Ruth Chepngetich led one of the best San Silvestre Vallecana in history

Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana dreams of records again. Like 2018 in history, the year-end classic presents a team of superlative level, with talented athletes who come to Vallecas with ambition and in a state of exceptional form, the perfect mix that can lead to athletics fans to experience a day for history on December 31.

In 2018, lKenyan Brigid Kosgei became the first athlete to break the 30-minute barrier in Vallecana. Since then, The score obtained remains unchanged as the top of the Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana.

But this year, an old acquaintance from the racethe Kenyan, Ruth Chepngetich, proposed putting a golden end to a 2024 to rememberand leave a mark of its quality on the streets of Madrid.

In at the Chicago Marathon, Ruth Chepngetich reduced the marathon world record by almost 2 minutes (2:09:56), in a feat that left the athletics world speechless.

After this heroism, Chepngetich came as the great female star of this Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana, with a desire to achieve the success that had eluded him in his previous trial presence (in 2020, when he was defeated by Yalemzerf Yehualaw) and fixed Kosgei’s record. In addition to his stratospheric marathon record, Chepngetich has a golden track record world marathon title, and a hat trick of victories in the iconic Chicago Marathonas well a best score in 10 kilometers on the road of 30:29that in Vallecana wants to fly in the air.

beside himthe Ethiopian Adawork Aberta, from the ever-competitive NN Running Team, He will try to follow in the footsteps of other compatriots and team members who succeeded in Vallecana, such as Yalemzerf Yehualaw himself. The 28-year-old athlete’s best results were seventh place in the Seville Marathon with 2:23:39 and a personal best in the 10K of 32:27. For his part, the Mexican of Kenyan origin, Risper Besabwa, sixth in the 2023 Pan American Games in the marathon, will look for his personal record in the 10K, which he has in 31:43, achieved in New Orleans (United States ).

The international quota for the event was completed by Turkish Emine Hartun Mechaal and Tugva GuvençYenigum, who were fifth in the 2022 European Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Spanish women dream of the podium

If you can dream of a record to remember, especially in the legs of Ruth Chepngetich, the wide participation of women, with some of the biggest names in our country, invites you to dream of a gorgeous performance that will bring a Spanish woman to the podium, one thing This has not happened since Diana Martín from Madrid achieved third place at the 2012 Vallecana.

In addition to Laura Luengo and Águeda Marqués, Marta García wants to end the year leaving a new example of talent and genius, which led the Leonese to add up to four national records between outdoors (2,000 and 5,000 meters) and indoor track (3,000 and 5,000 meters), as well as also a bronze at the European Outdoor Championships in the 5,000 meters. Marta García’s best time in 10K on the road is 32:38 achieved in 2020 in Alcobendas.

To get the position of the best Spanish, they have to overcome a woman from Madrid who always shows her best version in the Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana. Laura Priego has already led the national athletes in 2021 and 2023with a personal best in the last edition test (32:27) that earned him fifth place and earned his merits to be part of the Roma European Championship Team last summer.

This honor also belongs to the obstacle Carolina Robles, who gave a surprise in the 2020 edition in Ensanche de Vallecas with a massive fourth place. Sevillian is the current national champion of the 3,000-meter hurdles and comes to Vallecana with a best time in the 10K on the road of 33:07 in that special edition of the Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana of the pandemic.

Another good competitor in the capital was Lidia Campo from Burgos, current Spanish 10K road champion, who arrived with a best 10K road record of 33:21 in Huelva. Meanwhile, Fatima Azzahara Ouhaddou, third best in the history of our country in the marathon (2:24:05), will fight to improve on last year’s 32:53, which earned her seventh place overall for women.

The national participation is completed by outstanding figures such as Carla Gallardo, Spanish cross country champion in 2022 and national half marathon runner-up in 2024, or the talented Marta Serrano, national sub20 and sub23 record holder in the 3,000 meter hurdles, bronze sub23 in the same event, making his first foray into the 10K on the road with the Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre. Vallecana.

Great figures from around the world, talents from our athletics and great promises dreaming of the best of the best 10K road race in the world.. Because the Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana has that magic, inspiring national and international athletics to light up the streets of Madrid with their class.