Triple jumper Lázaro Martínez will be among the main protagonists of the specialty at the Mohamed VI International Athletics Meeting in Marrakech 2024, the fourth stop of the current Diamond League.
According to the registration released this Tuesday, the man from Guantanamo appears in the middle of a list that includes two Olympic champions and the current world champion, which predicts a fierce battle for victory.
Lázaro, who has not yet debuted this season outdoors, will arrive this Sunday at the Grand Stadium of Marrakech with a top mark of 16.87 meters, achieved indoors.
The runner-up of the world at the 2023 Budapest World Athletics Championships has a personal record of 17.51 meters and forms the group of six exponents from the Island who have so far ensured his presence at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Burkinabé Hugues Fabrice Zango, universal monarch in the Hungarian capital and Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo 2020, will also compete in the Moroccan event, owner of a record of 17.12 meters in the current campaign.
The current Olympic champion Pedro Pablo Pichardo (17.51 meters), a Cuban representing Portugal, is among the main contestants in the competition, along with the American veteran Christian Taylor (16.57), winner of the London 2012 and Rio editions. de Janeiro 2016.
Completing the announced list are Brazilian Almir Dos Santos (17.31), winner of the most recent Ibero-American athletics competition, Frenchman Jean-Marc Pontvianne (16.52), American Donald Scott (17.00) and Cuban Andy Díaz (17.61), who competes for Italy and is also making his outdoor debut.
In Marrakech, the women’s 400 meter hurdles, pole vault, 5,000 and 200 meter events will count towards the Diamond ranking. In the men’s section, the results of the hectometer, the 400 and 800 meters, and the discus throw will be taken into account.
For this last test, Lithuanian Mikolas Alekna appears as one of the attractions, who a few weeks ago took the world record to 74.35 meters.
