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Sunday, 4 December 2011
Kidane defeats Ebuya in Alcobendas
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*All smiles! A big win for Kidane Tadese in Alcobendas* (Miguel Alfambra)
Alcobendas, Spain – Eritrea’s Kidane Tadese produced a major surprise at
the 30th ‘Cross Internacional de la Constitución’ on Sunday (4) on the
outskirts of Madrid.
Competing in sunny but chilly (9º C) conditions, the 24-year-old emerging
star took the better of Kenya’s 2010 World Cross Country champion Joseph
Ebuya to clinch a three-second victory from the defending champion Kenyan.
Earlier in the afternoon Priscah Jepleting managed a convincing five-second
win ahead of Ethiopia’s Frehiwat Goshu.
*Men’s race - Ebuya leads throughout but Kidane proves to be stronger*
After his commanding victory last year Ebuya came back to Alcobendas full
of confidence following a massive 25-second win from Ethiopia’s reigning
World Cross Country champion Imane Merga at the L’acier race in
Leffrinckroucke (France) last Sunday (27 Nov.) Meanwhile, Tadese also
showed fine form on the Spanish soil of Llodio when he finished runner-up
to Leonard Komon on the same day.
The 10,000m contest opened with Ebuya’s early lead while his fellow Kenyan
Hosea Macharinyang, Uganda’s Simon Ayeko and Tadese completed the main
group.
Some 3000 metres into the race Ayeko began to lose ground and the final
podium became clear, with Ebuya always making the pacing duties. By
halfway, Macharinyang started to fade and the race turned to the expected
two-horse fight between the in-form Ebuya and Tadese.
At the bell (2500 metres remaining) the leading tandem had built a
five-second gap on Macharinyang and the sizable crowd assembled already
dreamt of a thrilling final sprint but Tadese had very different thoughts
and he unleashed a powerful change of rhythm with 1100 to go which Ebuya
was unable to cover.
For the last kilometre Tadese managed to keep Ebuya at bay and romped home
in 30:10 for the Kenyan’s 30:13 while Macharinyang secured the third spot
on the podium 23 seconds behind the victor.
Ebuya’s pace throughout the race was so terrific that the fourth placed
Kenya’s Kiprono Menjo crossed the finish line over one minute adrift.
“It’s the first time I managed to beat Ebuya, who is a World Cross Country
champion; it makes me to be very satisfied with my performance,” an
ecstatic Tadese, who is based part of the year in Madrid, said. “I’ll
return to Eritrea in a couple of weeks to train in high altitude there
alongside my mate Teklemariam Medhin; he remains in Eritrea because he has
not been given the visa to travel abroad yet. I’ll come back to Spain in
February and my main goal for the summer will be the London Olympics in the
5000m and 10,000m events. I would like to break the 27 minute barrier in
the longer distance.”
*Jepleting succeeds comfortably *
Kenya’s Priscah Jepleting Cherono was the overwhelming favourite in the
women’s section and the 31-year-old confirmed her superiority. It was
Ethiopia’s 2008 World Junior 3000m bronze medallist Ferhiwot Goshu who
ruled the race in the early stages followed by her compatriot Marta Tigabea
and a very relaxed Jepleting, a fine 5th at last March’s World Cross
Country Championships in Punta Umbría.
With nine minutes on the clock Goshu’s pace proved to be too strong for
Tigabea and Jepleting reacted immediately to run at Goshu’s shoulder. Early
inside the last 2500 circuit Goshu seemed to be able to break away from
Jepleting but the Kenyan ran effortlessly, although 10m behind the
Ethiopian.
The decisive movement came some 700 metres away from the finish when
Jepleting easily overtook Goshu to open a sizeable gap which secured her
win. At the tape, the Kenyan was timed at 20:06 for Goshu’s 20:11 while
Spain’s Dolores Checa (a 14:46.30 5000m performer) passed Tigabea over the
last kilometre to complete a classy podium.
The winner, a more than respectable fourth in the Daegu Worlds in the
10,000m, said, “To be honest, I have had the race under control at any
time. I knew I’m in good shape so I didn’t panic when Goshu was running 10
metres ahead of me. I hope to compete at one Cross Country race in Spain in
January.”
*Emeterio Valiente for the IAAF*
*Leading Results -*
MEN (10,100m) -
1. Kidane Tadese (Eritrea) 30:10
2. Joseph Ebuya (Kenya) 30:13
3. Hosea Macharinyang (Kenya) 30:33
4. Kiprono Menjo (Kenya) 31:20
5. Workneh Fikre (Eritrea) 31:26
6. Mohamed Marhum (Spain) 31:30
7. Miguel Ángel Barzola (Argentina) 31:31
8. Iván Fernández (Spain) 31:36
9. James Moiben (Kenya) 31:41
10. Antonio Jiménez (Spain) 31:49
WOMEN (5900m) -
1. Priscah Jepleting Cherono (Kenya) 20:06
2. Frehiwot Goshu (Ethiopia) 20:11
3. Dolores Checa (Spain) 20:18
4. Marta Tigabea (Ethiopia) 20:44
5. Gema Barrachina (Spain) 20:57
6. Alessandra Aguilar (Spain) 20:58
7. Diana Martín (Spain) 21:04
8. Alba García (Spain) 21:13
9. Rehima Jewar (Ethiopia) 21:22
10. Esther Hidalgo (Spain) 21:30
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