Under the ‘high’ of the world’s record lived in the recent Mitja Mararató de Barcelona, it was the turn of the older sister, Zurich Mararat de Barcelona, preparing to live on Sunday the best chapter of a story that adds 46 editions. At least this will be the most big: 27,000 registered runners, an overflowing note exceeding nearly 7,000 athletes last Plusmarca registered in 2016 with 20,386 athletes.
Around that figure he turned the race presentation on Friday, from the amazing view of the Glòries Tower, from which he was sufficient to see the entire circuit that would provide career on Sunday, an achieved balance between the speed and interest of the tourist, one hundred percent of the city, led last year with a huge success and this person repeated a few handlers athlete.
With all the dorsals that have been exhausted for months, Zurich Mararat took advantage of the impulse of its growing pulling to defeat the rest of your own brands: In the first instance of 25 percent of total participation, with more than 6,700 registered1,500 more than last year. And for the first time too The percentage of runners from outside Spain is 60 percent of the total, with 109 different nationalitiesshowing the increase of this test.
“This is an amazing increase,” reflects the councilor D’Shorts del Ajuntament, David Escudé“It has come thanks to work well for all reasons. The circuit is there, where I think we are quite that. I doubt that there is another marathon circuit in Europe with this seal as typical of the city as Barcelona has. And a huge job in establishing a career. We know that the ‘Majors’ Marathon Circuit is at a different level, but Barcelona has been doing things well for years to become a reference to the world running. Cristian LlorensDirector of RPM Sports assets, trial organizers, said the same line as the marathon is “This Racing Away Most Most Spain” And he emphasized the “perfect coordination” of all agents related to Zurich Mararató as one of the keys to success.
On Sunday, about half a hundred athletes will develop elite who will try to defeat the test records that hold the erythre Abraham Tadesse (02.05: 01) and the Ethiopian Zeineba Yimer Worku (02.19: 44). From that list the main favorite fell this Friday, the Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie, suspended in the last minute of athletics integrity unit for refusal to pass an anti -doping control. Kandie’s refusal, a former record of the half marathon world, was surprised by the arrangements and the athlete itself, who was in Barcelona but, logically, he never went to the presentation or on a week’s week.
Yes will be the etiopia Mekuant Ayenew (Winner of Seville 2020 Marathon (02.04: 46), The Kenyan Samwel Mailu . Moses kibet (02.05: 20h), or Ethiopian TESFAYE DENRIBA (02.07: 52) and Kenyan Barselius KipyegoThird in the Paris Marathon of 2021 (2h.04: 48).
To women, forecasting points to Ethiopian Yebblgual Melesewith a better score of 2.19: 36, and his countrymen Vicoty Chepngeno (2.19: 55), in addition to Kenyan Linet Masai (2.23: 46), a former world champion of 10,000 meters in 2009 and Olympic copper.
Spanish championship
In addition, the trial will be the Spanish Marathon Championship, which has not been beaten to Barcelona since 2001. In the male category, the main favorite take the title will be Hamid Ben Daoud (2h.06: 35), and in women, the Catalan Esther Rodríguez (2h.45: 44). At the same time, Zurich Mararató will be for the second year of the championship of the Catalonia Marathon championship.
Source: La Verdad
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