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Ethiopia&rsquo;s Yenenesh Shimket and Burundi&rsquo;s Rodrigue Kwizera stamped their authority at the Cross Internacional de la Constitucion &ndash; the sixth Gold meeting in this season&rsquo;s World Athletics Cross Country Tour &ndash; in Alcobendas on Sunday (30).
On a cold but sunny day, 18-year-old Shimket beat Italy&rsquo;s world and Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Nadia Battocletti , while Kwizera overcame the challenge of Eritrea&rsquo;s Symon Amanuel to notch up his fourth victory in Alcobendas.
Battocletti and Britain&rsquo;s European 10,000m bronze medallist Megan Keith took an early lead in the women&rsquo;s 8.1km race while Shimket and Kenya&rsquo;s Sheila Jebet positioned themselves close behind.
Battocletti, the European cross-country champion, then began to increase the pace but Shimket and Jebet seemed to run comfortably at her shoulder with Keith towards the rear of the lead quartet. About 14 minutes into the race, Keith lost ground on the leaders while the Italian maintained her relentless pace, closely followed by Shimket and Jebet.
Shimket seized her opportunity with three kilometres to go on the toughest section of the course and pushed hard to break away from Jebet and Battocletti with ease. The Ethiopian covered the penultimate 2.2km lap in 7:15 to open a seven-second margin on Jebet, herself another three seconds clear of Battocletti.
On the final lap, Shimket proved her win in San Vittore Olona last weekend was no fluke as she extended her lead. Battocletti managed to catch and leave behind Jebet before embarking on the final kilometre.
Shimket, having covered the final lap in 7:10, crossed the finish line 11 seconds ahead of Battocletti. Further back, Jebet kept Keith at bay to claim third.
Italy&rsquo;s Yohanes Chiappinelli and Sweden&rsquo;s Oliver Lofqvist were the early leaders in the men&rsquo;s race, closely followed by Kwizera and Eritrean teenager Saymon Amanuel, two of the pre-race favourites.
At exactly the same hilly point of the course where Shimket had broken away from her rivals, 18-year-old Amanuel surged ahead of the field and quickly built a six-second margin on Kwizera and Uganda&rsquo;s Samuel Cherop. The penultimate lap took the Eritrean just 6:18; by then, Kwizera was four seconds in arrears with Cherop in third another two seconds behind.
In a thrilling finish to the 8.1km race, the Burundian put in a desperate chase to catch Amanuel and he finally did so with about 650m remaining. The 26-year-old went on to finish six seconds ahead of Amanuel while Uganda&rsquo;s Dismas Yeko overtook compatriot Cherop in the battle for third place.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very satisfied after my fourth win in a row here,&rdquo; said Kwizera. &ldquo;Although the Eritrean guy proved to be very strong, I remained confident of catching him and winning. After a busy November, tomorrow I&rsquo;m flying back to Burundi to spend a month with my family, then I&rsquo;ll travel to Ethiopia for a one-month stint before returning to Spain for the European Cross Country Team championships in February.&rdquo;
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Yenenesh Shimket (ETH) 25:32 2 Nadia Battocletti (ITA) 25:43 3 Sheila Jebet (KEN) 25:57 4 Megan Keith (GBR) 25:59 5 Micheline Niyomahoro (BDI) 27:25
Men 1 Rodrigue Kwizera (BDI) 22:55 2 Saymon Amanuel (ERI) 23:01 3 Dismas Yeko (UGA) 23:09 4 Samuel Cherop (UGA) 23:16 5 Thierry Ndikumwenayo (ESP) 23:31

Ethiopia’s Yenenesh Shimket and Burundi’s Rodrigue Kwizera stamped their authority at the Cross Internacional de la Constitucion

Shimket and Kwizera triumph in Alcobendas

Former world record-holder Brigid Kosgei produced the fastest time ever recorded in China at the Shanghai Marathon, clocking 2:16:36 at the World Athletics Platinum Label road race on Sunday (30).
The 31-year-old ran the third-fastest time of her career to win by more than two minutes from fellow Kenyan Irine Cheptai, who clocked 2:18:51. Kosgei becomes just the second woman in the history of the race to win in Shanghai.
The men&rsquo;s race was a lot closer with Milkesa Mengesha winning by two seconds in 2:06:25, leading an Ethiopian podium sweep from Dawit Wolde (2:06:27) and Deresa Geleta (2:06:36).
Kosgei, who ran sub-2:19 to finish second in Hamburg and Sydney earlier this year, led the women&rsquo;s race from the outset. She was joined by Cheptai and Ethiopian duo Tiruye Mesfin and Bekelech Gudeta during the early stages, passing 10km in 32:25.
By the half-way point, reached inside 69 minutes, Kosgei had just Cheptai for company. They ran together for several more kilometres, but by the time Kosgei reached 30km (1:37:08), Cheptai had started to drift behind.
Kosgei continued to pull away as the race progressed. By the time she reached the finish, she had a lead of more than two minutes over her compatriot, and she crossed the line in 2:16:36 &ndash; her fastest time in three years.
Cheptai finished in a season&rsquo;s best of 2:18:51 and Mesfin followed a couple of minutes later in 2:20:38.
The men&rsquo;s race played out in contrasting style with a group of 10 athletes running together through 10km (29:27) before reaching the half-way point just outside 63 minutes.
Deresa Geleta led through 30km in 1:30:14. The lead pack, now down to nine, included Milkesa Mengesha, Dawit Wolde, course record-holder Philimon Kiptoo Kipchumba and China&rsquo;s Feng Peiyou.
The pack was whittled down to seven men as they approached 35km, with Geleta pushing the pace. With about five kilometres to go, Geleta, Wolde and Mengesha had formed a breakaway trio.
Geleta started to fade in the closing stages, leaving Mengesha and Wolde to battle it out for victory. As they approached the final straight Mengesha kicked into the lead and charged across the line in 2:06:25, finishing two seconds ahead of his compatriot. Geleta followed in 2:06:36 to place third.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Brigid Kosgei (KEN) 2:16:36 2 Irine Cheptai (KEN) 2:18:51 3 Tiruye Mesfin (ETH) 2:20:38
Men 1 Milkesa Mengesha (ETH) 2:06:25 2 Dawit Wolde (ETH) 2:06:27 3 Deresa Geleta (ETH) 2:06:36

Former world record-holder Brigid Kosgei produced the fastest time ever recorded in China at the Shanghai Marathon, clocking 2:16:36

Kosgei sets Chinese all-comers’ record of 2:16:36 at Shanghai Marathon

Italy&rsquo;s Nadia Battocletti won the Cross Internacional de Atapuerca on her fourth attempt, while Kenya&rsquo;s Mathew Kipsang pipped Rodrigue Kwizera to victory at the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold event on Sunday (23).
Kazakhstan&rsquo;s defending champion Daisy Jepkemei took charge of the pacing duties right from the start of the women&rsquo;s 6.82km race and she led a five-strong group, followed by Battocletti, Kenya&rsquo;s Sheila Jebet, Great Britain&rsquo;s Megan Keith and Spain&rsquo;s Majida Maayouf.
The 36-year-old Spaniard began to lose ground shortly after the third kilometre, but she still ran clear ahead of a group of her compatriots which included Idaira Prieto, Isabel Barreiro, Marta Serrano and Angela Viciosa.
Keith moved to the front midway through the race but Battocletti looked comfortable running on her shoulder, followed by Jepkemei and Jebet. At the bell, with a 2km lap remaining, the lead quartet had built a 24-second margin over Maayouf, herself 25 seconds clear of Prieto, who was always at the helm of the chasing pack.
Some 17 minutes into the race, 20-year-old Jebet decided to push hard and her change of speed was only covered by Battocletti, while Jepkemei and Keith formed another pair way back.
Jebet led for just over a kilometre before the 25-year-old Italian made her move some 500 metres from home, breaking away from the Kenyan with incredible ease as she opened a sizeable advantage in a matter of a few strides.
She crossed the finish line unopposed in 22:21, 13 seconds ahead of Jebet. In a tough fight for the third place on the podium, Jepkemei prevailed over Keith by a couple of seconds, while Maayouf finished fifth.
&ldquo;My win might have seemed easy, but I felt frozen and the race was tough because of the cold and the wind,&rdquo; said Battocletti, the world 10,000m silver and 5000m bronze medallist this year in Tokyo. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s my fourth outing in Atapuerca and I finally managed to win here. That makes me extremely happy.&rdquo;
Boosted by the local crowd, as he was born just 30km away from Atapuerca, Spain&rsquo;s Daniel Arce was a lonesome leader at the start of the men&rsquo;s contest, also held over 6.82km. Although his margin never surpassed six seconds, Arce led for 2.6km before he was reeled in by the pack of favourites that was always led by Kwizera, while Kipsang travelled quietly in the middle of the large group.
Following a relatively slow penultimate 2km circuit, which took 5:56, Kwizera picked up the pace at the bell. His change of speed whittled down the lead group to six athletes, including Kipsang, Burundi&rsquo;s Emile Hafashimana and the Spanish trio of Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Said Mechaal and the national 10km record-holder Ilias Fifa.
Kwizera&rsquo;s pace soon paid off, as first Hafashimana then Mechaal and finally Fifa could not maintain the change of speed. The trio of Kwizera, Kipsang and Ndikumwenayo entered the closing kilometre in single file but the latter lost any chance of winning with some 350 metres remaining as he began to lose ground.
Kwizera tried desperately to lose Kipsang over the closing stages, but the in-form Kenyan managed to remain close to the Burundian despite a brisk circuit timed at 5:35.
Kipsang finally unleashed a powerful sprint to overtake Kwizera, as he had done a week earlier at the Cross Country Tour Gold meeting in Soria. As a result, the 30-year-old Kenyan remains unbeaten on his European cross-country tour as he has won successively in Cardiff, Soria and Atapuerca.
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women (6.8km) 1 Nadia Battocletti (ITA) 22:21 2 Sheila Jebet (KEN) 22:34 3 Daisy Jepkemei (KAZ) 22:35 4 Megan Keith (GBR) 22:37 5 Majida Maayouf (ESP) 23:23
Men (6.8km) 1 Mathew Kipsang (KEN) 20:05 2 Rodrigue Kwizera (BDI) 20:06 3 Thierry Ndikumwenayo (ESP) 20:14 4&nbsp;Ilias Fifa (ESP) 20:16 5 Said Mechaal (ESP) 20:20
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-tour/calendar-results/7221535/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a>
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<h2>Shimket retains title, Amanuel beats Kipruto at Cinque Mulini</h2>
Yenenesh Shimket successfully defended her Cinque Mulini title, while Saymon Amanuel beat last year&rsquo;s winner Matthew Kipruto to win the men&rsquo;s race at the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting in San Vittore Olona on Sunday (23).
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Shimket broke away during the first of the three laps making up the 6.2km women&rsquo;s race and had a five-second advantage over Burundi&rsquo;s Elvanie Nimbona and Kenya&rsquo;s Sharon Chepkemoi by the end of that first loop.
Shimket&nbsp;continued to dominate, building a lead of 21 seconds by the end of the second lap and 35 seconds by the finish line, which she crossed in 19:11.
Nimbona, who finished fourth at the Cinque Mulini last year, improved by one place as she was pipped by Chepkemoi in the race for the runner-up spot. A single second separated them &ndash; Chepkemoi clocking 19:46 to Nimbona&rsquo;s 19:47.
Valentina Gemetto was the leading Italian athlete, finishing fourth in 20:19.
Amanuel secured the men&rsquo;s title by a similar margin to become the second Eritrean winner of the race after Zersenay Tadese who won in 2008.
The 18-year-old made his winning move during the third of the four laps and, after finishing fourth over 10.2km last year, he won this year&rsquo;s 8.2km contest in 22:48 &ndash; 32 seconds ahead of the defending champion Kipruto of Kenya.
Home star Iliass Aouani finished third in his first race since claiming marathon bronze at the World Championships in Tokyo, clocking 23:29. He joined Kipruto and Amanuel in the lead pack during the first couple of laps but was seven seconds back by the end of the second circuit.
Aouani was applauded over the finish line by Amanuel, as he held off his compatriot Luca Alfieri by two seconds to finish as the top Italian.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women (6.2km) 1 Yenenesh Shimket (ETH) 19:11 2 Sharon Chepkemoi (KEN) 19:46 3 Elvanie Nimbona (BDI) 19:47 4 Valentina Gemetto (ITA) 20:19 5 Lucia Arnoldo (ITA) 20:25
Men (8.2km) 1 Saymon Amanuel (ERI) 22:48 2 Matthew Kipruto (KEN) 23:20 3 Iliass Aouani (ITA) 23:29 4 Luca Alfieri (ITA) 23:31 5 Osama Zoghlami (ITA) 23:34
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-tour/calendar-results/7226076/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a>
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<h2>Fikadu and Gebrehiwet secure Ethiopian double in Allonnes</h2>
Milkesa Fikadu and Tirhas Gebrehiwet battled the wet conditions and their rivals to complete an Ethiopian double at the Cross International Le Maine Libre-Allonnes-Sarthe &ndash; the weekend's third World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting &ndash; on Sunday (23).
The 20-year-old Fikadu improved on his third-place finish from last year, covering the muddy 6.71km course in 21:13, while 18-year-old Gebrehiwet won the women&rsquo;s race &ndash; held over the same distance &ndash; in 24:05.
Due to the wet conditions, many athletes ran without their bibs meaning full results could not be confirmed on the day of competition, but the victories by Fikadu and Gebrehiwet were without doubt.
French athletes clinched the runner-up spots in both races, Fikadu finishing strongly to hold off Yann Schrub and Gebrehiwet winning five seconds clear of Alessia Zarbo.
Fikadu&rsquo;s compatriot Abrha Gebru and Kazakhstan&rsquo;s 2022 world steeplechase champion Norah Jeruto both finished fourth in Allonnes last year but this time they made the podium &ndash; each improving by one place to finish third.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women (6.71km) 1 Tirhas Gebrehiwet (ETH) 24:05 2 Alessia Zarbo (FRA) 24:10 3&nbsp;Norah Jeruto&nbsp;(KAZ) 24:12
Men (6.71km) 1 Milkesa Fikadu (ETH) 21:13 2 Yann Schrub (FRA) 21:15 3 Abrha Gebru (ETH) 21:17
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Coverage of the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meetings in Atapuerca, Allonnes and San Vittore Olona

Meeting Name	Venue		Date
Track & Field Live	National	IRL	03 Dec 2025
C.I.C. Alcobendas-Comunidad de Madrid	Alcobendas	ESP	30 Nov 2025
XLI Maratón Internacional Guadalajara Hidratado por Electrolit	Guadalajara	MEX	30 Nov 2025
International Warandecross Tilburg	Oude	NED	30 Nov 2025
German Cross Country Championships	Stadion	GER	29 Nov 2025

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