Proud! Peruvian athlete Christian Pacheco qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

PRIDE OF PERU. Athlete Christian Pacheco qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics, achieving a time of 2 hours 7 minutes and 38 seconds in the Sevilla Marathon, held on Sunday, February 19.

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Pacheco, 29 years old, finished the competition in 11th place, surpassing the minimum required time (2 hours 8 minutes and 10 seconds), thus securing his ticket to the Olympics for the second consecutive time.

But Pacheco not only secured his ticket to Paris, but also ensured his presence at the Budapest 2023 Athletics World Championships, to be held in Hungary from August 19.

Christian Pacheco broke the national record

But the good news did not end for Christian Pacheco, as he broke the national record of 2:09:07 that he had also set last year in the Lima Life 42k marathon.

Pacheco also secured his participation in the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, being ranked among the top 10 in the Pan American ranking.

Remember that Christian Pacheco is the second national athlete to qualify for Paris 2024. A few weeks ago, Gladys Tejeda did the same in the Valencia Marathon.

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