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Ruth Chepngetich leads the female participation in the San Silvestre Vallecana

The Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana is once again dreaming of breaking records. Like the historic 2018, the end-of-year classic features a superlative squad, with great athletes who arrive in Vallecas with ambition and in excellent physical condition, the perfect mix that can lead athletics fans to experience a day for the history books on December 31.

In 2018, Kenyan Brigid Kosgei became the first athlete to break the 30-minute barrier at the Vallecana. Since then, the mark obtained remains unchanged as the top of the Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana. But this year, an old acquaintance of the race, Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich, has decided to put the finishing touch to a 2024 to remember, and leave a mark of her quality on the streets of Madrid.

At the Chicago Marathon, Ruth Chepngetich lowered the world marathon record by almost 2 minutes (2:09:56), in a feat that left the athletics world speechless. After this heroic feat, Chepngetich arrives as the great female star of this Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana, with the desire to achieve the victory that eluded her in her previous presence in the event (in 2020, when she was defeated by Yalemzerf Yehualaw) and challenge Kosgei's record.

In addition to her stratospheric marathon record, Chepngetich has a golden record with a world marathon title, and a triple of victories in the emblematic Chicago Marathon, as well as a best time in 10 kilometers on the road of 30:29, which she hopes to blow up in the Vallecana.

Alongside her, Ethiopian Adawork Aberta, from the always competitive NN Running Team, will seek to follow in the footsteps of other compatriots and team members who have triumphed in Vallecana, such as Yalemzerf Yehualaw herself. The 28-year-old athlete's best result was a seventh place in the Seville Marathon with 2:23:39 and has a personal best in 10K of 32:27. Meanwhile, the Mexican of Kenyan origin, Risper Besabwa, sixth in the 2023 Pan American Games in the marathon, will seek her personal best in 10K, which she has with 31:43, achieved in New Orleans (United States).