The Soriano long distance runner Danny Matthewwith a time of 1:03:40 a.m.and the Moroccan Soukaina Atananewith a record of 1h.14:20were imposed on the 22nd edition of the Terrassa Half Marathon (Vallès Occidental) held last Sunday, January 23, with 2,000 runners at the starting line.
Despite the low temperatures (3ºC at the start), with a humidity of 58% and some wind, the return of the race after last year’s suspension due to the covid pandemic, provided a great show.
In the men’s event, Danny Matthew, 32 years old, Spanish record holder of the hour on the track (20,593 meters), of the 15,000 m. on track (43: 36.9) and over 20,000 meters (58: 17.3), he made a great race in an incredible pulse with the Moroccan Jouad El Bissis and Bilal Zaladi, the trio that set the pace from the start.
10 seconds off the record
The goal was to break the race record held by Carlos Castillejo with 1h.03:30, valid since 2016, although the conditions were not the most favorable. Even so, at kilometer 10, with the bissis dialing 30:27 and Matthew marking 30:29, they were alone 7 seconds above of the record.
At the entrance to the last milethe soriano recorded 1h01:02, 43 seconds above the record and The Bissis 1h.01:22. At that moment Dani Mateo accelerated the pace to prevail with 1:03:40 a.m.the second best record of the race, just 10 seconds off the record.
the veteran Jouad El Bissis38 years old, was second with 1h04:21 and the Moroccan Hispanic Bilal Zlady, third with 1:06:50 a.m.ahead of the Latvian Dimitrijs Serjogins (The Sansi), bedroom with 1h06:57.
Atanane’s Domain
The Moroccan runner Soukaina Atanane27 years old and who arrived with a better brand of 1h.13:08 (Dhaka 2022) domino from start to finish in the women’s race. only the brazilian Valdilene Dos Santos tried to stand up to him, but at the halfway point of the race Atanane (35:29) already surpassed him in more than a minute (36:51).
The Moroccan extended her lead to prevail with 1h.14:20one minute above the Polish record Karolina Nadolskawith 1h.13:30, in force since 2019. The also North African Houda Ahetion She finished third with 1:20:46 and the first Spaniard was Maria Ruiz from Egar, with 1:23:17, in fourth position.
Course Santi Centelles
in the traditional Course Santi Centelles over 5 kilometres, the Spanish-Moroccan Paralympic Yassine Ouhdadi27 years old, champion of the 5,000 meters in the category T3 (visual impairment) in Tokyo 2020 Y runner-up of the world of distance in the World Cup 2019was imposed with a record of 13:58spraying your best brand of the distance (14:35/2021).
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.