The Karoline Bjerkeli NorwaycEuropean cross country champion in 2021attack on world record of 5 kilometers on the route during the 24th edition of Nassos Race 2022to be held at Barcelona next December 31.
In this test, his countryman Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Olympic champion of 1,500 meters in Tokyo and world champion of 5,000 metershas already announced his intention to beat the world top by 5 km on the route.
Alongside the traditional 10 km race, as in the two previous editions, there will also be an international 5 km race where last year the Ethiopians Ejegayehu Taye (14:19) and Berihu Aregawi (12:49) They broke world records in both the women’s and men’s categories, which still stand.
Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal32 years old and with the best score of 15.00 (2021) is far and away the European ‘queen’ of the cross, since 2015 she has been on the podium in all editions (gold, silver and four bronze).
His first goal was to attack the record of Europe of 5km en route held by the Dutch company Sifan Hassan with 14:44 (2019). His fifth place in JJ. YES. Tokyo in the 5,000 with 14:31.07 This is the best example that on the 31st he can break this continental record.
Source: La Verdad
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