Nearly a month after severe flooding, a person walks past a field where water-ravaged cars are piled up in Paiporta, Valencia, Spain, November 28, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Manez/File Photo
VALENCIA/MADRID (Reuters) - Athlete Pau Gisbert decided not to run in the Valencia marathon this weekend because he couldn't focus on training amid the devastation that hit Spain's third-largest city in recent flash floods.
The decision to go ahead with the race on Dec. 1, just a month after the raging waters killed 222 people, has sparked controversy.
