Galimany joined the Kusuro and Chesang party in the Madrid marathon

Ugandans Geoffrey Kusuro (2h10:19) and Doreen Chesang (2h26:31) were declared winners of the forty-fifth edition of the Madrid marathonwith Catalan Marta Galimany third, recovering in the final kilometers after suffering a crash that caused her to vomit in the race.

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series Madrid party, which includes a marathon, a half marathon and a 10 kilometer distance, once again filled the streets of the Spanish capital with color, where 34,000 runners from 102 countries stepped forward, representing growth of ten percent compared to last year.

Geoffrey Kusuro was the fastest to the finish line located on Paseo de Recoletos, at the height of the National Library. The Ugandan, who finished second in Madrid last year, broke the leading group by two hours in the race to break away from Kenyan Sila Kiptoo (2h10:31), second, and his compatriot Bernard Kimpkemboi (2h10:32), third .

In the female category the winner was Doreen Chesang. The Ugandan, eleventh at this year’s Cross Country World Championships, crossed the finish line first after running alone for much of the race.

Second was Ethiopian Fetale Tsegaye (2h32:18) and third was Marta Galimany from Tarragona (2h37:47).who had a moment of crisis in the last kilometers, stopping to vomit, but knew how to compose himself to run again at a good pace and climb to the third position on the podium.

“People have helped me gain strength when I have drained them. It was difficult for me but I enjoyed it. I had stomach problems, nerves helped before the race, but I gained strength to finish,” said Galimany, holder of the Spanish marathon record with 2h26:14 in Valencia in 2022.

In the half marathon, in the women’s category, the winner was Clara Viñarás, runner-up in Spain in over 3,000 obstacles in 2020, who won at the finish line in 1h16:20, ahead of two other Spaniards, Diana Martín Ugarte ( 1h19:15), second, and Marta García-Saavedra (1h20:05), third.

In the men’s category, the Kenyan’s dominance in the half marathon was total. The victory was awarded to Victor Kipruto, who this year already won the Azkoitia Azpeitia half marathon, stopping the clock in 1h00:04, led on the podium by his compatriot Charles Matata (1h00:21) and Geoffrey Toroitich (1h00: 44). The first Spaniard was Juan Antonio ‘Chiki’ Pérez, who finished ninth with 1h05:22.

In the 10k test, Carlos Mayo and Águeda Marqués reaffirmed their victories in the shortest distance test of the Zurich Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series Madrid.

The first three swords of the Adidas team (Adrián Ben, Jesús Ramos and Carlos Mayo) decided to reach the finish line together and hand in hand. (30:11 passing the goal for three) in a show of friendship After deliberation, the judges of the test gave Carlos Mayo the win, followed by Jesús Ramos Reviejo and Adrián Ben, recent 800m European champion in the covered tracks.

For Carlos Mayo it was his sixth victory in the capital and the third in a rowwhile Águeda Marques (32:41) won with a seventeen second difference over Paula Herrero, recent national 10k record holder.

THE FIGURES OF EVENT

For this edition, the forty-fifth in its history, the 34,000 available bibs were sold, ten percent more than in 2022, of which 9,000 were marathon, 17,000 middle and 8,000 10k. Of the total number of runners, 33% were women and 67% were men.

Of the 34,000 participants, 27,342 were national athletes and 6,658 foreigners from 102 countries, so the number of foreigners increased by almost 1,200 compared to last year. The most are the French (1,248), followed by the Italians (614) and the British (599).

The marathon offers the most spectacular route in its history, with a touristic and historical layout that allows runners to cross the most emblematic areas of the city such as Gran Vía, Plaza de España, Preciados street or Puerta del Sol, where the athletes ran the three distances.