The 25th edition of the Cursa dels Nassos celebrated its quarter of a century this afternoon in the city of Barcelona with record participation, near 11.000 registered, and with a sporting record.

The 25th edition of the Cursa dels Nassos celebrated its quarter of a century this afternoon in the city of Barcelona with record participation, near 11.000 registered, and with a sporting record.

In the women's 5K race, Kenyan athlete Beatrice Chebet has broken the world record for that distance, which she ran in 14 minutes 13 seconds. With her, Ejgayehu Taye Haylu and Lilian Kasait have climbed onto the podium in second and third place. In fourth position Joy Cheptoyek. The first 4 improved the previous record of 14'29. Medina Eisa entered fifth position with 14'40, breaking the under 20 world record.

As for the men's category of the 5K race, Dominic Lobalu, in first place, the Kenyan Mathew Kipkoech, in second place, and Abdessamad Oukhelfen, in third place, and where the latter has broken the Catalan record in this distance with 13 minutes 27 seconds.

The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni and the Sports Councillor, David Escudé, presented the trophies for the professional 5 kilometer race. Next, the mayor also kicked off the popular 10K race, which in this case was won by the Moroccan Mohamed El Ghazouany in the men's category with 28'45 and the international Meritxell Soler with 32'37 in the women's category. in a tight final with Douae Ouboukir 32'41.

The Cursa dels Nassos is one of the most popular races and one of the most important internationally. This year, the event has once again been a success, both in participation and sportsmanship, several national records from countries such as Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Andorra, Algeria, China...