Katir took it back and Ouassim joined him in the final of the 5000

The Spanish Mohamed Katir and Ouassim Oumaiz passed the qualifying round of 5,000 and they access the Budapest World Cup finalwhich will be the current world champion, the Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsenbut not your countryman Thierry Ndikumwenayothat was removed.

Four days after being eliminated in the semifinals of the 1,500, Mohammed Katir he made up for the setback and, in a slow race, showed his ambition to turn the page and won in an hour of 13:35.90who celebrated at the finish line by raising his arm in anger.

The race, with the sole importance of being among the top eight in the series to access the final, Katir took as an opportunity to boost morale for fighting for medals.

Katir ran in the first series, where I don’t want anymore the Ugandan due to a leg injury Joshua Cheptegeiworld record holder of the 5,000, who left Budapest with gold in the 10,000 meters extending his distance reign to three world champion titles, just one behind Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassi, who won four consecutive titles between 1993 and 1999.

In the same series that Katir ran the Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsenwhich ended in 13:36.21 Just twenty-two hours after the failure suffered in the final of the 1,500 he lost with the British Josh Kerr and he lost his long-awaited double with 5,000 should he hang on to the gold to reaffirm his title Eugene 2022 .

The young man from Malaga Ouassim Oumaizrookie in a full World Cup, did not pay for his inexperience and even was guilty of audacity in one lap to try to pull the leading group, which soon stopped his ambitions, softened his courage, although he found his reward in the classification due to his fourth place (13:36.35).

It was even worse for another Spanish rookie, Thierry Ndikumwenayowhich ran a second series and ended ninth, removing at first, in a race faster than the previous one and won by the Guatemalan Luis Grijalva with 13:32.72.