Rodrigue Kwizera and Miriam Chebet beat the 10k Pacific records in Cali | Mauricio González

Rodrigue Kwizera, from Burundi, took the victory in the Pacific race.

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Beating records and overcoming all forecasts, ratifying as the only 10 -kilometer race with the Label Elite seal granted by World Athletics and one of the fastest and most technical routes in the South American area; Thus the fourth version of the Pacific Race, in the city of Cali, was fulfilled.

Before a massive presence of more than 5,000 athletes from 23 countries, the world figures that visited the “Sultana del Valle” brought out their victories and figurations around the world, to win the test, beat the records of the event and take an additional bonus of 8 million pesos for low of 28 minutes, in men and 31 minutes with 30 seconds, in women.

In the male branch, the victory went to Rodrigue Kwize, a native of Burundi, recent champion of the half marathon of Prague and third in the world list of the 2025 season in the 10K test, thanks to its 26 -minute brand with 54 seconds, achieved in Germany.

The competition among the men delivered a compact group of 10 runners over the first two kilometers, where Kwizera were; Mao Ako (Tanzania), William Amponnsah (Ghana), Awet Habte (Eritrea), Charles Matata (Kenya), Ararso Negasa (Ethiopia), Daniel Mesfun (United States), and Tisa Dibisa (Ethiopia), in addition to the Colombians of the Porvenir team, Mauricio González, the best place of last year and Carlos Patiño, who debuted.

On the third kilometer, Kwizera, Matata, Amponnsah, Ako and Habe took a considerable difference in relation to their rivals, leaving a persecuting trio made up of González, Mesfun and Negasa. At the height of the 10K meridian, Matata (21k personal record – 1:00:05) and Kwizera (personal and national record of 10k – 26:54 and 21K – 58:54) released the rest of the lot.

In the last three kilometers Rodrigue Kizera, great favorite, did not disappoint and continued devouring kilometers below 3 minutes, to reach the goal alone with a spectacular chrono of 27 minutes, 56 seconds with 56 hundredths, to claim the victory, the record of the test and the additional bonus.

Second was Mao Ako, from Tanzania, with a time of 28:24:33 and the podium was completed by Charles Matata, from Kenya with 28:43:21. The best Colombian of the 10K of the Pacific was Mauricio González, of the Porvenir team, seventh with 29:41:01.

For its part, the female branch had a leading trio defined from the first kilometers, compound Po Miriam Chebet (Kenya) Rebeca Chelangat (Uganda) and Gladys Kwamboka (Kenya), current 10,000 -meter African champion, who defended the title achieved last year in Cali.

In a secondary group, the national Carolina Tabares, of Team Asics, and Laura Espinosa, from Boyacá, fought against Keniata Susy Chemaimak and the American Stephanie Bruce, for entering the Top Five of the Vallecaucana race.

Quickly, Chebet, 22, began to mark rhythms about 3 minutes with 05 seconds, and thus get to kilometer 5 at 15:14, 6 seconds from his persecutor, Chelangat. Third more than 20 seconds marched the current champion, Kwamboka.

In the end Chebet won with a record time for the 30 -minute, 59 second and 03 hundredths test, followed by Chelangat (31:28:79) and Kwamboka (32:32:67). The best Colombian was the Boyacense Laura Espinosa, 33:46:89.