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The Campo Grande athlete will compete for the medals in the 4,000 and 8,000 tests
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The 21-year-old is one of the most important assets of the Spanish FEDDI team, and will also score 4,000 points for teams
For Adrián Parras the future has accelerated. “He is not very nervous”, explain his relatives after embarking on the trip to California to play this weekend in the World Cross Country Championship.
The 21-year-old athlete from Valladolid will represent Spain with the team of the Spanish Federation of Sports for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
It will also be one of the candidates to be on the podium of the American event, according to their technicians, who consider that it arrives “at a good time.”
The type of box “will depend on the state of the terrain, on the day… In Cross Country it is like that. It is difficult to talk about brands. The type of circuit will also influence”, analyzes Abdelali Ben Henia, coach of the Pucelano talent.
Adrián will participate in the 4,000 and 8,000 meter events. On Saturday it will be the turn for the 4,000 test, in which Adrián admits that he is more competitive -in fact, his favorite modality is the 5,000-.
In addition, in this first race, the athlete from Campo Grande will score for the national team, and there are high hopes for him.
On Sunday it will be the turn for the 8,000, a race in which Abdil, his coach, explains that Adrián’s “fatigue” must also be taken into account, “and the recovery” he can make.
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The Valladolid middle-distance runner from the Castilla y León Adapted Sports Federation, points out that California and the Virtus Cross World Championship “is a great opportunity” that he expected for the future, in which he also aspires to be in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games .
Adrián Parras travels to San Diego with four other athletes, the coach and a FEDDI physiotherapist.
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