Top in the World: Kimberly García and the results that confirm her as the best Peruvian athlete

What Kimberly García has been doing with each step she takes is for Peruvian pride to grow. The national athlete achieved fourth place in the 20Km walk at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, showing that she is the place she continues to be among the top athletes in the world.

On a fairly hot day in the Hungarian capital, the Peruvian demonstrated her ability by leading the test for more than half of the competition, but the last five kilometers were very difficult due to the speed shown by the Spanish María Pérez, who ended with the victory final.

Kimi finished the 20km in 1:27:32, just six seconds off a podium spot. In the images of the official transmission, the Peruvian was noticed with some gestures of pain, but that did not prevent her from rising from seventh to fourth place in the last kilometer. A display of courage and love for the sport.

She could not defend the champion’s crown in the 20Km, but Kimberly García continues among the tops in the world, as shown by her results in the last two years. Now, she is expected to be able to recover physically so that early Thursday morning she can compete in the 35km.

Radical changes

There was a breaking point at Kimberly. After good results at the regional level, he set himself the goal of competing for a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, but the conditions in Sapporo and the conditions in which he arrived -he had previous injuries- did not allow him to even finish the test. “I suffered from depression, I wanted to take a break from my sports career,” he told El Comercio at the beginning of last year.

But he did not have to stop, if not direct his course. He changed coaches and looked for the Ecuadorian Andrés Chocho. He changed his training base and practically moved to the northern country to consolidate his growth. And so came the great victories.

In the nine tests of 2022, he was on the podium in all of them, with the bronze medal in the Oman World March Race and the two golds in Oregon as his milestones. Meanwhile, this 2023 he has said present in five competitions, with three victories and two fourth places, the last one yesterday.

Thus, Kimberly continues her path with steps of glory. Her focus is now on Santiago 2023 before moving on to Olympic Games mode, as she will head to Paris for ultimate glory.

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