Next February 18 will return the Cross Country World Cupafter four years of waiting, and held bathurst (Australia).
Spain will fly to the ocean continent with a group of 22 athletes where there will be champions of Spain and international medalists in cross, track and trail running.
In the last edition, held in Aarthus (Denmark), Spain finished sixth in the mixed relay, tenth among teams in the absolute women’s category and 12th in the absolute men’s category. Also, Irene Sánchez-Escribano and Ouassim Oumaiz they put in the most outstanding performances with two well-deserved 25th and 20th places, respectively, in the toughest international championship on the calendar.
A total of 11 women and 11 men were selected by Jose Peiro. Five athletes of each gender will compete in the absolute category, four will do so in the sub20 and two in the mixed relay.
They stand out among them Irene Sánchez-Escribanodouble runner-up to Spain, who will debut in a full World Cup, Carolina Roblescurrent Spanish champion of the 3,000 m obstacles, Sergio Paniaguacross-country runner-up in Spain, Pol Oriach and Adam Maijósilver and bronze sub23 at the Spanish Cross Country Championship, o Mariam Benkert, sub20 champion.
Throughout the fifty year history of World Cross Country, Spain added six individual medals. carmen valero won bronze in 1975 and was proclaimed champion in 1976 and 1977, while Mariano Haro he chained three silvers in 1973, 1974 and 1975.
According to the teams, the list of winners of Spain there are four male bronzes, those in 1990, 1991, 1995 and 2002, the last in the short cross, while in the sub20 category the national delegation has climbed the team podium twelve times (two gold, four silver and six bronze ) and individual. in another six (two gold, three silver and one bronze).
PRESELECTED
perfect woman: Naima Ait Alibou, Laura Luengo, Carolina Robles, Cristina Ruiz and Irene Sánchez-Escribano.
completely masculine: Andreu Blanes, Nassim Hassaous, Aarón las Heras, Abdessamad Oukhelfen and Sergio Paniagua.
mixed relay: Miriam Costa, Adam Maijó, Pol Oriach and Rosalía Tárraga.
girl under 20: Mariam Benkert, Jimena Blanco, Xela Martínez and María Viciosa.
men’s sub20: Sergio del Barrio, Aitor García, Rubén Leonardo and Aleix Vives.
Source: La Verdad
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