The athlete Boulaid Kaoutar set a new Spanish Half Marathon record this Sunday in Valencia by completing 21 kilometers in an unofficial time of 1.08.46almost a minute short of the mark he set Laura Luengo in this same test a year ago.
“I’m very happy. The rain wasn’t a problem, but if it was windy I wouldn’t be able to break the record,” Kaoutar explained shortly after entering the finish line in remarks to À Punt. 35 years old, born in Morocco, It has lived in Cantabria for many years.
In a trial won by Kenyan Agnes Ngetich and argued under the pouring rain, Luengo also managed to exceed one hour and nine minutes, a mark that, until this test, no Spaniard had been able to lower.
Irene Sanchez He was also in the same group but a fall with three kilometers from the finish line left him with no options to become the third Spaniard in history to run this distance in less than 69 minutes.
Source: La Verdad
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