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Friday 24 July 2026 starts the 106th Spanish Athletics Championships in Málaga, specifically in the Estadio Ciudad de Málaga, on a sunny morning in which only thew men final was held: Paul McGrath, in the 10,000m race. The Spanish Championship of Málaga deals with the institutional support of the Ayuntamiento of Málaga, the Council of Andalucía and the Diputación of Málaga, entities compromised with the impulse of sports and the promotion of major sporting events.
10.000m race walk men
The men’s 10.000m race walking event started with a very high pace through Joan Querol’s attack, which led to opening several meters of wind on the pack in the early race. This intent did not last long, as the current Spanish champion, Paul McGrath, returned before completing the first kilometer and pulled the group together in a row of one. As they passed the second kilometre, small groups began to form, with McGrath, Diego García Carrera and Álvaro López at the front, until the strong rhythm imposed by the Catalans ended by breaking them alone.
Paul McGrath crossed the finish line in first place with an extraordinary mark of 38:23.52, improving his personal record by 26 seconds and winning his second national title. With this time, the third best Spanish brand in history has become better, becoming the Spanish leader of the year and signing the sixth best global brand of the time.
The silver medal went to the surprising Óscar Martínez, who won his personal best with 39:03.58, finishing in two minutes on his previous register (40:58.84) and placing fifth in the Spanish ranking all the time. The bronze medal was for Daniel Chamosa, also with a personal mark (39:22.48), six seconds better than the previous one, placing eighth in the national historical ranking. José Manuel Pérez also entered the historic top-10 finalist with 39:23.12, new personal record (39:50.52 previously) and the new best Spanish brand ever.
10.000m race walk women
The Saturday morning session of the Spanish Athletics Championships in Málaga was Spain’s first record of the competition. The long-awaited 10,000m women’s race was not overshadowed by the strong wind that hit during the entire morning session in Málaga. The world and Olympic champion María Pérez achieved a huge passing with 42:12.93, a new record in Spain (previously 42.14.12, Raquel González in Gijón 2016).
Maria Perez signed an extraordinary race in the face of the wind and continued to walk at the pace of a European record. From the beginning he left alone and ended by doubling each and every one of his rivals. For the Andalusian, this triumph is supposed to revalidate the Spanish championship title – the fifth of its career – place itself as world leader of the year and achieve the last national record on the track that it achieved in its entirety of awards.
On the podium I was accompanied by Antía Chamosa, who took the silver in 44:07.51. The bronze was much contested, but ended in the hands of the young Aldara Meilán in 44:43.51. In fourth position, looking for medals, Lucía Redondo finished with 44:45.57, personal best.
Photo gallery by RFEA/Sportmedia/Alejandro Sancho
