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Athlete Andrea Vargas wins second and third place in international competitions
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Costa Rican athlete Andrea Vargas, won third place in the women's 100m hurdles, with a time of 12.84 seconds, in the Zagreb World Challenge, which took place in Croatia.
First and second place went to the United States with Sharika Nelvis and Cristina Clemons with a time of 12:73 and 12.82, respectively.
In the race, Andrea Vargas competed along with five U.S. athletes, Cristina Clemons, Queen Claye, Sharika Nelvis, Payton Chadwick, Tiffani Mc Reynolds, and Alina Talay from Belarus and Ivana Loncarek from Croatia.
According to the Olympic Committee's report, Vargas ran in lane 7. On her left was Payton Chadwick from the U.S. and on her right Ivana Loncarek from Croatia.
This was not the first international competition for Vargas. On Sunday, she won second place in the race Gala de Castelli in Switzerland.
In that competition, Vargas reached the finish line in 12.86 seconds, "just a second behind the winner, Cindy Ofili from the U.K.," said the Committee in its statement.
According to the Committee, these international competitions for Vargas are part of the training to participate in the World Athletics Championships in Doha Qatar in October, and in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
As A.M. Costa Rica reported in August, Vargas won a gold medal in the 2019 Pan American Games, in the category of running Women's 100m hurdles. She was the only Costa Rican athlete that won a gold medal.
The 2019 Pan American Games, the multi-sport event by the Panam Sports Organization, was held in Lima, Peru, from July 26th to August 11th, where the Costa Rican team won a gold medal and four bronze medals.
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