Salomé Afonso and Patrícia Silva in the final of the 1,500 meters of the European Championships

The second round of the Apeldoorn2025 short-track championship will feature four Portuguese in the finals.

Isaac Nader, Gerson Baldé, Patrícia Silva and Salomé Afonso compete in the 1500 meter finals and the long jump on Friday

Salomé Afonso advanced to the decisive race, scheduled for Friday, at 21:00 local time (20:00 in Lisbon) with third place in the second series, with a time of 04.11.82 minutes, slightly faster than Patrícia Silva, who had finished in the same position in the starting series, in 04.13.93. Carla Sacramento is the national record holder for 1,500 meters, with a time of 04,04,11 minutes, achieved in Liévin, France, on February 25, 2001, and the hold…

The pitcher has been fourth in his series and only two hundredths have separated him from entering the European final.