The head-to-head between Uganda’s long-distance runner Jacob Kiplimo and Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi at the San Silvestre Vallecana in Madrid on New Year’s Eve did not disappoint.
The two favourites in the 10km Road Race fought for victory right from the beginning of the race to the finish line, with a photo-finish needed to determine the winner.
Aregawi was proclaimed champion of this special edition on the 60th anniversary. The Ethiopian clocked 26:32, a new course record and registered the second-fastest 10km road time in history.
Kiplimo also recorded 26:32 in a race that began with a blistering pace that left the competition to just six runners within the opening couple of kilometres and a two-man battle by the eight-minute mark.
Homeboy Adel Mechaal claimed the third spot on the podium with a time of 27:40.
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