29/01/2018   Bratislava (SVK): Meeting Elan: victories of Erick Barrondo (GUA) and Maria Czakova (SVK)






The 17th International Indoor Athletics Meeting in Bratislava took place between morning and early afternoon.
 
 
 
5.000m indoor walk men
 
The race saw Matej Toth (SVK) return to competitions, which had stopped since april of past year, due to the well-known events concerning the biological passport.
Matej Toth finished the race in third position, winning for the third time (2014, 2016, 2018) the Slovak title on the 5000m distance with the time of 19:43.70.
 
The race was won by Erick Barrondo (GUA) with an acceleration in the final lap, when he reached and overtaken the leader Alex Wright (IRL): Erick Barrondo's time was 19:23.59
Second place for Alex Wright (IRL) in 19:25.20.
Satisfied with third place Matej Toth (SVK) in 19:43.70.
 
 
3.000m indoor walk women 
 
Victory to Maria Czakova (SVK) in 12:34.54
Second place to Mirna Ortiz (GUA) in 12:47.16
Third place to Monika Hornakova (SVK) in 13: 20.37
 
 
(photos by Zuzana Sucha - SVK)