The San Silvestre Vallecana, one of the unavoidable events on the last day of the year in the capital, has once again raised the heart rate of Madrid after the 2020 stoppage due to the pandemic.
A total of 25,000 runners in the
popular
version
and 1,200 in the international have covered the 10 kilometers that separate the Santiago Bernabéu from Vallecas in a festive atmosphere that, however, has maintained all security protocols.
The Castilian-Manchego David Bascuñana (Clínicas Menorca) and Claudia Gómez (Suances) from Madrid achieved victory in the popular category in the warmest edition in history, with 17 degrees in the mass start at 4.30 p.m. next to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium to Continue along Calle de Serrano, Puerta de Alcalá, Cibeles, Atocha and, along Avenida Ciudad de Barcelona, to the Vallecas stadium.
The organizers did not skimp on preventive measures to save, recovering its classic route, a race that the previous year had been limited to elite athletes -and in a closed circuit of the Ensanche de Vallecas- to survive the pandemic.
Bascuñana, winner in 2016, went ahead with the Moroccan Jaouad El Bissis, who in the morning had reached the podium in the Carrera del Pavo in Ciudad Real, and left him behind at the sixth kilometer.
The Bissis returned to reach it shortly before the last kilometer, but the city from Rhea changed again and went alone to the finish line to win with a new record of the popular race (29:13)
El Bissis, a globetrotter of popular Spanish races (in 2019 he won 51 of the 59 he ran), crossed the finish line five seconds later.
He had the previous popular test record at 29:31.
Luis Agustín Escriche completed the podium with a time of 30:30.
"I was surprised that he caught up with me in the last kilometer, but I still had strength left. We have run very fast from the start, hence the new record," said Pedro Muñoz's athlete.
In the women's category, there were no doubts about the outcome from the beginning: Claudia Gómez, 19 years old and therefore still a junior, dominated the test from start to finish and prevailed with a time of 34:10, also a career record. popular.
"It was a fabulous day to run. I want to keep looking for my roof and I hope that when I find it I can be proud to reach it," she said.
Romanian Cristina Giurcanu, winner in 2017, came second, as in the previous edition, with a time of 35:16, followed by Lorena Lorenzo, who repeated third place with 35:54, reports Efe.
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