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Bahrain&rsquo;s Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Winfred Yavi and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Berihu Aregawi lived up to their status as pre-race favourites by capturing commanding wins at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza &ndash; a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting &ndash; in the Spanish town of Elgoibar on Sunday (18).
While Yavi dominated to clinch her first win at the event, Aregawi completed a hat-trick of consecutive victories as he prevailed against Eritrea&rsquo;s rising star Saymon Amanuel.
Yavi took command of the women's 7.62km race from the start and covered the opening lap on the track in 1:15 with only Tunisia&rsquo;s Marwa Bouzayani and Kenya&rsquo;s Sheila Jebet in close attendance. By then, the British pair of Lucy Jones and Kate O'Neill plus the Spanish tandem of Isabel Barreiro and Angela Viciosa headed the large chasing pack three seconds back.
Yavi&rsquo;s relentless pace soon paid off as Bouzayani began to cede ground some 2.1km into the race and the Yavi-Jebet clash only lasted a couple of minutes as the former broke away before reaching the third kilometre. Yavi covered the first big lap in 6:55 and she had built a five-second margin on Jebet, the 20-year-old Kenyan herself 15 seconds clear of world 3000m steeplechase fourth-place finisher Bouzayani. Jones, Barreiro and Viciosa travelled 45 seconds adrift of the lonesome leader.
The penultimate 2.2km circuit saw an outstanding Yavi gradually extend her lead as she enjoyed a huge 26-second advantage on Jebet and 52-second gap over Bouzayani at the bell following another brisk 6:57 loop. Over the closing lap, the 2023 world champion maintained her swift rhythm and the final circuit was covered in 6:56 as she reached the finish line unopposed. Her winning margin grew to 1:06 on Jebet, while Bouzayani secured her third place a further 19 seconds behind. In the fight to become the top European, Barreiro and Jones battled fiercely to the finish line, the 26-year-old Spaniard finally prevailing over the Briton by one second.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m delighted,&rdquo; said Yavi. &ldquo;In Elgoibar, the people are so nice and they make me feel special. I came here very well prepared both physically and mentally. It&rsquo;s a great success for me to win here after my third place some years ago. I&rsquo;ll next compete at the World Military Cross Country Championships in Trikala (Greece) at the end of February.&rdquo;
The men&rsquo;s 9.71km contest was held after a heartfelt one-minute silence observed in memory of Great Britain&rsquo;s Lachie Stewart, a three-time winner in Elgoibar in 1969, 1970 and 1972 and the Commonwealth 10,000m champion in 1970.
The race kicked off at a very comfortable pace, the opening 400m on the track being covered in 1:14 with Spain&rsquo;s Nassim Hassaous and Britain&rsquo;s Edward Buck at the helm, while the favourites Aregawi, Thierry Ndikumwenayo and Amanuel ran effortlessly close to them.
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The first serious move came some nine minutes into the race when Said Mechaal, fresh from a Spanish 10km record of 27:25 in Valencia the previous weekend, injected a brisker pace to cover the opening big lap in 6:29 and whittle down the head pack to eight athletes.
The 18-year-old Amanuel moved to the front just before the midway point and his pace was only followed by Aregawi and Ndikumwenayo, while Mechaal dropped back a few metres in fourth. After a second big loop timed at 6:22, Amanuel and Aregawi led three seconds clear of Ndikumwenayo, himself another two seconds ahead of Mechaal, while Uruguay&rsquo;s Santiago Catrofe travelled one second behind the latter.
The fascinating Aregawi-Amanuel duel came to an end when Aregawi &ndash; back in action eight days after securing his third consecutive silver medal at the World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee &ndash; found another gear with the clock reading 22 minutes. That saw him drop the emerging Eritrean who lost four seconds at the bell after an impressive 6:12 circuit by Aregawi, while Mechaal, Ndikumwenayo and Catrofe formed a trio some 20 seconds behind the Ethiopian.
Over the final lap Aregawi kept Amanuel at bay, the Eritrean never threatening his rival&rsquo;s lead as Aregawi built an eight-second advantage on Amanuel before the closing kilometre. By the tape the 24-year-old Ethiopian stamped his authority thanks to another 6:10 circuit to finish seven seconds clear of his young rival, while a powerful Mechaal proved to be in great form as he unleashed an attack inside the final 500 metres to speed away from Ndikumwenayo &ndash; the eighth-place finisher at last weekend&rsquo;s World Cross Country Championships &ndash; and Catrofe.
&ldquo;Today&rsquo;s win is my third consecutive win here and that makes me very happy,&rdquo; said Aregawi, who joins Spain&rsquo;s Mariano Haro in winning the men&rsquo;s race three times in a row. &ldquo;The circuit is tough but I already know how to manage it.&rdquo;
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women (7.6km) 1 Winfred Yavi (BRN) 25:23 2 Sheila Jebet (KEN) 26:29 3 Marwa Bouzayani (TUN) 26:49 4 Isabel Barreiro (ESP) 27:07 5 Lucy Jones (GBR) 27:08 6 Angela Viciosa (ESP) 27:29 7 Andrea Romero (ESP) 27:50 8 Kate O&rsquo;Neill (GBR) 27:50 9 Marta Serrano (ESP) 28:00 10 Rosalia Tarraga (ESP) 28:09
Men (9.7km) 1 Berihu Aregawi (ETH) 29:33 2 Saymon Amanuel (ERI) 29:40 3 Said Mechaal (ESP) 30:09 4 Thierry Ndikumwenayo (ESP) 30:12 5 Santiago Catrofe (URU) 30:15 6 Nassim Hassaous (ESP) 30:32 7 Yahya Aouina (ESP) 30:35 8 Javier Guerra (ESP) 30:39 9 Carlos Mayo (ESP) 30:44 10 Mesfin Escamilla (ESP) 30:54
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-tour/calendar-results/7231829/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a>

Bahrain’s Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Winfred Yavi and Ethiopia’s Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Berihu Aregawi lived up to their status as pre-race favourites

Aregawi and Yavi unstoppable in Elgoibar

Ukraine&rsquo;s Olympic high jump champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh&nbsp;opened her season by clearing 2.03m on home soil at the Demyanyuk Memorial in Lviv on Saturday (17).
The 24-year-old set the early world-leading mark on her third attempt to match the sixth-highest winning mark of her career so far. It is her best clearance since the world record height of 2.10m she achieved in July 2024.
Mahuchikh opened her competition at 1.91m and cleared that bar and 1.96m on her first attempts. She needed two tries to make it over 2.00m before clearing 2.03m on her third attempt.
Oleh Doroshchuk won the men&rsquo;s competition by clearing 2.24m.
Italy&rsquo;s European indoor long jump champion Larissa Iapichino soared 6.93m at the Memorial Alessio Giovannini, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Challenger meeting, in Ancona on Saturday (17).
It is the 23-year-old&rsquo;s farthest-ever season opener and just 4 centimetres off her indoor personal best. Her outdoor best of 7.06m was set in Palermo last year. She also jumped 6.74m and 6.57m in Ancona.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7234926/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>
<h2>English and Van der Weken among winners in Luxembourg</h2>
Mark English ran 1:44.65 to improve his Irish indoor 800m record at the CMCM Luxembourg Indoor Meeting, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver event, on Sunday (18).
The multiple European medallist's winning performance equalled the meeting record set last year and he won ahead of Poland's Maciej Wyderka (1:45.38).
Racing on home soil, world indoor bronze medallist Patrizia van der Weken clocked 7.14 to claim her fourth successive 60m victory at the event. She also finished third (23.28) in a 200m won by Spain's Paula Sevilla in 23.16.
Luxembourg's Fanny Arendt won the 800m in a national indoor record of 2:00.83, while Belgium's Pieter Sisk won the 1500m in a meeting record of 3:34.66. Poland's Jakub Szymanski retained his 60m hurdles title in 7.48 ahead of Elie Bacari and&nbsp;Enrique Llopis&nbsp;(7.50).
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7229953/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>
Over in Reno, USA, on Friday (16), Zach Bradford cleared 5.90m to win at the UCS Spirit National Pole Vault Summit on countback ahead of North American record-holder KC Lightfoot.
At the Corky Classic in Lubbock, 2022 world U20 110m hurdles champion Antoine Andrews matched the Bahamian record by clocking 7.49 to win the 60m hurdles. His compatriot Terrence Jones won the men&rsquo;s 60m in 6.58 and Great Britain&rsquo;s Dina Asher-Smith ran 7.18 in the women&rsquo;s 60m.
Jamaica&rsquo;s Olympic and world 100m silver medallist Kishane Thompson&nbsp;started his year with a 60m win in 6.52 (1.2m/s) at the Puma JAAA Fuller Anderson Development Meet in Spanish Town&nbsp;on Saturday (17).
Olympic 100m finalist Tia Clayton clocked 7.02 (1.2m/s) in the women's event ahead of Jonielle Smith (7.06).
Australia&rsquo;s 19-year-old Cameron Myers clocked a 3:49.81 season opener in the mile in Seattle.

Ukraine’s Olympic high jump champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh opened her season by clearing 2.03m on home soil at the Demyanyuk Memorial in Lviv

Mahuchikh opens with 2.03m clearance in Lviv

On his debut at the distance, Eritrea&rsquo;s Habtom Samuel broke the course record at the Aramco Houston Half Marathon on Sunday (11), winning the World Athletics Gold Label road race in 59:01.
Less than five months after winning the Diamond League 3000m title, Ethiopia&rsquo;s Fantaye Belayneh showed her versatility by winning the women&rsquo;s race with a huge PB of 1:04:49.
A large lead pack went through 5km in 14:13 in the men&rsquo;s race, and 13 men were still together at 10km, which was reached in 28:17. Samuel still had nine other men for company at 15km, reached in 42:20, with Kenya&rsquo;s Patrick Kiprop and Morocco&rsquo;s Mohammed El Youssfi pushing the pace.
Approaching the 10-mile point, Kiprop tried to make a break, but it was relatively short lived and he was reeled in by Samuel, El Youssfi and USA&rsquo;s Isai Rodriguez. With little more than a kilometre to go, Samuel had carved out a lead, which he managed to maintain until the finish, crossing the line in 59:01 to become the first Eritrean winner in Houston.
Kiprop held on for second place in 59:14, ahead of El Youssfi (59:21) and USA&rsquo;s Alex Maier (59:23).
In the women&rsquo;s race, Belayneh ran alongside fellow Ethiopians Tsigie Gebreselama and Buze Diriba through 5km (15:12). Diriba drifted off the swift pace, but Belayneh and Gebreselama maintained it through 10km, reached in 30:35.
They continued to run shoulder-to-shoulder through 15km (45:58) and 20km (1:01:33). It was only in the closing stages that Belayneh, the African 5000m champion, managed to pull clear, crossing the line in 1:04:49 to take more than two minutes off her PB.
Gebreselama was second in 1:04:52 and Diriba held on to third place in 1:05:57 ahead of USA&rsquo;s Taylor Roe (1:06:20).
In the Chevron Houston Marathon &ndash; also a World Athletics Gold Label road race &ndash; USA&rsquo;s Zouhair Talbi (2:05:45) and Britain&rsquo;s Calli Hauger-Thackery (2:24:17) took top honours.
Talbi was part of a seven-man group to go through half way in 1:03:04, but he picked up the pace and dropped his remaining opponents in the second half to win in a PB of 2:05:45.
Hauger-Thackery, who had won the Honolulu Marathon just four weeks prior, ran with Janet Ruguru through 10km (33:23) and the half-way point (1:11:15) before the Kenyan&rsquo;s challenge faded in the second half. The Briton went on to win in 2:24:17, finishing more than two minutes ahead of USA&rsquo;s 42-year-old Sara Hall (2:26:26).

On his debut at the distance, Eritrea’s Habtom Samuel broke the course record at the Aramco Houston Half Marathon

Meeting Name	Venue		Date
Tampere Indoor Meeting	TESC,	FIN	21 Jan 2026
International indoor athletics meeting " Lokomotiv"	Lokomotiv	BUL	21 Jan 2026
Ostrava Indoor I	Atletická	CZE	20 Jan 2026
Aarhus SPRINT’n’JUMP	Aarhus	DEN	20 Jan 2026
Jumps Meeting TLV	Hadar	ISR	20 Jan 2026

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