Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi, is favorite to win and break the San Silvestre Vallecana record

The Ethiopian athlete Berihu Aregawi leads the international participation that will feature in the 2023 edition of the Nationale-Nederlanden de la San Silvestre Vallecana, which will be held this Sunday, December 31 in Madrid.

San Silvestre Vallecana is a very fast test that seeks to improve itself in each edition. This year, the organization dreams of a new race record, and the right athlete to beat it is the Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi.

His official personal best in 10 km is 27:31, but this year he ran, or rather flew, in the 10 km of Laredo to set a time of 26:33, just 9 seconds behind Rhonex Kipruto's world record.

At the San Silvestre Vallecana, Aregawi will have a double challenge. First of all, overcome the resistance of the Spanish athletes led by Mohamed Katir, winner in 2021, and the always competitive Mario García Romo.

Secondly, beat the race record (26:41) that since 2018 belongs to Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo.

In addition to Aregawi, the NN San Silvestre Vallecana will have high-level European distance runners on the starting line. The British Scott Beattie stands out, national 5K road champion and ninth world champion with a time of 13:32. At 25 years old, he has a 10,000m track best of 27:58.92.

posted Thursday December 28th