had more than one representative. They also competed with the aim of breaking their own record or securing an Olympic spot.

In the male branch, louis ostos He came in 50th place with a time of 2:14:10, Willy Canchanyhas instead 53 at 2:14:55, Ulysses Ambrose He came in 68th place with 2:17:44, as well as the cusqueño Ferdinand Pacheco, What in his debut, he clocked 2:24:24 and canchanya wine with 2:30:52 in 192nd place.

On the other hand, in the feminine modality, they will represent us Aydee Loayzawho finished the race in 88th place with a time of 02:29.31, while Nicholas Condori He came in 249th place with a time of 02:34.29.

Christian Pacheco became the second Peruvian to qualify for the Olympic Gamesafter Gladys Tejeda reached the qualifying mark for the Valencia Marathon in 2022, where he clocked 2.26.26 and will compete in the Olympic event next year for the fourth time, as he also competed at London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

With this result, it also allowed him, like Pacheco, to qualify for the Budapest Athletics World Championship and the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. Peruvian marathon runners will be able to continue to be classified, in the case of the women’s marathon, with the minimum score of 2.26.50 and that of the men with 2:08:10.

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