Houssame Benabbou and Alberto PuyueloEuropean champion and runner-up, respectively, lead the Spanish team of ten athletes (six men and four women) who will compete this Sunday in IAU 50km World Cup in Hyderabad (India).
The Spanish team returns to the starting line to attack the IAU 50 km World Cup in Hyderabad (India), in an ultra-distance modality in which it has already succeeded in 2022, in the European Championship held in Sotillo de la Adrada (Ávila ), with Houssame Benabbou the champion and Alberto Puyuelo second, leading Spain to team silver.
For this World Cup in India, Spain aims high. Since his win in Sotillo de la Adrada, the current continental champion Houssame Benabbou has performed at a great level on different terrains and distances. In cross country, he achieved eighth place in the Cáceres Grand Prix, which belongs to the World Athletics gold circuit, while on asphalt he set a personal best in 10 kilometers in Valencia (29:25) and won silver in the Championship of Spain . on the road in the half marathon test.
Alberto Puyuelo, for his part, won the bronze medal at the Spanish Marathon Championships in Zaragoza with a time of 2h21:04.
The third men’s team banner for Hyderabad is from Madrid Alejandro Jimenez. At 38 years old, ‘El Balilla’ has found his best version over long distances. In 2022, he achieved his personal best in the marathon with 2h10:54, and in the same year he was declared runner-up in the Spanish marathon.
They completed the men’s set Carles Montlor, who is already part of the Spanish team that won European silver in 2022 and is currently the national runner-up; Jesus Angel Olmos, who took victory in the National Burjassot with 2h50:43, the third Spanish record in history; and Chakib Lachgarwho this year set his personal marathon record in Seville with 2h11:11.
The Spanish 50 km champion Mireia Sosawho at the Spanish Championship in Burjassot achieved the fourth best national time in history in 3h34:54, led the women’s team.
Spain’s runner-up Maria Isabel Sixto (3h35:27, sixth Spanish ever), the champion of the Spanish marathon in 2022 Jessica More (who in 2023 set a personal record at a distance of 42,197 meters with 2h37:59), and Barbara Ramonwho clocked 2h42:12 in the marathon, close the women’s quartet.
The IAU 50 km World Cup will be held on Sunday, November 5 at 7:00 local time (2:30 Spanish time).
Source: La Verdad
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