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She will be making her third appearance in Seville after racing in 2020 and 2021
Two-time world cross-country champion and double Olympic gold medalist Beatrice Chebet is set to take part in the Seville Cross Country on November 17 to launch her 2024/2025 season.
The 24-year-old enjoyed a superb 2023-2024 season, topped by her 5000m and 10,000m titles at the Paris Olympics, three months after becoming the first woman to dip under the 29-minute barrier for the latter distance thanks to a 28:54.14 clocking in Eugene on May 25.
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07:31 - 05.11.2024
'She has been robbed' - Outrage as Beatrice Chebet misses from World Athlete of the Year finalists
Athletics fans have slammed World Athletics after double Olympics champion Beatrice Chebet was snubbed for the World Athlete of the Year despite having a better season than some finalists.
Chebet, who is also the reigning world champion and world record holder for the road 5km, will be making her third appearance here following her runner-up spot in 2020 and her third place in 2021. It will be her first race since her 14:09.82 5000m victory at the Diamond League Final in Brussels.
She will start as the overwhelming favourite for the victory, though she’ll face quality opposition in the form of compatriot Mercy Chepkemoi and Kazakhstan’s Daisy Jepkemei. The latter finished seventh at this year’s World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, and more recently she captured a commanding win in Atapuerca last month.
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20:52 - 04.11.2024
Track Athlete of the Year: Julien Alfred and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone announced as finalists, Beatrice Chebet questionably snubbed
Kenya's duo of Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon were questionably snubbed following World Athletics announcement of Julien Alfred and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone as finalists for Female Track Athlete of the Year award.
Chepkemoi is fresh from a fine win in Cardiff last Saturday. She placed fourth over 5000m at the World U20 Championships in Lima in August, finishing just behind bronze medallist Charity Cherop of Uganda, who will also be racing in Santiponce this weekend.
The line-up also comprises Diana and Sharon Chepkemoi, who finished third and seventh respectively in the steeplechase in Lima. Both also competed in Soria last Sunday where they finished third (Diana) and fourth (Sharon).
Meanwhile, France’s Alice Finot, who set a European record of 8:58.67 when finishing fourth in the steeplechase at the Paris Olympics, will be contesting just her second cross-country race in the past seven years.
Portugal’s Mariana Machado recently finished sixth in Atapuerca, sandwiched between Spanish cross-country champion Carolina Robles and Olympic 1500m finalist Agueda Marques who finished fourth and seventh respectively there, closely followed by Maria Forero, the 2022 European U20 cross-country champion. All of them will renew their rivalry this weekend.
European 5000m bronze medallist Marta García, meanwhile, will be making her only cross-country outing of the winter before focusing on the indoor season.
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