CHODEC BRONZE FOR MARTÍNKOVÁ. Czech athletics may rejoice at another medal at the MSJ in Nairobi. The pedestrian Eliška Martínková followed the European silver with world bronze.

RESULTS

Eliška Martínková entered the top ten in Nairobi in the position of acting vice-champion of Europe, and perhaps every fan of Czech athletics hoped to win another medal, even though it was a very difficult task in the world competition. The first third of the race was led by the Indian Baljet Kaurová, who, however, was caught up in the third kilometer by a group of five competitors, in which our representative was also present. Just before half of the track, the Mexican Sofia Ramos Rodríguez decided to start. With a seven-second loss, Martínková led a four-member group of pursuers.

As Rodríguez increased her lead, the fight for more precious metals was open. Russia's Anastasia Kolchinova was the first to drop out, having to hit the penalty zone after three red targets. Subsequently, Kenyan Margaret Gati did not maintain the set pace. Eliška remained active and went in the company of another Russian representative, Jelena Sboretsova. However, the French duo was still catching up from behind, and especially the bronze medalist from the MEJ in Tallinn, Maële Biré Heslouis, looked very good, and she was Martínková's biggest rival in the final kilometers. While Sboretsov received the second target and had to slow down, which resulted in a loss of contact, the French tried to start, which Eliška was still able to capture. Our representative did not find an answer to the other one. One kilometer before the finish, however, it was more than probable that Czech athletics would win another medal in Nairobi.

Sofia Ramos Rodríguez overtook the title of world champion in the time of 46: 23.01. Although Eliška was still trying to attack the Frenchwoman, Maële Biré-Heslouisová had already defended her position and rejoiced in the silver for 47: 43.87. Eliška Martínková finished less than three seconds back (47: 46.28) and won bronze for the Czech colors. Both competitors reversed the order compared to Tallinn.

Jaromír Morávek represented us in the walking race for 10 meters of juniors. Right from the start, the Russian-French pair Dmitry Gramackov and Dmitri Durand escaped. The Frenchman Durand took care of the pace exclusively. Morávek moved the first two kilometers in a large group of pursuers. Then he slowly began to lose touch. The lead of the leading duo gradually decreased until it was definitely deleted shortly before the fifth kilometer. At that moment, there were eight more competitors. Morávek was the twentieth in the middle of the route. After 000 minutes, the Indian favorite Amit started and only the Kenyan Heristone Wanyonyi was able to capture his pace.

After a few hundred meters, it was clear that these two fighters would share the gold. They walked together to the final kilometer. The decisive moment came five hundred meters before the finish line, when Wanyonyi boarded his rival, and he could not answer. To the delight of the home fans, he then crossed the finish line as the winner in the new personal record of 42: 10.84 and won for Kenya the historically first pedestrian gold at the global athletics top across all categories. Amit took the silver for 42: 17.94. Bronze travels to Spain thanks to the European champion Paul McGrath, who decided to win this precious metal by entering about a kilometer before the finish. He also created a new personal maximum of 42: 26.11. Jaromír Morávek managed the track in the time of 45: 44.72, which was enough for the nineteenth place in the overall evaluation.