Elgoibar will feature Beatrice Chebet and Berihu Aregawi as the main stars

The two great winners at the end of the year Barcelona and Madrid, Beatrice Chebet and Berihu Aregawiwill continue in Spain for another week. This Sunday they will participate in the prestigious Elgoibar Cross and will be the headliners of an emotional edition that will pay tribute to Carmen Valero and Mariano Harostars of this year’s official poster. The Mintxeta AT organization presented the 81st edition at Town of Elgoibar and discovered the list of athletes who will compete in the search for ‘txapelas’ which in 2024 went to Chebet and Aregawi, the two main favorites to repeat the win.

For Elgoibar it will be a luxury to have Beatrice Chebetwho won on Tuesday at Cursa dels Nassos Barcelona International with something new 5 kilometer world record (13’54)as the first woman in history to go under 14 minutes. The 24-year-old Kenyan who completed a perfect season with two Olympic golds in Paris 2024 (5,000m and 10,000m), a world cross country title in Belgrade and two world records for 10,000m and 5k. In its part, Aregawi won a good sibling rivalry against Jacob Kiplimo in the prestigious San Silvestre Vallecana Madrid International 10 kilometers with an excellent time of 26’32. The 23-year-old Ethiopian also completed a great year with a silver medal in the 10,000m at the Paris 2024 Games and another silver at the World Cross Country Championships.

They will also attend the meeting with mud from the fields of Mintxeta some of the main references of Spanish athletes such as Adel Mechaal either Aaron Las Heraswho will strive to fight for positions of honor against international rivals such as Rodrigue Kwizera either Samuel Firewu. In the women’s event, Carolina Robles, Cristina Ruiz, Angela Viciosa either Carla Arce must be faced Melknat Wudu, Francine Niyomukunzi either Marie Bouchard.

He Cross Juan Muguerza of Elgoibar It is part of the highest category (Gold) of World Athletics and it is one of the most important athletics competitions in the world. This Sunday, Elgoibar will once again be a great cross-country festival, with more than 900 participants in total, with promotion categories from youth (U-12) to professionals. The first of 12 scheduled races will start at 9:30 a.m., including testing completely feminine at 12:35 p.m masculine perfect at 1:15 p.m

Selected participants

Man

Berihu Aregawi (ETH)

Rodrigue Kwizera (BDI)

Samuel Firewu (ETH)

Adel Mechaal (ESP)

Aaron Las Heras (ESP)

Tomer Tarragano (GBR)

Alfie Manthorpe (GBR)

Miguel Baidal (ESP)

Abdullah Tugluk (TUR)

Tibaut Vandelannoote (BEL)

David Bascuñana (ESP)

Jacob Cann (GBR)

Richard Slade (GBR)

Miguel Ángel Martínez Chazarra (ESP)

Jaime Migallon (ESP)

woman

Beatrice Chebet (KEN)

Melknat Wudu (ETH)

Francine Niyomukunzi (BDI)

Carolina Robles (ESP)

Cristina Ruiz (ESP)

Marie Bouchard (FRA)

Kate Willis (GBR)

Megan Gadsby (GBR)

Sophie Tarver (GBR)

Holly Dixon (GBR)

Tugba Güvenç (TUR)

Emine Mechaal (TUR)

Angela Viciosa (ESP)

Carla Arce (ESP)

Claudia Corral (ESP)