This Sunday, December 3, a new edition of Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Marathon, the biggest marathon in Spain and one of the most important in the world. The event will bring together 33,000 runners and will be the largest in its history, with 57% of people coming from outside Spain. Departure is 8:15 am from Marató Square.
Less than a year after the celebration of Olympic Gamesthe Valencia Marathon is the event chosen by many athletes looking for the minimum to participate Paris 2024.
“We have great hope that many Olympic minimums can come out in Valencia. Even some athletes can attack the best scores of all time,” he said. Jose Antonio Redolatresponsible for selecting the Spanish athletes who will compete in the event.
Tariku Novales, Abdelaziz Merzougui, Dani Mateo, Yago Rojo, Chakir Lachgar and Miguel Barzola They are some of the Spanish athletes who will be looking to make good marks on Sunday in Valencia.
In females, the eyes are visible Majida Mayoufwho recently acquired Spanish nationality and can beat the national distance record.
Marta GalianySpanish marathon record holder, will also be present at the starting line with other important athletes such as Fátima Ouhaddou, Elena Loyo, Irene Pelayo, Laura Méndez, Cristina Giurcanu, Yesica More and Mireia Guarner. They start at 42 kilometers Maria Jose Perez and the Spanish half marathon record holder Laura Luengo.
International elite
The Trinidad Alfonso Valencia Marathon is one of the fastest marathons in the world thanks to the marks of 2:01:53 and 2:14:58 achieved in 2022 by Kelvin Kiptum and Amane Beriso Shankule.
This year, the test again brings together a super competitive elite at the start line, with 10 athletes with times under 2 hours 5 minutes. By resume, Ethiopian tops the list Kenenisa Bekele3-time Olympic champion and 5-time world champion, who competed for the first time in Valencia at the age of 41.
But the main favorite is Tanzanian Gabriel Geay, 14 years younger, who already took second place on this circuit last year with a time of 2 hours 3 minutes. The other candidates to get on the podium are Alexander Mutiso (2:03:29), Sisay Lemma (2:03:36), Leul Gebresilase (2:04:02), Chalu Deso (2:04:53) and Titus Cypruto (2:04:54).
Finally, there are high expectations of what he can do Joshua Cheptegeimaking his marathon distance debut in the same city that saw him break the world records for the 10k on the road and 10,000m on the track.
In the women’s team, a fierce battle is expected between the marathon runners Almaz Ayana (2:17:20), Worknesh Degefa (2:17:41), Joan Chelimo Melly (2:18:04) and Hiwot Gebrekidan (2:19:10).
Where to watch the Valencia marathon
The Trinidad Alfonso Valencia Marathon can be followed live from 8:00 (Spain time) through various television and platforms.
In Spain, the event can be seen on Telesports, #Let’s go and À Punt. Besides official Web will offer race coverage in two languages: Spanish and English.
You can also follow the athletes every minute in the tracking official appavailable for iOS and Android.
Source: La Verdad
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