Solange Jesus was 19th in the World Championships marathon

Today, Solange Jesus was the Portuguese athlete who achieved the highest ranking in the marathon at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, finishing in 19th place, seven places ahead of Susana Santos. The marathon runner from Oliveira do Bairro, who represents Sporting de Braga, completed the 42.195 kilometers in the Japanese capital, starting and finishing at the National Stadium, in 2:33.24 hours, securing a place among the “top 20”. "I'm very happy, I managed to finish in a spectacular place," highlighted Solange Jesus, 38 years old, who had finished 60th in her debut at the World Championships, in Budapest'2023 (2:45.08 hours), recalling that, at the time, "things didn't go so well."

Solange Jesus and Susana Santos practically completed the first 30 kilometers of the race together, which started at 7:30 local time (11:30 pm yesterday in mainland Portugal).

Today, Solange Jesus was the Portuguese athlete who achieved the highest ranking in the marathon at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, finishing in 19th place, seven places ahead of Susana Santos. The marathon runner from Oliveira do Bairro, who represents Sporting de Braga, completed the 42.195 kilometers in the Japanese capital, starting and finishing at the National Stadium, in 2:33.24 hours, securing a place among the “top 20”. "I'm very happy, I managed to finish in a spectacular place," highlighted Solange Jesus, 38 years old, who had finished 60th in her debut at the World Championships, in Budapest'2023 (2:45.08 hours), recalling that, at the time, "things didn't go so well."

Solange Jesus and Susana Santos practically completed the first 30 kilometers of the race together, which started at 7:30 local time (11:30 pm yesterday in mainland Portugal).

Today, Solange Jesus was the Portuguese athlete who achieved the highest ranking in the marathon at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, finishing in 19th place, seven places ahead of Susana Santos. The marathon runner from Oliveira do Bairro, who represents Sporting de Braga, completed the 42.195 kilometers in the Japanese capital, starting and finishing at the National Stadium, in 2:33.24 hours, securing a place among the “top 20”. "I'm very happy, I managed to finish in a spectacular place," highlighted Solange Jesus, 38 years old, who had finished 60th in her debut at the World Championships, in Budapest'2023 (2:45.08 hours), recalling that, at the time, "things didn't go so well."

Solange Jesus and Susana Santos practically completed the first 30 kilometers of the race together, which started at 7:30 local time (11:30 pm yesterday in mainland Portugal).