Nassim Hassous, who last year was third in San Silvestre Vallecana, joined Fernando Carro, Juan Antonio ‘Chiqui’ Pérez, Jorge Blanco, Dani Mateo and Ignacio Fontes as a member of the Spanish army that will try to surprise the Madrid race on December 31st.
Nassim Hassaous arrived in Vallecas with the unmistakable sign of being third in the last edition of San Silvestre. With a time of 28:04, it was the positive surprise in an edition marked by the success of Mohamed Katir.
The athlete who was born in Las Palmas but from Tudel by adoption is the current national cross country runner-up and comes from being 25th in the European cross championship a few weeks ago and registered some good results in the cross country season, finishing in the top ten in Amorebieta, Atapuerca, Soria and Itálica.
The man from Madrid Fernando Carrothree-time national champion of the 3,000 obstacles, current champion of Spain in the half marathon and national record holder of the 3,000 obstacles, Carro missed the last edition due to injury.
On his return to the streets of Madrid, he will look to improve on the seventh place he achieved in 2015 and get closer to the impressive 27:46 he achieved in 2020 in Alcobendas.
The midfielder and the obstacles will perfectly represent the beginning of the year from Burgos Daniel Arce champion of Spain and fourth at the outdoor Europeans in 2022 in the 3,000 obstacles, and Ignacio Fontes from Granada, who is looking to complete a great year after reaching the final of the European and World Outdoors in the 1,500 meters and will fight to improve on th -eleven position. last year (28:57).
Sergio Paniagua, who was part of the team that won the continental bronze in the recent European cross country in Piedmont (Italy), and Aarón de las Heras, runner-up in the 5,000-meter European sub-champion in the sub23 category, also start .
the marathoner George White, who won the 2022 national title in Zaragoza, arrived in Vallecas with the best 10K mark of 27:51 since 2020. Meanwhile, Daniel Mateo from Soriano, currently the record holder for the time on the track, wants to redeem himself from a year marked by inconvenience physics and remove him like 2021, flying in Madrid, as he did last year with sixth place and a time of 28:26.
For his part, Juan Antonio “Chiqui” Pérez returned to the stage where he was the first Spaniard, at the Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana 2019, when he entered the Vallecas Stadium hand in hand with Toni Abadía. Triple champion of Spain at 10,000 meters, he holds the fifth best Spanish mark at 10K en route in history with 27:56.
The list of Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana is completed by several international athletes called to bring the race to life such as the Italian Iliass Aouani. national champion in the 10,000 meters and half marathon; the young Ugandan Dan Kibet, who will serve as squire to his compatriot Joshua Cheptegei, and the NN Running Team athlete Bjorn Koreman, who arrived in Vallecas with a ninth place in the Rotterdam Marathon and a victory in Vienna Marathon as his most important milestone featured.
These athletes join the list of athletes who were confirmed a few days ago and who are the main contenders for victory, such as the Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei, holder of the world record of 5,000 and 10,000 meters outdoors ; the Spanish Mohamed Katir, runner-up in Europe in the 5,000, world bronze in the 1,500 and holder of the best Spanish mark in history in a 10K, certain in 2021 San Silvestre which he won in 27:45; and Carlos Mayo, current Spanish champion of the 10,000.
Source: La Verdad
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