A new historical start of the year of running in Valencia. The 10K Valencia Ibercaja by Kiprun has once again lived a day to remember by achieving a double record on January 12. In its 17th edition, the fastest 10K in the world has been crowned with the male records in Europe and Spain.
Thus, the two world records already held by the race are now joined by the European and Spanish men's records. The winner of the race, the Swedish athlete Andreas Almgren, is the one who has managed to win the European 10K record by entering the finish line in 26:53, breaking the record of the French Etienne Daguinos (27:04, Lille 2024).
Almgren was joined on the podium by Dominic Lobalu (26:54) and Vincent Langat (26:55) after a tight and exciting final sprint. In women, the absolute winner was the Kenyan athlete Hellen Ekalale (29:30), followed by the Ethiopian Girmawit Gebru(29:34) and Foyten Tesfay (29:42).
Spanish record for men
But the day has also brought another historical record with the Record of Spain. The athlete Ilias Fifa crossed the finish line in 27:41, beating the time achieved by Abdessamad Oukhelfen (27:44) in the 2024 edition of the 10K Valencia.
Juan Antonio 'Chiki' Perez has been on the heels of the first Spaniard entering the finish line in 27:45. The third Spanish classified was Jesús Ramos with a 28:08. In women, the first three Spaniards to cross the finish line were Alicia Berzosa (32:07), María José Pérez (32:22) and Ikram Rharsalla (32:49).
For their part, athletes Víctor Ruiz (28:11) and Laura Domene (33:31) were the first Valencian athletes to reach the finish line of the 10K Valencia Ibercaja by Kiprun.
The largest edition of the 10K
All these records have been achieved in a 17th edition of the 10K Valencia Ibercaja, in which 13,046 popular runners have crossed the finish line after enjoying the streets of Valencia Ciudad del Running and flying through the fastest circuit in the world, Europe and Spain.
The thousands of runners, who took the start to the rhythm of Chimo Bayo's Hu-Ha! from the Paseo de la Alameda, inaugurated the running year in style, making this the largest edition of the 10K to date.
As for the fastest teams, the podium went to Serrano C.A., C.D. Metaesport and C.A. RickySporteam from Alzira. On the other hand, the clubs with the most runners who reached the finish line were Redolat Team, Sanus Vitae Team and Runners Ciutat de Valencia.
5K Valencia Vamos
The sports day on Sunday January 12 started at 8:25 am with the 5K Valencia Vamos, the test prior to the great race that has celebrated this year its 3rd edition starting from the Puente de las Flores and has brought together 1,049 runners at the finish line of the Paseo de la Alameda.
The overall winners of this race were Diego Klopfenstein and Chiara Spagnoli, who crossed the finish line in 15:08 and 16:56, respectively.
