National proud! Kimberly García sets a new world record in 35k walking in Slovakia

keeps breaking it Kimberly Garcia in athletics. Last year she won two gold medals in the World Cup of this sport, in the United States. And now, he has just achieved another international achievement: he set a new world record by winning the 35 km track walk at the Dudinska 50, made in Slovakia. There, ‘Kimy’ crossed the finish line with a time of 2h37min44c, placing his name as the best in this modality. The athlete from Huanca continues to make history.

Kimberly came to this competition as one of the favourites, as she currently occupies first place in the world ranking of both the 25km and the 35km walk. But she had a rival who could have complicated her day: the experienced Chinese athlete Liu Hong, Olympic medalist in Rio 2016 and 4-time world champion in the 20 km walk. However, the Asian could not with the Peruvian and she was left with the second place with a time of 2h40min06c

This is the first race that ‘Kimy’ has disputed after winning two gold records at the 2022 Eugene World Championship. In that event, the national walker stood on the top of the podium in the 20 km and 35 km walk, becoming, as It is highlighted by the World Athletics (International Athletics Federation), “in the first woman to win two athletic walking titles in a World Cup and in the first Peruvian athlete to win a world title.”

Now, he will continue preparing for the great goal he has in his career: to win a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. “That is the great goal that I have. Not only be there but reach the Olympic podium in Paris. Yes or yes I want to hang a medal, be it gold, silver or bronze “, he told us in December of last year. But before arriving in France, you must make a few stops, where, in the same way, you will seek to bathe in gold.

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