Sonia Molina-Prados: "We are fifth in the world, it's crazy"

The Spanish quartet, confident that it can "do better" at this summer's European Championships in Munich

   MADRID, 24 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The athlete Sonia Molina-Prados, a member of the Spanish women's 4x100m -also made up of Jaël Sakura Bestué, Paula Sevilla and Maribel Pérez-, recognized this Sunday that the fifth place achieved in the Eugene Outdoor Athletics World Championships is "crazy". , in Oregon (United States), a result that the team hopes to improve in the European Championship to be held in Munich this summer.

"I have felt very well since the warm-up, in the curve I have felt better than yesterday. We are fifth in the world, it is crazy," said Molina-Prados after achieving fifth place in the women's 4x100 final.

Despite the historic result, in the first final played by the team and with a new Spanish record (42.58), Molina-Prados insisted that the sensations were "not entirely good". "We wanted to do a good job. At least we've been fighting and we're happy about it," she added.

Same opinion as Bestué, who pointed out that they can "do better." "It has served us as preparation for the European Championship, it is where we will have more advantages. We are still assimilating all this, we are very happy and we have shown it", assured the insatiable athlete.

"I'm left with the fact that we can improve, we really want to improve it," stressed Sevilla, who explained that the World Cup has given him "a lot of confidence." "Hopefully I can continue to grow," he wished on a personal level.

Finally, the captain, Maribel Pérez, admitted that the quartet is "mentally a bit exhausted", although they will go "for all in the European". "We left very strengthened, the result has been incredible, it is the result of the work of the whole year", she sentenced.