This Sunday, while the 28,590 marathon runners reached the finish line of the Valencia marathon, Juan Roig let himself go: “98% of the people have a great spirit of help, it has been demonstrated with the volunteers. But the coordination of politicians has been bad. Regarding an issue that has been a great misfortune of nature, there is also the confrontation between them,” he said.
Behind him passed Majida Maayouf (35), the little marathoner from Bharha (Morocco), who has lived in Salvatierra (Basque Country) for ten years, Spanish since 2023, now a basilisk: putting her hands on her head as she advanced on the blue carpet at the finish line, Maayouf regretted his record, those 2h21m44s that left him 17 seconds behind his Spanish record, the 2h17m27s he had set last year on the same circuit.
“It’s escaped me, it’s escaped me,” Maayouf lamented as he hugged José Antonio Redolat, a wonderful middle distance runner twenty years ago, today high command of the event and eventual consolation for the Spanish woman.
The test was awarded to the Kenyan Sebastian Sawe (28), world champion of the half marathon in 2023. In his marathon debut he clocked 2h02m05s, the best world record of the year. The eternal Kenenisa Bekele (42) retired at kilometer 30.
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