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Bahrain&rsquo;s Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Winfred Yavi and Burundi&rsquo;s Rodrigue Kwizera were the winners at the Cross Internacional de Italica &ndash; a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting &ndash; held on the outskirts of Seville on Sunday (9).
While Yavi became an overwhelming victor of the women&rsquo;s race, two-time Cross Country Tour champion Kwizera prevailed in a much tighter finish over his Kenyan rivals.
The women&rsquo;s 9.2km contest saw last year&rsquo;s runner-up Daisy Jepkemei of Kazakhstan take an early lead, closely followed by Yavi, Ethiopia&rsquo;s Likina Amebaw and Kenya&rsquo;s Celestine Jepkosgei Biwott. By just one minute into the race, that quartet travelled clear of a chasing group headed by Portugal&rsquo;s Mariana Machado and leading Spaniards Isabel Barreiro and European U23 cross country silver medallist Maria Forero.
The first 2.3km lap took 7:19, with Jepkemei always at the helm and Biwott beginning to struggle as the chase group travelled 33 seconds in arrears. The second circuit was slightly quicker (7:15) and Biwott soon lost any chance of a podium place, while the distance between the lead trio and the local pack increased to 1:08.
It was at the beginning of the third lap when Yavi began to dictate the pace and it soon paid off as Jepkemei could not live with the cadence and the race became a battle between Yavi and Amebaw. They both again clocked 7:15 for the penultimate loop, while Jepkemei ran four seconds behind at the bell.
Yavi unleashed a devastating change of speed some 200 metres into the final lap to break away from Amebaw, opening up a sizeable margin on the Ethiopian in a matter of a few hundred metres. From there, Yavi displayed an impressive solo run to strengthen her lead over her pursuers and finish unopposed after a blistering final lap of 6:58.
Attention turned to the fight for the other podium places. Amebaw looked to be a safe bet for second place but Jepkemei came through to pip her rival, just one second &ndash; 30:36 to 30:37 &ndash; separating the pair. A lonesome Biwott secured fourth place, while Forero dropped Barreiro and Machado over the closing lap to take fifth place.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m so happy to win on my debut in Italica,&rdquo; said Yavi. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m quite strong now as I&rsquo;ll be competing at the Islamic Games in Riyadh next week.&rdquo;
Unlike the women&rsquo;s race, the men&rsquo;s event started at a moderate pace, the first kilometre being ruled by the Kenyan pair of world U20 5000m champion Andrew Alamisi and Titus Kibet. Pre-race favourite Kwizera moved to the front four minutes into the race, the first lap being covered in 6:28.
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Rodrigue Kwizera leads during the Cross Internacional de Italica (&copy; Diputaci&oacute;n de Sevilla)
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The second circuit had no remarkable changes, the Burundian athlete setting a steady pace to leave him joined by 10 athletes including Spain&rsquo;s Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Aaron Las Heras and national champion Yahya Aouina following a 6:34 lap.
After a similar third lap which took 6:41, Kwizera&rsquo;s front tactics finally paid dividends as only Alamisi and Dennis Kipkoech, third at the Kenyan trials held in Eldoret a fortnight ago, managed to follow his footsteps. Alamisi took the lead with around a kilometre left to run, but Kipkoech and Kwizera covered the break. The key movement came some 500 metres from home when the Spain-based Kwizera found another gear on the downhill section to open a shy but significant margin on the Kenyan duo.
Kwizera eventually clinched the win ahead of Alamisi and could afford to smile as they both clocked 26:10, with Kipkoech finishing one second back.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m so honoured to win here for the second time after my victory in 2021,&rdquo; said Kwizera. &ldquo;This year the circuit has changed and there were some tough hills. Despite leading for much of the race, I still kept energy for the last section. I knew I had a change of speed and decided to execute it some 500 metres to go. It proved to be enough, although it&rsquo;s true the Kenyan boys pushed me to the end.&rdquo;
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women (9.2km) 1 Winfred Yavi (BRN) 28:58 2 Daisy Jepkemei (KAZ) 30:36 3 Likina Amebaw (ETH) 30:37 4 Celestine Jepkosgei Biwott (KEN) 30:41 5 Mar&iacute;a Forero (ESP) 31:07 6 Isabel Barreiro (ESP) 31:26 7 Mariana Machado (POR) 31:30 8 Angela Viciosa (ESP) 31:35 9 Marta Serrano (ESP) 31:35 10 Carolina Robles (ESP) 31:44
Men (9.2km) 1 Rodrigue Kwizera (BDI) 26:10 2 Andrew Alamisi (KEN) 26:10 3 Dennis Kipkoech (KEN) 26:11 4 Titus Kibet (KEN) 26:23 5 Thierry Ndikumwenayo (ESP) 26:26 6 Aaron Las Heras (ESP) 26:26 7 Naibei Kiplimo (KEN) 26:26 8 Egide Ntakarutimana (BDI) 26:35 9 Emile Hafashimana (BDI) 26:35 10 Yahya Aouina (ESP) 26:38
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Bahrain’s Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Winfred Yavi and Burundi’s Rodrigue Kwizera were the winners at the Cross Internacional de Italica 

Yavi and Kwizera win in Seville

World 5000m finalist Mathew Kipsang kicked to victory at the Cardiff Cross Challenge, while 17-year-old compatriot Cynthia Chepkirui made it a Kenyan double at the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold event at Llandaff Fields on Saturday (8).
The senior men&rsquo;s 9.6km contest began with a large lead group setting a steady early pace. After 2.5km, Kenyan trio Stephen Kimutai, Victor Kimosop, and Mathew Kipsang were joined at the front by Britain&rsquo;s Zakariya Mahamed, forming a quartet that quickly established control.
By halfway, Britain&rsquo;s Jacob Cann and Richard Slade had bridged the gap, creating a breakaway pack of six. Kipsang took command at about 6km, gradually stretching the lead as the chasing group began to splinter. One kilometre later, Cann and Slade began to fade, leaving Kipsang, Kimosop, Kimutai, and Mahamed to battle it out for the podium.
Mahamed started to lose contact soon after, turning the closing stages into a Kenyan duel. With less than a kilometre remaining, Kimosop surged to the front, but Kipsang bided his time, waiting until the final straight to unleash a decisive kick. The 29-year-old powered ahead to take victory in 28:12, with Kimosop second and Kimutai completing the all-Kenyan podium. Mahamed finished fourth, just ahead of Cann.
Cynthia Chepkirui, the African U18 3000m champion, announced herself in style with a dominant performance in the senior women&rsquo;s 6.4km race.
Defending champion Megan Keith led during the early stages from Canada&rsquo;s Ceili McCabe, Jess Gibbon, Chepkirui, and Sheila Jebet, a world U20 finalist and winner in Hannut earlier this year. Gibbon soon lost touch, leaving a leading quartet to dictate the pace through the second kilometre.
At about the halfway mark, Chepkirui started to make her move and gradually opened up a gap on Jebet and McCabe while Keith was forced to stop briefly to adjust her shoe.
Chepkirui never looked back, extending her lead over the final kilometres to win decisively in 20:11. Jebet secured second place in 20:31, three seconds ahead of McCabe, while Keith finished fourth in 20:51.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women (6.4km) 1 Cynthia Chepkirui (KEN) 20:11 2 Sheila Jebet (KEN) 20:31 3 Ceili McCabe (CAN) 20:33 4 Megan Keith (GBR) 20:51 5 Poppy Tank (GBR) 21:09 6 Sofia Thogersen (DEN) 21:16
Men (9.6km) 1 Mathew Kipsang (KEN) 28:14 2 Victor Kimosop (KEN) 28:19 3 Stephen Kimutai (KEN) 28:27 4 Zakariya Mahamed (GBR) 28:28 5 Jacob Cann (GBR) 28:29 6 Richard Slade (GBR) 28:41

Mathew Kipsang kicked to victory at the Cardiff Cross Challenge, while 17-year-old compatriot Cynthia Chepkurui made it a Kenyan double

Kipsang and Chepkirui secure Kenyan double in Cardiff

Hellen Obiri regained her title at the TCS New York City Marathon, taking almost three minutes off the course record to win the World Athletics Platinum Label road race in 2:19:51 on Sunday (2).
She was joined on the podium by compatriots and former winners Sharon Lokedi (2:20:07) and Sheila Chepkirui (2:20:24), the defending champion, both of whom finished inside the previous course record (2:22:31), which had been held by Margaret Okayo since 2003.
While Obiri&rsquo;s victory was a decisive one, the men&rsquo;s race was incredibly close as just 16 hundredths of a second separated eventual winner Benson Kipruto from runner-up Alexander Mutiso, both men clocking 2:08:09.
For the first time in the history of the prestigious event, Kenya achieved podium sweeps of both the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s races.
From the outset, the women&rsquo;s race promised fireworks with several women in contention, all operating at course record pace. A large lead pack of 13 runners, including the past three champions &ndash; Chepkirui, Obiri and Lokedi &ndash; as well as Sifan Hassan and US duo Emily Sisson and Fiona O&rsquo;Keeffe, went through 10km in 33:53. Hassan, the Olympic champion, sat near the back of the group, content to bide her time.
By 15km (50:52), the leading trio of Chepkirui, Lokedi and Obiri had taken charge, gradually thinning the pack to nine. Hassan continued to shadow the group, while 2016 Olympic 5000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot was also in the pack.
Six women &ndash; Chepkirui, Lokedi, Obiri, Sisson, O&rsquo;Keeffe and Annie Frisbie &ndash; opened a small gap on Hassan and Cheruiyot, reaching 20km in 1:07:24, well inside course record pace. By halfway (1:11:01), just four remained at the front: the three Kenyan champions and O&rsquo;Keeffe, with Hassan trailing by six seconds.
Hassan briefly bridged the gap at about the 14-mile mark, but the move was short-lived. As the tempo increased, she once again slipped off the back, followed soon after by O&rsquo;Keeffe, leaving Obiri, Lokedi and Chepkirui to battle for supremacy.
There were further shifts at 17 miles, as O&rsquo;Keeffe managed to rejoin the leaders, and Hassan remained within striking distance. The quartet reached 30km in 1:40:11, still on track for a finishing time comfortably under 2:21. But the relentless pace soon began to take its toll. Both O&rsquo;Keeffe and Hassan lost contact once again, and by 35km (1:56:48), the Kenyan trio had built a commanding lead &ndash; 39 seconds clear of O&rsquo;Keeffe and more than a minute ahead of Hassan.
Chepkirui was the first of the three to falter, slipping behind with 2:10 on the clock. Obiri and Lokedi pressed on together until Obiri, looking composed and powerful, made her decisive move with about three miles remaining. Her long surge to the finish proved irresistible.
The two-time world 5000m champion crossed the line in 2:19:51, smashing the PB of 2:23:10 she had set when earning Olympic bronze last year. She clocked 2:17:41 when finishing second in Boston earlier this year, though that course isn&rsquo;t eligible for PBs or records.
Lokedi, the 2022 winner, followed 16 seconds later, while Chepkirui held firm for third in 2:20:24, ensuring a Kenyan sweep of the podium for the second year in a row.
O&rsquo;Keeffe took fourth in 2:22:49, comfortably ahead of US compatriot Frisbie (2:24:12), while Hassan &ndash; running just two months after winning the Sydney Marathon in course record time &ndash; finished sixth in 2:24:43.
In the men&rsquo;s race, a large group of 21 runners passed 10km in a cautious 30:22, content to keep the pace steady on the rolling New York course. Distance-running legends Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele were part of that pack, along with Albert Korir, Alexander Mutiso and Benson Kipruto. The same group remained intact through 15km (46:01) and halfway (1:05:18), as no one seemed eager to make an early move.
With 75 minutes on the clock, marathon debutant and former steeplechaser Hillary Bor injected a burst of pace, surging clear of the field. His solo effort didn&rsquo;t last long, but it served its purpose, stringing out the pack and setting the stage for the decisive moves to come.
By 30km (1:32:21), the lead group had been reduced to eight: Bor, Korir, Kipruto, Abel Kipchumba, Tsegay Weldibanos, Abbabiya Simbassa, Mutiso and Britain&rsquo;s Patrick Dever. They were still together at 35km (1:47:37), but the cohesion was short-lived. As the pace quickened once more, the group splintered, leaving Kipruto &ndash; the Olympic bronze medallist &ndash; and Mutiso, the 2024 London Marathon champion, to battle for victory over the final kilometres.
Kipruto appeared to have made a decisive move in the closing stages, but Mutiso mounted a late challenge, surging back to within striking distance. Kipruto held firm, though, crossing the line in 2:08:09 to claim his first New York title, adding it to his Boston (2021) and Chicago (2022) victories.
Korir followed in 2:08:57 for third place, just one second ahead of marathon debutant Dever. Kipchoge, contesting the New York Marathon for the first time, finished 17th in 2:14:36.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Hellen Obiri (KEN) 2:19:51 2 Sharon Lokedi (KEN) 2:20:07 3 Sheila Chepkirui (KEN) 2:20:24 4 Fiona O&rsquo;Keeffe (USA) 2:22:49 5 Annie Frisbie (USA) 2:24:12 6 Sifan Hassan (NED) 2:24:43 7 Jessica Warner-Judd (GBR) 2:24:45 8 Emily Sisson (USA) 2:25:05 9 Amanda Vestri (USA) 2:25:40 10 Fionnuala McCormack (IRL) 2:27:00
Men 1 Benson Kipruto (KEN) 2:08:09 2 Alexander Mutiso (KEN) 2:08:09 3 Albert Korir (KEN) 2:08:57 4 Patrick Dever (GBR) 2:08:58 5 Matthias Kyburz (SUI) 2:09:55 6 Joel Reichow (USA) 2:09:56 7 Charles Hicks (USA) 2:09:59 8 Sondre Nordstad Moen (NOR) 2:10:15 9 Tsegay Weldibanos (ERI) 2:10:36 10 Joe Klecker (USA) 2:10:37

Hellen Obiri regained her title at the TCS New York City Marathon, taking almost three minutes off the course record to win the World Athletics Platinum Label road race in 2:19:51

Obiri smashes long-standing course record to regain New York City Marathon title

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