The fight for Olympic in marathon: Spain

The fight for a place in the Olympic Games marathon is very hot in Spain. Many athletes want one of the 2 places because the current champions of Spain, Carles Castillejo (2h10: 09 in Castellón on December 9, 2011) and Vanessa Veiga (2h32: 50 in Castellón on December 9, 2011 ) are directly selected for the national team in London.

The following information about the marathon that will challenge the best Spanish and a Who's Who of each

WOMEN	Standart from Spanish Federation 2h34:00	Standart from IAAF 2h37:00	Which maratón ran in or will run	Best Performances
Vanessa Veiga	Yes	Yes	---	Spanish Champion – Directly selected Castellón 2011 – 2h32:57
Beatriz Ros	Yes	Yes	---	Castellón 2011 – 2h33:11
Alessandra Aguilar	Yes	Yes	---	Rotterdam 2011 – 2h27:00 Nueva York 2011 – 2h33:08 *Pending doping ban (Denubil) 3 or 6 months
Elena Espeso	No	Yes	Barcelona 25th march	Hamburgo 2011 – 2h36:46
Tamara Sanfabio	No	Yes	Barcelona 25th march	Sevilla 2011 – 2h37:23 Berlín 2011 – 2h36:48 Spanish Champion Last year. Season 2010/11
María José Pueyo	No	Yes	Rotterdam 15th april	Rotterdam 2011 - 2h34:52

Who's Who

Vanessa Veiga.

32 years old. 1 marathon. Team ADIDAS.

Spanish Champion and directly selected to London 2012 in her debut in Castellon last December. This February run in PB in Granollers half marathon. In London she will run her second marathon. She was an international athlete in junior and under23 but was out when married with Spanish record holder in marathon Julio Rey and now is the mother of tree children. Three years ago started to run and in 2011 jumped in to the road with double Spanish Championships, in april in half marathon and in December in marathon.

Alessandra Aguilar

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33 Years old. 8 marathons. Team: FC Barcelona.

She is the reference in women marathon in Spain actually. Last april run in 2h27:00 in Rotterdam, only 9 seconds from the Spanish record, but in Daegu and New York didn’t run in the best. Now she is waiting for a doping ban for a positive competition test in a cross country race in December, 3 or 6 month ban but we don’t now from when to when and the Spanish marathon team for London will decide in 8^th may.

MEN	Standart from Spanish Federation 2h14:00	Standart from IAAF 2h17:00	Which maratón ran in or will run	Best Performances
Carles Castillejo	Yes	Yes	---	Spanish Champion – Directly selected Castellón 2011 – 2h10:09
Pablo Villalobos	Yes	Yes	Hamburgo 29th april	Sevilla 2011 – 2h12:21 Spanish Champion 2010/11 5th European Champ Barcelona 2010
Ricardo Serrano	Yes	Yes	Hamburgo 29th april	Berlín 2011 – 2h13:32
Pedro Nimo	Yes	Yes	París 15th april	Berlín 2011 – 2h13:34 PB 2h12:08 Viena 2009
Rafael Iglesias	No	No	---	Injured 6th European Champ Barcelona 2010
Chema Martínez	No	Yes	Barcelona 25th march	Londres 2011 – 2h15:25 2th European Champ Barcelona 2010
Ayad Landasem	No	Yes	---	Lake Biwa 2012 – 2h14:39
Nacho Cáceres	No	No	Rotterdam 15th april	PB 2h12:40 de 2009
José Carlos Hernández	No	No	Barcelona 25th march	PB 2h13:46 Berlín 2010 PB 1h02:57 Santander 2012
Javier Díaz Carretero	No	No	Abril	PB 2h13:47 Sevilla 2010
Jaume Leiva	No	No	Barcelona 25th march	PB 2h17:57 Rotterdam 2011 PB 1h03:36 Granollers 2012
Miguel Ángel Gamonal	No	Yes	Abril	Castellón 2011 – 2h16:58
Iván Galán	No	Yes	To confirm	Castellón 2011 – 2h15:36
Manuel Hurtado	No	Yes	To confirm	Amsterdam 2011 – 2h16:02

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