Pontevedra, 4. September
Jaume Ferret, Member of statistician EMA group, reported that athlete José Vicente Rioseco (M80) set a new world record in the 5000m with a time of 20:20.01 min in Pontevedra in northwest Spain. The old record holder is Canada’s EDWARD WHITLOCK, who clocked a time of 20:58.12 in Toronto in 2011. During the 5000m race, the 3000m time was recorded. It was 11:56.25 minutes and meant a new 3000m world record in the M80 category.
RFEA wrote about José Vicente Rioseco ‘s double world record on the homepage (#https://www.rfea.es/veteranos/veteranos.asp):
„Con estos dos, el gran corredor gallego pertenecinete al Club Atletismo Naron suma su quinto récord en lo que va de temporada (de un total de nueve a lo largo de su vida) donde el atletismo master español sin duda se está saliendo como nunca pues son ya ¡¡ 29 !! récords internacionales (del Mundo y de Europa) batidos hasta la fecha en lo que ya es el año con diferencia más importante de la historia en esta parcela.“
Free translated: With these two world records, the great Galician runner, who belongs to Club Atletismo Naron, added his fifth record this season (out of a total of nine in his entire life). Spanish Masters athletics has been extremely successful this year. There have already been 29 international records (world and European) set so far.
A.H