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. In 2021, Gallego ran 55.20 to win silver at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in

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. In doing so, Gallego broke the national record held previously by Cristina Pérez and set 33 years previously. In May 2022, Gallego lowered her national record to 54.87 in

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. Two weeks after that, at the Spanish Championship, Gallego lowered her own national record again with a run of 54.34. At the 2022 IAAF World Championship in Eugene, Oregon, Gallego qualified for the semi-finals with a run of 55.09. Gallego did not reach the final but only ran 15 hundredth's of a second outside her personal best as she finished behind

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and Britton Wilson.

International competitions

References

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