the Uruguayan runner Santiago Catrofewith a period of 28:17 in the male category, and the Ethiopian Meselu Berhewith a note of 31:54 in the feminine, they prevailed in the proof of 10 km of the Granollers Half Marathon Test held this Saturday in an approved circuit in Canovelles (Barcelona).
With a temperature of 14ºC and a humidity of 66 percent, the 1,500 runners who started will also participate in the Granollers Half Marathon on February 5, 2023.
The Uruguayan runner resident in Girona, Santiago Catrofebronze in the 1,500 of the 2021 South American Championship and competed in the last World Cup in Eugene (United States), got the victory after having a great career.
Second is the Spanish-Moroccan Ilias FIFAEuropean champion of 5,000 meters in 2016 and active again from May 2022 after serving a four-year ban for doping.
They included young Ethiopians Haftamu Abadi Gebresilase and Workneh Fikre Serbessawho remained in the first group of six runners who passed kilometer 5 with 14:25.
From there the four in question were left behind and the pulse became intense until the end. Catrofe prevailed in 28:17, smashing his personal best of 29:15 (2019) by over a minute.
Fifa was second with 28:22, after a great sprint in which the Hispanic Moroccan beat Ethiopian Haftamu Abadi, third in 28:23.
The 22-year-old Ethiopian runner Meselu Berhesilver in the 3,000 meters at the 2018 U-20 World Cup and bronze in the distance at the 2017 African Games, gave a real recital in the women’s category.
Berhe achieved an extraordinary time of 31:54, which is the ninth best 10 km time achieved in Spain in 2022, and dominated the trial from start to finish.
Only the Moroccan runner Soukaina Atanane, 28 years old and with a better record of 32:11 at the distance, tried to stand up to him, but finished second with 33:11, more than a minute behind. Third is also the Moroccan Douae OubokirCatalan cross country champion, with a time of 34:25.
Source: La Verdad
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