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Kenya&rsquo;s Norah Jeruto and Burundi&rsquo;s Rodrigue Kwizera secured victories at the Cross Internacional de It&aacute;lica on the outskirts of Seville in what was the fifth World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting of the season, held today (21) on a cloudy but dry day.
Right from the start of the women&rsquo;s 7.9km contest, Jeruto took command of the race and led a quartet that included compatriot Beatrice Chebet, Ethiopia&rsquo;s 5km world record-holder Senbere Teferi and recent Atapuerca winner Rahel Daniel. Margaret Chelimo, the defending Cross de Italica champion and world 5000m silver medallist, was a few seconds adrift of the leaders within the first few kilometres.
While Jeruto and Chebet took charge of the pacing duties, Teferi and Daniel ran at the back of the lead pack. Just before the halfway point, Chelimo made contact with the lead group and moved to the front alongside Chebet and Jeruto. Daniel, meanwhile, began to lose contact after the fourth kilometre as the race became a duel between the Kenyan trio and Teferi.
Half way through the final circuit, Teferi couldn&rsquo;t live with the pace being set by Chelimo and Jeruto. Chebet lost ground on her compatriots in the final kilometre, leaving Jeruto and Chelimo to battle for victory.
It briefly seemed as though the long-legged Chelimo would reel in the long-time leader, but Jeruto, who this year clocked a world-leading 8:53.65 in the steeplechase to move to third on the world all-time list, found an extra gear in the home straight to win marginally ahead of Chelimo, herself two seconds clear of Chebet.
The men&rsquo;s 10.1km event began at a moderate pace, set by the Spanish duo of Carlos Mayo, a 27:25.00 10,000m performer, and the 40-year-old Ayad Lamdassem, a creditable fifth at the Tokyo Olympics in the marathon. Shortly before the third kilometre, world U20 3000m champion Tadese Worku moved to the front to whittle down the leading group to six other men: fellow Ethiopian Nibret Melak, Uganda&rsquo;s Thomas Ayeko, Eritrea&rsquo;s Aron Kifle, Kwizera, Mayo and Abdessadam Oukhelfen.
The first significant move came some 15 minutes into the race when Kifle, the winner in Atapuerca last weekend, put in a surge to leave Ayeko and the Spaniards behind within a matter of seconds. Kifle and Worku then took turns at the front with Melak and Kwizera tucked behind.
Throughout the closing loop, Worku tried to shake off Melak, Kwizera and Kifle, but Kwizera was able to stick to the teenager&rsquo;s relentless pace. After negotiating the tricky final bend, Kwizera overtook Worku with relative ease to take the biggest win of his career so far in 28:33, one second ahead of the defending champion Worku, while Melak secured third spot in 28:42, seven seconds clear of Kifle.
&ldquo;Winning the It&aacute;lica permit is incredible for me,&rdquo; said 22-year-old Kwizera, who finished 11th at the 2019 World Cross Country Championships. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m doing very well this cross country season and hope to maintain this. I feel very comfortable in cross country races but I also would like to improve my career bests on the track (13:34.65 for 5000m and 28:21.92 for 10,000m).&rdquo;
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics
<h2>Leading results</h2>
Women 1 Norah Jeruto (KEN) 24:22 2 Margaret Chelimo (KEN) 24:23 3 Beatrice Chebet (KEN) 24:25 4 Senbere Teferi (ETH) 24:38 5 Rahel Daniel (ERI) 24:58 6 Eva Cherono (KEN) 25:22 7 Esther Chebet (UGA) 25:27 8 Fancy Cherono (KEN) 25:37 9 Dolshi Tesfu (ERI) 25:43 10 Lucy Maiwa Muli (KEN) 25:46
Men 1 Rodrigue Kwizera (BDI) 28:33 2 Tadese Worku (ETH) 28:34 3 Nibret Melak (ETH) 28:42 4 Aron Kifle (ERI) 28:49 5 Thomas Ayeko (UGA) 28:59 6 Carlos Mayo (ESP) 29:08 7 Abdessadam Oukhelfen (ESP) 29:31 8 Albert Rop (BRN) 29:32 9 Ayad Landassem (ESP) 29:34 10 Ra&uacute;l Celada (ESP) 29:42

Kenya’s Norah Jeruto and Burundi’s Rodrigue Kwizera secured victories at the Cross Internacional de Itálica

Jeruto and Kwizera triumph at Cross de Italica

Uganda&rsquo;s Jacob Kiplimo broke the world record* at the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon on Sunday (21), clocking 57:31 at the World Athletics Label road race.
The world half marathon champion won by more than two minutes and took one second off the previous world record set by Kenya&rsquo;s Kibiwott Kandie in Valencia last year. Ethiopia&rsquo;s Tsehay Gemechu, meanwhile, broke the course record in the women's race, clocking 1:06:06.
Kiplimo, who finished third in the 10,000m and fifth in the 5000m at the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year, started to pull away from his opponents after just three kilometres and he passed through the first 5km in 13:40.
By the time he reached 10km in 27:05, he had a lead of about one minute over the chase pack and was well on schedule to break Kandie&rsquo;s world record.
Kiplimo passed through 15km in 40:27, the fastest time ever recorded for the distance and indicative of a sub-57-minute finish. With no nearby competitors to work off, Kiplimo&rsquo;s pace dropped slightly in the closing stages, but he managed to just finish inside the world record, crossing the line in 57:31.
"With one kilometre to go, I knew that I was going to break the world record," said Kiplimo. "When I was on the final straight and saw the clock, I gave it all I had and told myself I had to sprint fast to reach the finish line."
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Esa Huseyidin Mohamed finished second in 59:39, just ahead of compatriot Gerba Beyata Dibaba, who was given the same time for third place. The top nine men all finished inside 60 minutes.
The women&rsquo;s race was only decided in the final stages. A group of eight women passed through 5km in about 15:30, but just five of those were left in the lead pack by the time the 10km checkpoint was reached in 31:03.
Soon after, Gemechu, Daisy Cherotich and Joyce Chepkemoi broke away and ran together for another seven kilometres. Gemechu started to wind up the pace with about four kilometres to go and opened up a small gap on the Kenyan duo.
Gemechu held on to win in 1:06:06, taking 28 seconds off the course record. Cherotich (1:06:15) and Chepkemoi (1:06:19) finished close behind.
&ldquo;I tried (to go after the women-only world record), but after the 17th kilometre I felt a little tired,&rdquo; said Gemechu, who finished fourth in the 5000m at the 2019 World Championships and set a half marathon PB of 1:05:08 two months ago in Copenhagen. &ldquo;The course and the conditions were very good. I hope to come back next year to try the world record again.&rdquo;
<h2>Leading results</h2>
Women 1 Tsehay Gemechu (ETH) 1:06:06 2 Daisy Cherotich (KEN) 1:06:15 3 Joyce Chepkemoi (KEN) 1:06:19 4 Hiwot Gebrekidan (ETH) 1:08:00 5 Vibian Chepkirui (KEN) 1:08:02 6 Ethlemahu Sintayehu Dessi (ETH) 1:08:16 7 Yitayish Mekonene Agidew (ETH) 1:08:18 8 Jess Piasecki (GBR) 1:09:44 9 Tsige Haileslase Abreha (ETH) 1:10:31 10 Debash Kelali Desta (ETH) 1:11:01
Men 1 Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) 57:31 2 Esa Huseyidin Mohamed (ETH) 59:39 3 Gerba Beyata Dibaba (ETH) 59:39 4 Hillary Kipkoech (KEN) 59:41 5 Ibrahim Hassan (DJI) 59:41 6 Milkesa Mengesha (ETH) 59:48 7 Antenayehu Dagnachaw (ETH) 59:48 8 Edmond Kipngetich (KEN) 59:49 9 Isaac Kipsang (KEN) 59:52 10 Solomon Berihu Weldeslassie (ETH) 1:00:00
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

World half marathon champion clocks 57:31 in Portuguese capital

Kiplimo breaks world half marathon record in Lisbon

The&nbsp;17th Cross Internacional de Atapuerca, the fourth Gold standard meeting in this season's World Athletics Cross Country Tour,&nbsp;became an Eritrean party as first the unheralded Rahel Daniel Ghebreneyohannes and then Aron Kifle stamped their authority against very solid fields on Sunday (14). 
Kifle stopped Rodrigue Kwizera of Burundi&rsquo;s winning streak, while Daniel beat a strong Kenyan contingent and ended the long-standing Ethiopian dominance here. 
<h2>Kifle keeps Kwizera at bay</h2>
The men&rsquo;s 9000m contest didn&rsquo;t open particularly fast, the early stages being dominated by local favourites Ouassim Oumaiz &ndash; the last winner here &ndash; and Carlos Mayo, while the main contenders ran comfortably tucked behind. After a 5:55 moderate opening 2000m loop, 12 men remained in the leading group with Kwizera moving to the front for the first time some 10 minutes into the race.
The pace was increasing and shortly after a 5:47 circuit, the 23-year-old Kifle took command to whittle down the leading pack to eight athletes, including Burundians Kwizera and Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Uganda&rsquo;s Thomas and Joel Ayeko, and Spain&rsquo;s&nbsp;Abdessamad Oukhelfen and Mayo.
Once Kifle upped the pace, the group became a single file of athletes and when the clock read 19 minutes the Eritrean managed to open a slight margin over the rest. Following a frantic 5:35 penultimate lap, Kifle had built a four-second advantage on a quartet featuring Kwizera, Thomas and Joel Ayeko,&nbsp;and Oukhelfen.
During the closing circuit Kifle&rsquo;s lead was always within six seconds but his win never seemed in jeopardy. Way back, Kwizera easily got rid of both Ayekos and Oukhelfen to travel alone in second place for much of the lap. The Spain-based Burundian closed the gap over the final 300m but never threatened Kifle, who romped home in 25:33 to Kwizera&rsquo;s 25:34, while Joel Ayeko beat Thomas after a thrilling sprint to complete the podium. 
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<h2>Daniel surprises the Kenyan armada</h2>
On the eve of the competition, an event presentation was attended by most of the marquee athletes. The group featured 10 men and 10 women and no one could imagine then than the eventual women's winner would not have been among them.
The first lap took 6:28, with a large group of 14 at the helm. Kenya&rsquo;s Margaret Chelimo led in the early stages, closely followed by the rest of favourites, while two European athletes still remained in the group: Italy&rsquo;s Nadia Battocletti and Spain&rsquo;s Carolina Robles.
Just before half way, Chelimo&rsquo;s relentless rhythm began to pay off and only four women managed to live with her pace. She was joined by her fellow Kenyans Nora Jeruto, Beatrice Chebet and Celliphine Chespol, plus the relatively unknown Eritrean Rahel Daniel Ghebreneyohannes, whose best performance is a 14:55.56 5000m clocking in the Tokyo Olympic Games semifinals.
After a couple of laps in the 6:20/6:25 range, it was Chebet who moved to the front before the bell and Chespol soon withdrew from the leading group. To the surprise of the crowd, the top Kenyan athletes Chebet, Chelimo and Jeruto had the threatening presence among them of Daniel and the race became the most intriguing in many years as all four athletes remained in contention with less than 100m to go. 
Eventually the surprise was confirmed, and the Eritrean, who had never led the race, overtook the Kenyan triumvirate on the home straight to win in 25:03, just ahead of Chebet (25:04), while Chelimo was given the same time in third.
In the fight to be the first European athlete home, 12th-placed Battocletti got the better of Robles by 18 seconds, with the Spaniard another four seconds clear of Ireland&rsquo;s Michelle Finn.
The winner will turn 20 two days after the race but it seems clear that she decided to start her birthday celebrations early in&nbsp;Atapuerca.
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics
<h3> Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Rahel Daniel Ghebreneyohannes (ERI) 25:03 2 Beatrice Chebet (KEN) 25:04 3 Margaret Chelimo (KEN) 25:04 4 Nora Jeruto (KEN) 25:06 5 Celliphine Chespol (KEN) 25:18 6 Esther Chebet (UGA) 25:40 7&nbsp;Meskerem&nbsp;Mamo (ETH) 25:47 8 Lucy Maiwa Muli (KEN) 26:02 9 Tiget Getnet (ETH) 26:03 10&nbsp;Zerfe Wondemagegn&nbsp;(ETH) 26:08
Men 1 Aron Kifle (ERI) 25:33 2 Rodrigue Kwizera (BUR) 25:34 3 Joel Ayeko (UGA) 25:36 4 Thomas Ayeko (UGA) 25:36 5&nbsp;Abdessamad&nbsp;Oukhelfen (ESP) 25:44 6 Thierry Ndikumwenayo (BUR) 25:47 7 Abebe Ayana (ETH) 25:51 8 Carlos Mayo (ESP) 26:04 9 Hosea Kiplangat (UGA) 26:08 10 Yemane Hailesilassie (ERI) 26:12

The Cross Internacional de Atapuerca became an Eritrean party as Rahel Daniel Ghebreneyohannes and Aron Kifle stamped their authority.

Kifle and Daniel claim cross country victories in Atapuerca

Burundi&rsquo;s Rodrigue Kwizera and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Zenebu Fikadu grabbed respective wins at the Cross Internacional de San Sebastian,&nbsp;a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Bronze meeting, held in cloudy conditions at the Lasarte racecourse on Sunday (7).
While Kwizera fought fiercely to the tape with Uganda&rsquo;s Thomas Ayeko, Fikadu prevailed easily over her fellow Ethiopian&nbsp;Zerfe Wondemagegn.
The men&rsquo;s 9600m event opened at a brisk pace set by Toni Abadia and Tokyo Olympic 1500m fifth place finisher Adel Mechaal, both Spaniards leading a group of six also including Kwizera, Ayeko, Eritrea&rsquo;s Yemane Hailesilassie and Spain&rsquo;s reigning European U23 cross country bronze medallist Abdessamad Oukhelfen.
Before the clock read five minutes, Ayeko began to dictate the pace to first leave Abadia and then Mechaal plus Haileselassie out of contention. After successive 2000m circuits covered in 5:40 and 5:42, Kwizera &ndash; a fine 11th placed at the last World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus &ndash; went to the front, closely followed by Oukhelfen and Ayeko, who travelled in third for most of the penultimate loop.
The fireworks began at the bell, when Kwizera unleashed a powerful change of rhythm which only could be held off by Ayeko, while the Spaniard ran way back, out of the fight for the win. The final lap was even more thrilling as, despite Kwizera&rsquo;s frantic cadence, Ayeko overtook the Burundian some 1000m from home, trying to take revenge from his loss at last Sunday's race in Soria. 
The 29-year-old Ugandan even opened a five metre advantage on Kwizera, but the Burundian never gave up and bounced back strongly to regain the lead inside the closing 300m and romp home one second ahead of his fierce rival. In doing so, the 21-year-old has now completed a hat-trick of cross country wins on Spanish soil with successive victories in Castellon, Soria and San Sebastian. 
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 The women&rsquo;s 7600m event featured a top-10 athlete from the Aarhus World Cross Country Championships in the guise of Ethiopia&rsquo;s Fikadu. Tenth on that occasion, the 22-year-old was making her comeback to competition in&nbsp;San Sebastian after almost two years, when she won the Venta de Banos cross country permit in December 2019. The other marquee athlete was her compatriot&nbsp;Wondemagegn, who finished eighth at the Tokyo Olympics in the 3000m steeplechase in a lifetime best of 9:16.41.
From the gun, the Spanish duo of Carolina Robles and Lucia Rodriguez took charge of the early pace, while Fikadu and Wondemagegn ran conservatively in the middle of the leading pack also featuring Spaniards Marta Perez, Carla Gallardo and Maria Gonzalez. Shortly after the second kilometre the Ethiopans moved to the front and only Robles, a Tokyo Olympic 3000m steeplechase finalist, and Rodriguez, who competed over 5000m there, managed to live with the leaders&rsquo; pace.
While Rodriguez soon lost contact, 29-year-old Robles held off the Ethiopian challege and even led the event briefly over the penultimate loop. At the bell, Fikadu and Wondemagegn increased the rhythm to get rid of Robles in a matter of a few seconds, always with Fikadu setting the pace. The key movement came some 1200m from home when Fikadu, the last winner here in 2019, injected a brisker speed to leave the 19-year-old Wondemagegn clearly behind. &nbsp;
While the leading trio had clocked 6:40 for the penultimate loop, the winner was timed at 6:22 on her final circuit. At the tape, Fikadu timed 25:27 to&nbsp;Wondemagegn's 25:28, while Robles completed the podium another eight seconds behind this year's world U20 3000m steeplechase silver medallist.&nbsp; 
Earlier in the week the event organisers had received the World Athletics Heritage Plaque, which was originally awarded to the San Sebastian cross country race in late 2019, a few months before the pandemic.
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics 
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Zenebu Fikadu (ETH) 25:27 2 Zerfe Wondemagegn&nbsp;(ETH) 25:38 3 Carolina Robles (ESP) 25:45 4 Lucia Rodriguez (ESP) 25:54 5 Carla Gallardo (ESP) 26:20 6 Maite Gonzalez (ESP) 26:28 7 Marta Perez (ESP) 26:45 8 Azucena Diaz (ESP) 27:15 
Men 1 Rodrigue Kwizera (BUR) 26:56 2 Thomas Ayeko (UGA) 26:57 3 Abdessamad Oukhelfen (ESP) 27:23 4 Adel Mechaal (ESP) 27:42 5 Yemane Hailesilassie (ERI) 27:48 6 Carlos Mayo (ESP) 27:52 7 Ayad Lamdassem (ESP) 27:58 8 Raul Celada (ESP) 28:05 
<h2>Fitwi and Van Velthoven win in Mol</h2>
Germany's&nbsp;Samuel Fitwi claimed victory ahead of Belgium's Michael Somers, while Julia van Velthoven of the Netherlands secured success as Belgium's Mieke Gorissen suffered a fall at the CrossCup de Mol,&nbsp;a&nbsp;World Athletics Cross Country Tour Bronze meeting, on Sunday (7). 
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 In the women's long course race, Van Velthoven formed part of a lead group along with Tokyo Olympic marathon runner Gorissen and the Belgium duo of Eline Dalemans and Lisa Rooms.
Rooms was unable to stick with the pace being pushed by&nbsp;Gorissen and&nbsp;Van Velthoven, leaving a trio to battle for victory, but then&nbsp;Gorissen fell. She got back to her feet and managed to secure the runner up spot, but victory had been secured by&nbsp;Van Velthoven, who clocked&nbsp;22:12 to&nbsp;Gorissen's&nbsp;22:20.
Dalemans was third, four seconds back, while authorised neutral athlete Anna Tropina came through for fourth and Rooms finished fifth.
The men's race saw Belgium's Somers, Simon Debognies and Guillaume Grimard to the fore, before Fitwi made his way to the front.
He and&nbsp;Somers broke away and it was the German athlete with the strongest finish over the final kilometre.&nbsp;Fitwi regained a title he had won in 2018, clocking&nbsp;28:42 to finish seven seconds ahead of&nbsp;Somers.
Nicolai Sake of Belgium was third in&nbsp;29:22, while&nbsp;Debognies was fourth and New Zealand's&nbsp;Hamish Carson fifth.
The women's short course race was won by Belgium's European indoor 1500m champion Elise Vanderelst, while the men's race winner was Ruben Querinjean of Luxembourg. 
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1&nbsp;Julia van Velthoven (NED)&nbsp;22:12 2&nbsp;Mieke Gorissen (BEL)&nbsp;22:20 3&nbsp;Eline Dalemans (BEL) 22:24 4&nbsp;Anna Tropina (ANA) 22:36 5&nbsp;Lisa Rooms (BEL) 22:44 
Men 1&nbsp;Samuel Fitwi (GER) 28:42 2&nbsp;Michael Somers (BEL) 28:49 3&nbsp;Nicolai Sake (BEL) 29:22 4&nbsp;Simon Debognies (BEL) 29:30 5&nbsp;Hamish Carson (NZL) 30:02

The World Athletics Cross Country Tour Bronze meeting was held at the Lasarte racecourse on Sunday.

Kwizera and Fikadu take the spoils in San Sebastian

Peres Jepchirchir captured another marathon crown just three months after her Olympic title win, while her fellow Kenyan Albert Korir launched himself to victory at the 50th running of the TCS New York City Marathon, a World Athletics Elite Platinum Label road race, on Sunday (7).
Never before had an athlete won both the Olympic marathon and the New York City Marathon but Jepchirchir made history by achieving both in the same year, clocking 2:22:39 after surging away from her compatriot Viola Cheptoo and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Ababel Yeshaneh in the closing stages of the US race.
Korir, meanwhile, went one better than his runner-up finish in 2019, leaping over the finishing line to secure a clear victory in 2:08:22, 44 seconds ahead of Morocco&rsquo;s Mohamed El Aaraby. Italy&rsquo;s Eyob Faniel, who had broken away with El Aaraby earlier in the race, claimed third place.
In the women's race Jepchirchir had been to the fore of a 12-strong lead group that went through 10km in 35:02 and nine athletes remained together at the half way point, reached in 1:12:43.
By 27km the pace had picked up and the race was between Jepchirchir, Cheptoo, Yeshaneh and the USA&rsquo;s Olympic bronze medallist Molly Seidel. As they reached the Bronx, Jepchirchir and Yeshaneh began to break away, but Cheptoo &ndash; making her marathon debut &ndash;&nbsp;wasn&rsquo;t willing to be left behind. She closed the gap and the trio ran together until Jepchirchir kicked with 800m to go.
It was a move that couldn&rsquo;t be covered and the 28-year-old stormed away untroubled, missing the course record by just eight seconds.
Cheptoo, a former middle distance specialist, was five seconds behind her and claimed the runner-up spot in 2:22:44, with her brother Bernard Lagat, the five-time Olympian, supporting her from the commentary box.
For Yeshaneh, the former world half marathon record-holder, her time of 2:22:52 gained her another major marathon podium place, two years after her runner-up finish at the Chicago Marathon.
&ldquo;It was my great honour to be the winner of the New York City Marathon, the only champion of the Olympics to win the New York City Marathon,&rdquo; said Jepchirchir.
&ldquo;It was a great opportunity for me and it was my plan. My preparation was short, but I tried my best.&rdquo;
Asked about her finishing kick, the two-time world half marathon champion said the way she won the second of those titles in Gdynia last year had given her confidence.
&ldquo;That time, I accelerated, and I won my gold medal in Poland,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;For sure, I knew myself and my finishing kick. When I am with people and I see the finish line, I just get some extra energy and I don&rsquo;t know where it has come from, but I knew it would lead to victory.&rdquo;
It was her third marathon win within 12 months, after Jepchirchir also claimed victory in Valencia last December, and given her experience she was even able to offer support to debutante Cheptoo during the race.
&ldquo;She was encouraging me to keep pushing and end up in a good position,&rdquo; Cheptoo explained.
Seidel achieved fourth place, improving her PB to 2:24:42 despite later revealing that she had broken two of her ribs in the lead up to the event, while Namibia&rsquo;s world bronze medallist Helalia Johannes was fifth in 2:26:09 and the USA's Kellyn Taylor sixth in 2:26:10. Annie Frisbie was seventh on her marathon debut, finishing eight seconds behind her US compatriot. 
<h2>Big win for Korir</h2>
While the women&rsquo;s race ended in a sprint finish, the men&rsquo;s event saw Korir chase down leading duo El Aaraby and Faniel to secure his success, as he went from being 52 seconds behind them at half way to 44 seconds ahead by the finish. 
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 After the lead group had gone through 10km in 30:43, El Aaraby and Faniel started to create a gap on the rest of the field. By 15km they were 23 seconds ahead and their advantage only continued to grow, with the chase group at half way also including Ethiopian distance running great Kenenisa Bekele, Olympic silver medallist Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands, Kenya&rsquo;s world half marathon record-holder Kibiwott Kandie and the USA&rsquo;s Elkanah Kibet.
But then Korir, Kandie and Kibet started to launch their attack, with Korir and Kandie &ndash; making his marathon debut &ndash; catching the leaders. They all passed 30km in 1:30:50 before Korir began to move away.
Leaving his rivals behind, the gap increased to 27 seconds over the next 10km and Korir celebrated as he reached the finish line in 2:08:22 for a dominant victory.
Running solo now, El Aaraby &ndash; who had placed 11th at the Olympics &ndash; held on for second place, clocking 2:09:06, while Faniel, 20th in Sapporo, finished third in 2:09:52.
Kibet clocked a PB of 2:11:15 for fourth, as Kandie faded to finish ninth. Nageeye was fifth in 2:11:39 and Bekele, back racing just six weeks after his third place finish in Berlin, was sixth in 2:12:52. Making his marathon debut, the USA's Ben True finished seventh in 2:12:53.
&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t imagine that I would win today but it wasn't just a result of today, it began three months before, when I knew that I would be part of the New York City Marathon,&rdquo; said Korir, a former winner of the Vienna, Houston and Ottawa marathons. &ldquo;After all of my training, this is the result.&rdquo;
While the race leaders were battling for the podium, a previous champion &ndash; the USA&rsquo;s 2017 winner Shalane Flanagan &ndash; was looking to complete her own challenge in New York.
The US race was the last of her six marathons in six weeks and after running in Berlin, London, Chicago, Boston and Portland, which was a replacement for Tokyo after the event was held virtually, she achieved her aim of dipping under three hours for each one, with respective times of 2:38:32, 2:35:04, 2:46:39, 2:40:34, 2:35:14 and finally 2:33:32.
Jess Whittington for World Athletics 
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1&nbsp;Peres Jepchirchir (KEN)&nbsp;2:22:39 2 Viola Cheptoo (KEN)&nbsp;2:22:44 3 Ababel Yeshaneh (ETH)&nbsp;2:22:52 4&nbsp;Molly Seidel (USA) 2:24:42 5&nbsp;Helalia Johannes (NAM) 2:26:09 6 Kellyn Taylor (USA) 2:26:10 7&nbsp;Annie Frisbie (USA) 2:26:18 8 Laura Thweatt (USA) 2:27:00 9 Grace Kahura (KEN) 2:30:32 10 Stephanie Bruce (USA) 2:31:05
Men 1&nbsp;Albert Korir (KEN)&nbsp;2:08:22 2&nbsp;Mohamed El Aaraby (MAR) 2:09:06 3 Eyob Faniel (ITA)&nbsp;2:09:52 4 Elkanah Kibet (USA) 2:11:15 5 Abdi Nageeye (NED) 2:11:39 6&nbsp;Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)&nbsp;2:12:52 7 Ben True (USA) 2:12:53 8 Nathan Martin (USA) 2:12:57 9 Kibiwott Kandie (KEN) 2:13:43 10 Jared Ward (USA) 2:14:06

Peres Jepchirchir captured another marathon crown just three months after her Olympic title win, while her fellow Kenyan Albert Korir launched himself to victory.

Golden celebrations for Jepchirchir and Korir in New York

Kenya&rsquo;s Sheila Jerotich led a sibling 1-2, while Uganda&rsquo;s Victor Kiplangat claimed a debut win at the N Kolay Istanbul Marathon, a World Athletics Elite Label road race, on Sunday (7).
With just 500m to go in the women's race, Jerotich came through to triumph on Istanbul&rsquo;s Sultanahmet Square in 2:24:15 and the athlete she overtook shortly before the finish was her sister, Jackline Chepngeno.
Kiplangat, meanwhile, was a surprise winner of the men&rsquo;s race as the 21-year-old clocked 2:10:18 after battling with three other contenders in the final mile.
The women&rsquo;s race had started fast and a group of 10 passed the 10km point in 32:48, which pointed towards a 2:18:30 finishing time. Three years earlier Kenya&rsquo;s world champion Ruth Chepngetich had set the course record of 2:18:35, and while the leaders were not able to hold on to that sort of pace, they reached half way in 70:19 and then passed the 30km mark in 1:40:48.
Four runners were left in the leading group at this stage: Jerotich, Chepngeno, Ethiopia&rsquo;s Ayantu Abdi and Judith Cherono of Kenya. Cherono soon dropped back and then it was Chepngeno who moved clear. By 40km she was 22 seconds ahead but during the final uphill stretch Jerotich edged closer and finally overtook her sister with 500m remaining.
&ldquo;I am not disappointed at all,&rdquo; said Chepngeno, who improved her PB by 17 seconds with 2:24:21 for second place.
&ldquo;My aim was to finish on the podium and I have achieved that.&rdquo;
On Jerotich, she added: &ldquo;We are best friends, we train together and we are actually sisters. Since we are both married we have different names.&rdquo;
Jerotich, who improved her PB from 2:26:06 to 2:24:15 in Istanbul, had her comments translated by her sister and said: &ldquo;I am really happy to have won the race. Next year we both want to come back to Istanbul.&rdquo;
Finishing third was Abdi, who clocked 2:24:45. 
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 In the men&rsquo;s event the favourites opted for a tactical race instead of following the pace to target the Turkish all-comers&rsquo; record of 2:09:35.
A group of 17 passed the half way mark in 65:21 and there was no proper attack until late in the race. Runners knew about the steep climb up to the finish that waited for them in Istanbul&rsquo;s historic centre and held back. Records were out of reach, but a thrilling race for victory developed.
It was Robert Kipkemboi who finally made a move with around 5km to go. His fellow Kenyan Bernard Sang, the defending champion, lost contact with the group and when the 38th kilometre was covered in 2:53, course record-holder Daniel Kibet was also not able to remain with the leaders.
Four runners were in contention when the climb began with around a mile to go: Kenyans Kipkemboi and Moses Kemei as well as Ugandans Kiplangat and Solomon Mutai. Surprisingly it was the debutant who took the lead and pushed hard all the way up the hill. Kiplangat, who has a half marathon PB of 59:26, was rewarded with his biggest career win so far.
&ldquo;I am thrilled to have won my debut marathon, but I knew that I was in good shape,&rdquo; said Kiplangat, who is a training partner of Olympic 5000m champion and world record-holder Joshua Cheptegei.
&ldquo;I train in very hilly terrain and was confident that I would be strong in the final section. Joshua is my idol and he helps me a lot."
Kiplangat believes he now has the potential to run 2:05 to 2:06 in his next marathon next year. &ldquo;If I achieve such a time on a flat course, I hope to get selected for the World Championships marathon next summer,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And then I would love to come back to Istanbul to defend my title.&rdquo;
Behind him Kipkemboi took second place with 2:10:23, while Mutai was third in 2:10:25.
Organisers for World Athletics 
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Sheila Jerotich (KEN) 2:24:15 2 Jackline Chepngeno (KEN) 2:24:21 3 Ayantu Abdi (ETH) 2:24:45 4 Judith Cherono (KEN) 2:27:23 5 Fetale Tsegaye (ETH) 2:28:53 6 Zinash Debebe (ETH) 2:29:45 7 Emily Kipchumba (KEN) 2:30:25 8 Betty Chepkwony (KEN) 2:30:28&nbsp;
Men 1 Victor Kiplangat (UGA) 2:10:18 2 Robert Kipkemboi (KEN) 2:10:23 3 Solomon Mutai (UGA) 2:10:25 4 Moses Kemei (KEN) 2:10:28 5 Bernard Sang (KEN) 2:10:59 6 Daniel Kibet (KEN) 2:11:09 7 Mengistu Nigatu (ETH) 2:11:15 8&nbsp;Tiruneh Chalachev &nbsp;(ETH) 2:11:21
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results/7160205/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a> 
<h2>Course records for Kosgei and Teshome in Barcelona</h2>
Kenya&rsquo;s Samuel Kosgei and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Tadu Teshome both claimed course record-breaking victories at the Zurich Marato Barcelona, a World Athletics Label road race, on Sunday (7). 
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 Kosgei broke away over the final kilometres and sprinted for the finish line with the course record of 2:06:04 set by Bahrain&rsquo;s Alemu Bekele in 2019 in his sights. He achieved it, just. Crossing the line with his arms in the air and 2:06:03 on the clock, he improved the mark by a single second to win by almost half a minute.
Teshome, meanwhile, led an Ethiopian clean sweep on her marathon debut, clocking 2:23:53 as her compatriots Sisay Meseret Gola and Meseret Belete ran respective times of 2:24:09 and 2:24:25 to also finish inside the previous course record of 2:24:44 set by their fellow Ethiopian Kuftu Tahir in 2019.
Kosgei had formed part of the large lead men's pack which passed 10km in 29:45 and went through half way in 1:03:06. He began to break away with around 5km remaining and had a 16-second lead by 40km. He moved further ahead in the closing stages to win by 27 seconds from Morocco&rsquo;s Othmane El Goumri and Mohamed Ziani, who was a further three seconds back.
Eritrea&rsquo;s Filmon Ande finished fourth in 2:06:38 and Kenya&rsquo;s David Kiprono Kipkemoi fifth in 2:06:45 as the top six all dipped under 2:07, with Bahrain&rsquo;s Marius Kimutai next thanks to his time of 2:06:54.
The women&rsquo;s race had seen 20-year-old Teshome &ndash; who had started her year with a fourth place finish over 1500m at the Olympic candidate trial &ndash; form part of a pack which clocked 34:06 at the 10km mark and then went through half way in 1:12:08.
Teshome and her compatriots Gola, Belete and Bekelech Gudeta plus Kenya&rsquo;s Vane Nyaboke Nyanamba were still together as the race entered the final miles but then Teshome pushed ahead, eventually finishing 16 seconds clear. Behind runner-up Gola and Belete, who had placed ninth in the Chicago Marathon less than a month before, was Gudeta with her time of 2:24:51, while Nyanamba ran 2:25:32 for fifth place.&nbsp; 
<h3>Leading results&nbsp;</h3>
Women 1 Tadu Teshome (ETH) 2:23:53 2 Sisay Meseret Gola (ETH) 2:24:09 3 Meseret Belete (ETH) 2:24:25 4 Bekelech Gudeta (ETH) 2:24:51 5 Vane Nyaboke Nyanamba (KEN) 2:25:32&nbsp;
Men 1 Samuel Kosgei (KEN) 2:06:03 2 Othmane El Goumri (MAR) 2:06:30 3 Mohamed Ziani (MAR) 2:06:33 4 Filmon Ande (ERI) 2:06:38 5 David Kiprono Kipkemoi (KEN) 2:06:45
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results/7160202/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a>

Sheila Jerotich led a sibling 1-2, while Victor Kiplangat claimed a debut win at the World Athletics Elite Label road race.

Jerotich and Kiplangat claim Istanbul Marathon crowns

Ethiopia&rsquo;s Dawit Seyaum took four seconds off the world record* for 5km in a mixed race, winning at the Urban Trail Lille event on Saturday (6) with 14:39.
The 1500m specialist, who was contesting just the fourth road race of her career, had world-leading steeplechaser Norah Jeruto and African 5000m bronze medallist Meskerem Mamo for company through the early stages. The trio covered 2km in 5:51 and 3km in 8:46, putting them well inside the schedule required to break Beatrice Chepkoech&rsquo;s world record of 14:43.
The pace dropped slightly in the fourth kilometre as Mamo lost contact with Seyaum and Jeruto. Seyaum, however, picked up her cadence in the closing stages and pulled away from Jeruto to win in 14:39.
Jeruto finished second in 14:42, while Mamo held on for third in 14:54.
The performance comes just two months after Seyaum's compatriot, Senbere Teferi, set a women-only world record of 14:29 for the distance in Herzogenaurach.
In the men&rsquo;s race, Diamond League 5000m champion Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia came within one second of Joshua Cheptegei&rsquo;s world record, winning by more than half a minute in 12:52.
Hosea Kiplangat of Uganda was second in 13:25, finishing two seconds ahead of Ethiopia&rsquo;s Yasin Haji.
There was further Ethiopian success in the men&rsquo;s 10km as the relatively unheralded Chimdesa Debele Gudeta won in 27:14 from Kenya&rsquo;s Kenneth Kiprop (27:23). Steeplechase specialist Celliphine Chespol won the women&rsquo;s 10km in 30:19 from fellow Kenyan Daisy Cherotich (30:31).
<h2>Leading results</h2>
WOMEN
5km 1 Dawit Seyaum (ETH) 14:39 2 Norah Jeruto (KEN) 14:42 3 Meskerem Mamo (ETH) 14:54 4 Loice Chemnung (KEN) 15:06 5 Fancy Cherono (KEN) 15:14 6 Joyce Chepkemoi Tele (KEN) 15:14
10km 1 Celliphine Chespol (KEN) 30:19 2 Daisy Cherotich (KEN) 30:31 3 Glorious Jepkurui (KEN) 30:48 4 Abersh Minsewo (ETH) 30:58 5 Purity Komen (KEN) 31:08 6 Jackline Rotich (KEN) 31:29
 MEN
5km 1 Berihu Aregawi (ETH) 12:52 2 Hosea Kiplangat (UGA) 13:25 3 Yasin Haji (ETH) 13:27 4 Emmanuel Kiprop (KEN) 13:35 5 Bastien Augusto (FRA) 13:38 6 Samuel Naibei Kiplimo (KEN) 13:40
10km 1 Chimdesa Debele Gudeta (ETH) 27:14 2 Kenneth Kiprop (KEN) 27:23 3 Adeledelew Mamo (ETH) 27:25 4 Jacob Kosgei (KEN) 27:38 5 Isaac Kibet (UGA) 27:41 6 Jamal Kiprono (KEN) 27:52
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

Ethiopia’s Dawit Seyaum clocks 14:39 at the Urban Trail Lille 5km

Seyaum breaks world 5km record in Lille

Burundi&rsquo;s Rodrigue Kwizera and Kenya&rsquo;s&nbsp;Lucy Mawia Muli captured respective wins at the Cross Internacional de Soria &ndash; the third Gold standard meeting of this season&rsquo;s&nbsp;World Athletics Cross Country Tour &ndash; held in the altitude (1100m) of Soria, Spain, on Sunday (31).
 While Kwizera beat three top 10 athletes from the 2019 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Muli got the better of Ethiopia&rsquo;s&nbsp;Likina Amebaw Ayel. 
<h2>Kwizera keeps momentum</h2>
Held in rainy and windy conditions, the men&rsquo;s 10km race opened at a quick pace set by the Ugandan duo of Thomas and Joel Ayeko, with only five athletes &ndash;&nbsp;Burundi's Thierry Ndikumwenayo and Kwizera, Eritrea&rsquo;s Yemane Hailesilassie and Spain's Juan Antonio Perez and Ibrahim Chakir &ndash; able to stay with them. 
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 Before the fourth kilometre, the contest became a three-way battle between Thomas and Joel Ayeko and Kwizera, and some 12 minutes into the race Kwizera moved to the front for the first time. Thomas Ayeko ran comfortably on his shoulder and Joel managed to maintain contact but seemed to be in trouble.
After successive 5:43, 5:48, 5:47 and 5:45 loops, the leading trio reached the bell 40 seconds clear of Hailesilassie, himself clearly ahead of a large group of pursuers. The key move came with 1200m remaining, when the 22-year-old Kwizera found another gear and easily left his rivals behind to cross the finish line unopposed in 28:47, some seven seconds ahead of Thomas&nbsp;Ayeko. Joel Ayeko in third was another eight seconds adrift. Spain&rsquo;s Nassim Hassaous secured a surprise fourth as he overtook Hailesilassie down the home straight.
A joyful Kwizera, who runs for the Spanish team Playas de Castellon and was fresh from another victory at a low-key cross country permit in Castellon last Sunday, said: "I feel strong this season. The rain made the race tough but I&rsquo;m very satisfied with my win as I beat two world-class athletes." 
<h2>Muli prevails over&nbsp;Amebaw</h2>
The women&rsquo;s 8km contest kicked off at a moderate rhythm, the large leading group reaching the opening kilometre in 3:30. Shortly afterwards, the African trio of Muli, Burundi&rsquo;s Francine Niyomukunzi and&nbsp;Amebaw&nbsp;broke away easily from the rest and it became clear that the crown would return to Africa after Mariana Machado of Porugal&rsquo;s&nbsp;win in the last edition.
It was the 21-year-old Portuguese athlete who headed the chasing group alongside her compatriot Lia Lemos and Spain&rsquo;s Cristina Ruiz, Lidia Campo and Marta Perez. At the helm, Muli took charge of the pacing duties closely followed by Niyomukunzi, while&nbsp;Amebaw&nbsp;remained conservatively in third.
By half way the leading trio had built a sizeable 18-second margin over the chasing group and some 800m later Amebaw unleashed a terrific change of speed which could only be followed by Muli, while Niyomukunzi was way back to lose any winning chances. Once Amebaw realised that Muli had stayed tucked behind her, she slowed her frantic pace as the leading duo covered the 1800m lap in 5:48 compared to a previous split of 5:55.
At the bell, Muli and Amebaw remained ahead of Niyomukunzi, who was a lone third 100m behind, while Machado, Lemos and Ruiz travelled another 80 metres adrift. Over the closing circuit, Muli ran 10 metres ahead of Amebaw but the Ethiopian never looked likely to threaten the Kenyan. Muli increased her advantage over the closing 500m to finish in style, timed at 27:22 to Amebaw's 27:29, while&nbsp;Niyomukunzi completed the podium as a distant third, 39 seconds back. 
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 In the fight to be first European home, the 2019 European U20 cross country bronze medallist Machado proved to be the strongest and kept Ruiz at bay to cross the finish line in fourth, some 1:08 behind Muli.
The 22-year-old winner Muli said: "I expected to be on the podium but the win has been a surprise for me."
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics 
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Lucy Mawia Muli&nbsp;(KEN) 27:22 2 Likina Amebaw Ayel&nbsp;(ETH) 27:29 3 Francine Niyomukunzi (BUR) 28:11 4 Mariana Machado (POR) 28:30 5 Cristina Ruiz (ESP) 28:32 6 Rosalia Tarraga (ESP) 28:34 7 Marta Perez (ESP) 28:37 8 Lia Lemos (POR) 28:38 9 Lidia Campo (ESP) 28:42 10 Azucena Diaz (ESP) 29:00
Men 1 Rodrigue Kwizera (BUR) 28:57 2 Thomas Ayeko (UGA) 29:04 3 Joel Ayeko (UGA) 29:12 4 Nassim Hassaous (ESP) 29:57 5 Thierry Ndikumwenayo (BUR) 30:03 6 Zakaria Boufaliat (ESP) 30:07 7 Ibrahim Chakir (ESP) 30:15 8 Juan Antonio Perez (ESP) 30:19 9 Andreu Blanes (ESP) 30:25 10 Ayad Lamdassem (ESP) 30:30

Burundi’s Rodrigue Kwizera and Kenya’s Lucy Mawia Muli captured respective wins at the Cross Internacional de Soria.

Kwizera and Muli dominate in Soria

Italy's Francesca Ghelfi and&nbsp;Filimon Abraham of Germany claimed the top spots at the&nbsp;World Mountain Running Association (WMRA)&nbsp;Nations Cup in&nbsp;Chiavenna, Italy, on Sunday (31).
The event was held as an opportunity for international competition at the end of the 2021 season, following the postponement of the World Mountain Running Championships in Thailand to February 2022.
In his opening ceremony comments, WMRA president Jonathan Wyatt thanked the organisers of the Val Bregaglia Trail for staging this special edition of the race and for pulling the whole thing together in just over six weeks. Just as importantly, he also thanked the athletes for their commitment to training and qualifying for the competition, and for travelling to Chiavenna.&nbsp;
A total of 100 athletes from 15 countries stood on the start line, eager to compete at the highest level on this fast 19km course with 660m of ascent.
In the women&rsquo;s race it was Scotland&rsquo;s Scout Adkin and England&rsquo;s Kate Maltby who struck out at the front. Scout was narrowly ahead at the 4.5km point and they were being chased by Ghelfi, who was around 40 seconds behind. Similarly, in the men&rsquo;s race two athletes tried to stamp their authority from the start, and it was&nbsp;Lengen Lolkurraru&nbsp;of Kenya and Abraham. At this point they were neck and neck, with Czech athlete Jachym Kovar 40 seconds back.
At the 10km point little had changed at the front. Adkin and Maltby were together and Italian Alice Gaggi had caught Ghelfi, 30 seconds behind the leading pair. The chase was definitely on. Lolkurraru and Abraham remained at the front of the men&rsquo;s race, with Kovar still leading the chase, but by this point Timotej Becan of Slovenia and Chris Richards of England were also pushing hard for the podium.
It was at the next time check at 15.8km where things had started to change. Ghelfi had taken the lead in the women&rsquo;s race and had started to stretch out a gap of 45 seconds over Adkin. Maltby was still in touch with Adkin, just 10 seconds behind her, and Gaggi also remained in contention for the podium, just 12 seconds behind Maltby. In the men&rsquo;s race, Lolkurraru was leading by a very narrow margin of five seconds from Abraham, and it was Becan who lay in third, a minute and a half back.
At the finish line in the town square in Chiavenna it was Abraham who was first to arrive, having stretched out a lead of just over a minute from Lolkurraru over the final 5km. He won in 1:18:29, while Lolkurraru took silver in 1:19:48 and Becan bronze in 1:22:10. 
<img src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/617ec51dd941ecac14af677c.jpg" alt="" width="100%" /> Winner Filimon Abraham and runner-up Lengen Lolkurraru (&copy; Marco Gulberti)
 Becan beat Italy's fourth-placed Daniel Pattis by just one second in a sprint finish, as Richards finished 35 seconds back for fifth place.
In the women&rsquo;s race, Ghelfi hung on to take the gold for Italy in 1:34:01. Adkin claimed silver in 1:35:14 with a great breakthrough performance, and it was Hanna Grober of Germany who came through for the bronze in 1:35:51.
Gaggi was just five seconds behind in fourth and Maltby claimed fifth in 1:36:59.
In the team competition it was a win for England&rsquo;s women, with Italy second and the Czech Republic third. Italy&rsquo;s men took the gold, with England second and Romania third.
"It is with great pleasure that the WMRA are able to put together an event in the space of only six weeks where athletes could compete for their country and our WMRA and World Athletics members can join after two years without a World Championships for our senior athletes," said&nbsp;Wyatt.&nbsp;
"The races have been hard and the competition exciting and it is a pleasure to hear the national anthems of the winning teams and individuals once again for a senior mountain running competition.
"The WMRA would like to thank the services of the town of Chiavenna and their superb organisation team as well as the support we have received from the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL)."
Kirsty Reade (WMRA) for World Athletics
<a href="https://www.endu.net/en/events/val-bregaglia-trail/results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a>

Italy's Francesca Ghelfi and Filimon Abraham of Germany claimed the top spots at the World Mountain Running Association Nations Cup in Chiavenna.

Victory for Ghelfi and Abraham at WMRA Nations Cup

Eritrea&rsquo;s Awet Habte and Burundi&rsquo;s Francine Niyomukunzi earned victories at the 67th Cross Internacional Zornotza, Spain&rsquo;s first World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting of the season, on Sunday (24).
Following the late withdrawal of Uganda&rsquo;s Thomas Ayeko and Sheila Chelangat due to visa issues, fellow Ugandan Joel Ayeko dominated the early stages of the men&rsquo;s 8.7km contest in the company of Eritrean duo Habte and Yemane Hailesilassie.
The opening 2km lap was covered in a moderate 6:15 but Ayeko increased the pace over the second circuit and a 6:02 split left only himself, the Eritrean pair and Uruguay&rsquo;s Santiago Catofre at the helm of the race. Meanwhile, Spain&rsquo;s Oussaim Oumaiz was alone in fifth, some 20 metres behind the leaders.
Half way through the penultimate lap, Habte surged and began to build a slight margin on Ayeko while Hailesilassie seemed to be in trouble in third after Habte&rsquo;s 5:54 split.
In a fascinating final circuit, Habte extended his lead while Oumaiz first overtook Catofre and then started to gain on Hailesilassie in third place. Habte finished well clear of the rest of the field, but Oumaiz finally managed to reel in Hailesilassie and then Ayeko in the final 100 metres to take second spot, marginally ahead of the Eritrean who also overtook a fading Ayeko by inches.
The 24-year-old winner lives for much of the year in Madrid and is coached by Jer&oacute;nimo Bravo who led Tadese Zersenay to his world half marathon record of 58.23.
&ldquo;I competed last Sunday at a half marathon, but despite that effort today I felt strong throughout,&rdquo; said Habte, who reached the 5000m final at the 2017 World Championships in London. &ldquo;A couple of years ago I sustained a knee injury and that hampered my progression, then the pandemic came and was another setback but now I feel ready to do great things. My next race will likely be a half marathon in Lisbon.&rdquo; 
<h2>Niyomukunzi dominates over Tesfu</h2>
The women&rsquo;s 6.7km event started with Burundi&rsquo;s Cavaline Nahimana taking an early lead, closely followed by her compatriot Francine Niyomukunzi, pre-race favourite Dolshi Tesfu of Eritrea and Spain&rsquo;s Isabel Barreiro.
Niyomukunzi, who last week completed her fifth half marathon within a seven-week period, showed no signs of fatigue when she broke away from the rest of the lead group after the second kilometre. 
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 She covered the first 2km lap in 6:50 and held a six-second advantage on Nahimana, Tesfu and Barreiro. Following another 6:50 circuit, 22-year-old Niyomukunzi still led but Tesfu had shortened the gap to four seconds, herself eight seconds clear of Nahimana and Barreiro.
To the delight of the crowd, Tesfu caught the Burundian with some 700 metres remaining and it looked as though she was well on her way to victory, but Niyomukunzi bounced back strongly and managed to overtake the Eritrean in the closing stages. Barreiro finished ahead of Nahimana&nbsp; to complete the podium.
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics 
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women (6.7km) 1 Francine Niyomukunzi (BDI) 22:39 2 Dolshi Tesfu (ERI) 22:40 3 Isabel Barreiro (ESP) 23:08 4 Cavaline Nahimana (BDI) 23:26 5 Blanca Fern&aacute;ndez (ESP) 23:37
Men (8.7km) 1 Awet Habte (ERI) 25:54 2 Ouassim Oumaiz (ESP) 26:07 3 Yemane Hailesilassie (ERI) 26:08 4 Joel Ayeko (UGA) 26:09 5 Santiago Catofre (URU) 26:18

Eritrea’s Awet Habte and Burundi’s Francine Niyomukunzi earned victories at Spain’s first World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting of the season