- Beatrice Chebet will try to lower her world record in the 2024 Cursa Dels Nassos 5K race.
- No Kenyan has been confirmed in the men’s category.
- The race will take place on December 31.
The reigning World Athletics Cross Country Championships champion Beatrice Chebet has been confirmed for the 2024 Cursa Dels Nassos 5K race scheduled for Tuesday, December 31.
Chebet, who has had a fantastic season, is expected to attack the world record she set at the same venue last year.
The talented speedster produced a breath-taking performance during the 2023 edition to set a novel world record of 14:13 (women’s only).
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The time she clocked was more than 15 seconds faster than the previous mark of 14:29 that was set by Ethiopian runner Senbere Teferi in 2021.
This year the organizers of the race have assembled a deep field that has the likes of Ethiopian fast-rising stars Melkanat Wudu and Medina Eisa.
“As in the last four editions, the Race of the Noses will have two events: a 5K with international elite athletes (4:20 p.m.) and the traditional 10K (5:15 p.m.) open to everyone and where 12,000 have sold out this year numbers available.
Beatrice Chebet, double gold medalist at the last Olympic Games in Paris and the winner of the last edition of the race, confirmed in the international 5K where she will compete with Medina Eisa and Melkanat Wudu to try to set a new world record,” read part of their statement.
Spanish runner Esther Guerrero Puigdevall, who won a mixed relay gold medal in the 2018 European Cross Country Championships, will also feature in the race.
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Meanwhile, Chebet will be honored in a special manner for putting the name of the event on the world map.
“To pay tribute to the record achieved by the athlete Beatrice Chebet in the last edition of the race of the Noses and to the recognition as the best women’s race in the world according to the World Athletics, the design and branding studio ESIETE has published the typography “Nassos Display” which was used during last year’s campaign and which also stars in the present edition.
The typeface, designed in a dot matrix style, evokes both the digital technology of electronic athletics scoreboards and the festive spirit of Christmas lights, combining innovation and versatility and reflecting the strong sporting and cultural design tradition of the city of Barcelona in variable open type format, the beta version including variants with stars, squares or arrows is freely available for personal use and open access here,” the statement ended.
In the men’s category, the battle will be between Burundian-born Spanish athlete Thierry Ndikumwenayo and Adessamat Oukhelfem.
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