Katir will defend his victory in the San Silvestre Vallecana against the Ugandan Cheptegei

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The muleño, winner of the 2021 edition, will try to break the test record, also pursued by the African, in what will be an exciting duel

The Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana will once again take on a tight and emotional duel this year. On the 31st, the streets of Madrid will witness a great challenge, a face-to-face that will make history. Muleño Moha Katir will defend his victory last year. His biggest rival will be the Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei, an old acquaintance of the Murcian. The African athlete won the final of the men’s 5,000 meters at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, with a time of 12:58:15.

With Mohamed Katir, all athletics fans jumped for joy in the last edition of the race as they crossed the finish line in the Vallecas stadium. The athlete from Mula won and broke an 18-year streak without a Spanish victory. Chema Martínez had taken the previous win, in 2003. To climb to the top last year, Katir had to beat the Burundian Kwizera, who arrived with the favorites board after winning the national crossing season.

On this last day of 2022, Katir, triple national record holder in the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 meters outdoor distances, faces a major challenge against Cheptegei, world record holder of 5,000 and 10,000 meters outdoors. The 26-year-old Ugandan athlete will be looking for the best result ever in the 10 kilometers in Madrid, currently in the hands of Kenyan Rhonex Kipruto, who covered this distance in 26.24 in Valencia in 2020. , It would not be a world record because it is not comparable due to the excessive unevenness of the test.

Mohamed Katir will try to close a 2022 full of success with silver at the European Championships in Munich in the 5,000 meters and World Cup bronze in Eugene in the 1,500 meters, the first global medal for the phenomenon of the moment in the middle distance and Spanish background . An NN Running Team athlete, Cheptegei will not have an easy time unseating the reigning champion as Katir has the best Spanish mark in history in a 10K, achieved last year at the Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana Internacional: 27:45 .

Source: La Verdad

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