Overview
- Spain closed the World Indoor Championships in Torun over the weekend with five medals, its second-best haul ever at this meet.
- The women’s 4x400 won bronze after a 3:29.98 semifinal secured the final and set a Spanish best at a World Championships, with semifinal runners such as Carmen Avilés also receiving medals under relay rules.
- The mixed 4x400 took silver, and Blanca Hervás capped a heavy workload by anchoring decisive legs for both relays and placing sixth in the individual 400 meters.
- Mariano García won gold in the 1,500 meters, Quique Llopis took silver in the 60-meter hurdles with a 7.42 Spanish record, and Mohamed Attaoui claimed 800-meter bronze after a 1:44.48 national record in the semifinals.
- Coaches credit the Plan Nacional de Relevos launched in 2016 for centralized camps, biomechanical support, and coordinated coaching that have built relay depth and youthful competition for places ahead of August’s European Championships in Birmingham.