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Portuguese athlete Jessica Barreira secured a second-place finish in the heptathlon at the Brescia athletics meeting in Italy this Sunday, accumulating a new personal best of 6,077 points. This impressive score also places her as the third-best national performer of all time in the discipline.
Barreira was only outdone by Sweden's Lavisa Karlsson, who claimed victory in the competition with a total of 6,190 points.
The Portuguese contingent in Brescia also saw Mariana Bento finish in sixth position with 5,770 points, while Natacha Candé secured ninth place, achieving 5,658 points.
With this result, Jessica Barreira moves closer to the top Portuguese heptathlon marks ever recorded. The national ranking continues to be led by Naide Gomes, with 6,230 points (set in 2005), and Lecabela Quaresma, who achieved 6,174 points (in 2017).
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