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The young athlete Sergio Jornet Torreño signed a creditable seventh in the Championship of Spain of exathlón in cadet category which was held last 26 and 27 February in the Asturian town of Oviedo.
Jornet, who led the standings after the dispute of the first four tests (60-meter dash, long jump, shot put and high jump), the test was unlucky 60-meter hurdles.
In it, a trip he was forced to play a fence with his hands, which earned him a disqualification and no points in the test score.
With this ballast, came eighth in the final round of 1,000-meter dash, where he still managed to climb one position to finish in seventh place.
Jornet, who had proclaimed exathlón regional champion in cadet category in the competition organized by the Federation of Athletics in Alhama de Murcia and Cieza the past on 12 and 13 February respectively, has an impressive track record.
Despite his youth, Torreño and has six titles and a regional sucampeonato junior category, and another 60-meter hurdles in regional cadet.
Obligation to love
The importance of Jornet athletic career is that he competes against opponents and against another opponent who is not: diabetes.
And is that the young Torreño, with only 10 years old, was diagnosed with diabetes after a stay of several days in the hospital.
Following this new situation, the doctors advised her to walk every day and then Sergio started out walking with his father every night to control their blood sugar levels.
And those walks to start running, only half a step.
What began as an obligation became a hobby at which time and effort, and to collect rewards.
Over time she started dabbling in athletics, before he had fought on the football team Cotillas AD-EMF, which seems to gradually emerging.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas
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