VALENCIA, Jan. 13 (SportsFinding) –
The Kenyan athlete Rhonex Kipruto also set the world record of 5K, with 13 minutes and 18 seconds, in the 12th edition of the 10K Valencia Ibercaja, which this year premiered the Gold Label of the World Athletics, new denomination of the IAAF and in he achieved the world record of 10K en route, with 26:24.
As organizers confirmed on Monday, the time achieved by Rhonex Kipruto in his first 5 kilometers of race has become the 5K world record.
What is already the fastest 10K race in the world was also the scene of other record brands such as the European record, which renewed Julien Wanders (27:13), as well as the mark achieved by the athlete Sheila Chepkirui (29:46) , which consolidates its position as the second fastest woman of all time.
The sports director of the event, José Enrique Acuña, has shown his satisfaction with the results obtained in this XII edition of the 10K Valencia Ibercaja. “The effort has paid off. High-level athletes were coming, and their great work, that of their coaches and the great circuit of this race has made it possible to achieve a dream,” said Acuña.
In addition, in this edition of 10K up to 29 athletes crossed the finish line below 29 minutes in men, with the first 8 with less than 28 minutes, and the first three women managed to do it with a record less than 30 minutes, getting the second, third and fourth best brand in history in a 10K.
The 10K Valencia Ibercaja also left very important results in other countries. In fact, several 10K national records were achieved, in addition to Switzerland (Julien Wanders) and Kenya (Rhonex Kipruto), also in Italy (Daniele Meucci, 28:08), Holland (Richard Douma, 28:09) and Scotland ( Callum Hawkins (28:02), in men, and in Poland (Karolina Naldoska, 32:08) in women.
As for the performance of Spanish athletes, Juan Antonio 'Chiki' Pérez stopped the clock at 28:09. The athlete of Serrano C.A. He was the first national to cross the finish line ahead of Javi Guerra (28:11) and Alejandro Fernández (28:36), both with the best personal mark.
In this way, Javi Guerra achieved his best personal brand in 10K, the sixth best Spanish brand in history and Spain's record M35 in 10K en route. On the podium of the best Spanish brands is still 'Chiki' Pérez, with his 27:59 achieved in the last edition of the 10K Valencia Ibercaja (3rd best 10K brand in Spain). The Spanish female podium was formed by Laura Méndez (33:01), Isabel Checa (33:55) and Alicia Pérez (34:13). Of them, both Laura and Alicia achieved their best personal brand.