Edwin Soi, Olympic bronze medalist in the 5,000 meters in Beijing and Rahel Daniel, current champion of the 2022 Cross Country world circuit, have made history by registering their names as the first winners of the Carrera del Pacífico – Cali 10K.
The test was a colorful first edition marked by the presence of more than four thousand athletes in eleven categories in 10 kilometers turned into a river of music and joy that overflowed the enthusiasm of thousands of spectators who accompanied the test through the emblematic and historical sites of the hot district.
(Miguel ‘Supermán’ López: the data with which he surpasses Nairo Quintana, video)
(Juan Sebastián Molano: this is how he celebrated the victory with his teammates, video)
Edwin Soi with a record of 28 min 57 sec. has raised his arms in the triumphal arch located in the Jairo Varela square, after a race that was intense from the first kilometer and where the Kenyan quickly imposed his conditions to get away from his main rivals to the finish line itself.
the ethiopian yasin haji would arrive 28 seconds later and 55 seconds later the first Colombian, Iván González (Athletes with a Future). The Ecuadorian Christian Vasconez (30.07) and the Mexican Jorge Cruz (30.07) completed the podium.
Eritrean manna
In the women’s branch, the young woman in her twenties from Eritrea Rachel Daniel marked distance in a close fight marked by the opposition in the first kilometers of the Latin Americans Daniel Torres (Mexico) and Daiana Ocampo (Argentina).
Very soon the Africans began to justify their favoritism to take command of the test. In the final outcome, Rahel Daniel picked up the pace and took the necessary difference to win the title of this first edition of La Carrera del Pacífico- Cali- 10K, leaving the Kenyans with the podium options. Monica Ngige (32:53) and Verónica Nyaruan (33:01), second and third respectively.
But without a doubt the great protagonists of this emotional day have been the more than 4,000 runners from all social strata of Cali who have started from the Jairo Varela square (also arrival), in an exciting stampede of joy that sows the future of which is undoubtedly the most important 10k race in Latin America and the first with the World Athetics quality seal.
The Carrera del Pacífico- Cali – 10K organized by the Champions of the Future Foundation was also created with a clear social purpose: to help young people from the most remote regions of the Colombian Pacific zone with support and encouragement for their academic and sports development.
(‘Supermán’ López: responsible for a Colombian record in the Vuelta)
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