Los campeones de las \u00faltimas diez ediciones volver\u00e1n a encontrarse en el XV Cross Atapuerca, que se disputar\u00e1 el domingo, 11 de noviembre<\/strong>, a partir de las 9,45 horas, en el circuito permanente del Centro de Arqueolog\u00eda Experimental – CAREX de Atapuerca<\/strong> (Burgos).<\/p>\n Un gran encuentro de campeones que permitir\u00e1 al aficionado disfrutar de la lucha por el t\u00edtulo de pesos pesados del campo a trav\u00e9s mundial como Bezabeht, Medhin Teklemarian, Imane Merga, Aweke Ayalew y Gataneh Molla.<\/p>\n El \u00fanico ausente<\/strong> en esta gran quedada de campeones, en la que se va a convertir el XV Cross Atapuerca, ser\u00e1 Gebre Gebremarian<\/strong>, ya que en la actualidad no se encuentra en activo.<\/p>\n Alemayeu Bezabeth<\/strong>, con el Bikila, gan\u00f3 la prueba hace ahora diez a\u00f1os; al a\u00f1o siguiente el vencedor fue el et\u00edope Gebre Gebremarian<\/strong>, entonces vigente Campe\u00f3n del Mundo de Cross; en 2010 y siendo subcampe\u00f3n del Mundo, Medhin Teklemarian<\/strong>, se impuso al entonces campe\u00f3n mundial, Joseph Ebuya, que tuvo que conformarse con el segundo mejor tiempo.<\/p>\n A partir de ese a\u00f1o el Cross Atapuerca vivi\u00f3 un punto de inflexi\u00f3n con el comienzo del reinado de Merga<\/strong>. Fue en 2011 cuando se adjudic\u00f3 por vez primera una carrera que ganar\u00eda hasta en cinco ocasiones de forma consecutiva. Una tras otra fue sumando victorias, a cual m\u00e1s espectacular, lo que le convirti\u00f3 en pentacampe\u00f3n y en un referente vivo de la prueba.<\/p>\n En la edici\u00f3n de 2016, el atleta de Bahr\u00e9in, Aweke Ayalew<\/strong>, se adjudic\u00f3 el XIII Cross Atapuerca superando en un apretad\u00edsimo sprint al ugand\u00e9s Timothy Toroitich, que fue segundo, con el mismo tiempo que el vencedor. Una victoria con la que se romp\u00eda la hegemon\u00eda impuesta en las \u00faltimas cinco ediciones por Merga, que tuvo que conformarse con la tercera posici\u00f3n.<\/p>\n Y, por \u00faltimo, completar\u00e1 el grupo de campeones el et\u00edope Gataneh Molla<\/strong>, que el a\u00f1o pasado compet\u00eda por primera vez en Atapuerca y se impuso al sprint al campe\u00f3n del Mundo Junior, Jacob Kiplimo, consiguiendo<\/strong> adem\u00e1s batir el mejor registro hist\u00f3rico de la carrera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Los asistentes a esta particular fiesta de campeones ser\u00e1n Bezabeht, Medhin Teklemarian, Imane Merga, Aweke Ayalew y Gataneh Molla Los campeones de las \u00faltimas diez ediciones volver\u00e1n a encontrarse en el XV Cross Atapuerca, que se disputar\u00e1 el domingo, 11 de noviembre, a partir de las 9,45 horas, en el circuito permanente del Centro de 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