Kenya's Edinah Jebitok and Spain's Abdessamad Oukhelfen captured wins at the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños the ninth Gold level meeting of this season’s World Athletics Cross Country Tour while Oukhelfen finished just one second ahead of his compatriot Fernando Carro The women's 9300m contest witnessed a solo run by the World Cross Country Championships eighth-place finisher Jebitok The 22-year-old pushed hard from the gun to become a lonesome leader with 50 seconds on the clock Jebitok had built a five-second lead on USA'S Katie Izzo and Ethiopia's Asayech Ayichew while Kenya's Maurine Jemutai ran in fourth another two seconds adrift Jebitok covered the first 2200m big lap in 7:20 to extend her lead to 14 seconds over Izzo and Ayichew the US athlete taking on most of the pacing duties The pair of Jemutai and Hungary's Lili Anna Vindics-Toth travelled 45 seconds in arrears but five seconds clear of a Spanish group comprising Cristina Espejo Marta Garcia and Angela Viciosa – all of them team medallists at last weekend's European Cross Country Championships in Brussels – plus Isabel Barreiro The leader's second loop was a slightly slower 7:30 but even so she increased her advantage to 21 seconds on Izzo and Ayichew themselves 48 seconds clear of the Spanish group which had caught Vindics-Toth while Jemutai began to falter and was never a factor Jebitok covered the penultimate circuit in 7:35 to strenghten her margin to 30 seconds over the chasing tandem now headed by Ayichew while the five Spaniards plus Vindics-Toth ran 1:34 behind the helm Over the closing lap Jebitok injected a brisker rhythm to further extend her leading margin while Ayichew got rid of Izzo midway through that circuit and Vindics-Toth couldn't maintain the cadence of the five Spanish athletes At the tape the World Championships 1500m semifinalist Jebitok had built a 42-second advantage on Ayichew following a final 7:14 lap Izzo completed the podium 15 seconds behind Ayichew and the 21-year-old Viciosa daughter of the 1998 European 5000m champion Isaac Viciosa finished fourth another 57 seconds behind to become the first local athlete home after breaking away from Ruiz "It was a cold day but I felt fine throughout," said Jebitok "I'll next race on 7 January in Elgoibar before coming back home to build up for the Kenyan trials for the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade." The men's 9300m event kicked off with an early lead by Carro the Spanish 3000m steeplechase record-holder (8:05:69) closely followed by France's Fabien Palcau They travelled a couple of seconds ahead of Oukhelfen Abderrahman El Khayami and David Bascunana Abdessamad Oukhelfen on his way to victory in Venta de Baños (© Asociacion ADOC) Palcau in third and the rest of the Spanish athletes in close attendance first El Khayami and then Las Heras lost ground while Oukhelfen moved to the front for the first time The key move came exactly 19:30 into the race when Oukhelfen began to push hard and managed to break away from Afendi The leader's penultimate loop took a frantic 6:34 to produce an eight-second margin on the trio by the bell Over the closing lap attention moved to the fierce battle for the other places on the podium Afendi lost touch with Carro and Palcau whose stiff fight closed the gap on the leader a relaxed Oukhelfen controlled his finish and his win was never at risk the Spaniard prevailing by inches over the European Cross Country Championships 10th-place finisher "I began conservatively as I faced a tough race in Brussels last Sunday and only decided to heat up my pace over the second half," said Oukhelfen "Over the last kilometre I realised Carro and Palcau were approaching but everything was under control and I was only aiming for the win "I'll compete next on 31 December at Cursa dels Nassos over 5km in Barcelona," added Oukhelfen who gifted himself a prestigious victory on the eve of his 25th birthday He moved to Soria in March 2022 to train under Enrique Pascual mentor of Barcelona Olympic 1500m champion Fermin Cacho and double (1997 and 1999) world marathon champion Abel Anton Women1 Edinah Jebitok (KEN) 33:112 Asayech Ayichew (ETH) 33:533 Katie Izzo (USA) 34:084 Angela Viciosa (ESP) 35:055 Cristina Ruiz (ESP) 35:086 Marta Garcia (ESP) 35:117 Isabel Barreiro (ESP) 35:178 Lili Anna Vindics-Toth (HUN) 35:289 Cristina Espejo (ESP) 35:3010 Lucia Rodriguez (ESP) 36:40 Men1 Abdessamad Oukhelfen (ESP) 30:162 Fernando Carro (ESP) 30:173 Fabien Palcau (FRA) 30:174 Abderrahmane Afendi (MAR) 30:345 Aaron Las Heras (ESP) 30:546 David Bascuñana (ESP) 31:007 Abderrahman El Khayami (ESP) 31:118 Daniel Hernando (ESP) 32:179 Vicente Viciosa (ESP) 34:1710 Daniel Saez (ESP) 34:41 Your access to this service has been limited If you think you have been blocked in error contact the owner of this site for assistance If you are a WordPress user with administrative privileges on this site please enter your email address in the box below and click "Send" You will then receive an email that helps you regain access Wordfence is a security plugin installed on over 5 million WordPress sites The owner of this site is using Wordfence to manage access to their site You can also read the documentation to learn about Wordfence's blocking tools or visit wordfence.com to learn more about Wordfence Click here to learn more: Documentation 6 May 2025 13:17:53 GMT.Your computer's time: document.write(new Date().toUTCString()); By 2022-07-25T10:31:00+01:00 SPAIN: Passenger services on a 75 km high speed line between Burgos and a junction with the Madrid – Valladolid – León line at Venta de Baños began on July 22 the day after a formal inauguration by King Felipe VI It is planned that this will eventually form part of a high speed corridor to the French border The new section of line is used by services from Madrid to Burgos The fastest AVE journey time between Madrid and Burgos has been reduced by 45 min to 1 h 33 min while journey times on Alvia services from Madrid to destinations in the Basque region have been reduced by 38 min Media Distancia trains continue to use the original line Construction contracts were awarded in 2009 for the 75 km line and a 4 km north-to-east chord at Venta de Baños The 1 435 mm gauge alignment is designed solely for passenger services operating at up to 350 km/h the existing Valladolid – Burgos main line and major roads The project included laying 1 435 mm gauge track on the Variante de Burgos mixed traffic line in the city This opened in December 2008 with two 1 668 mm gauge tracks and space for a third track; the long term plan is to convert the Variante de Burgos to have one broad and two standard gauge tracks A gauge-changer to the east of Burgos station was installed by Azvi in 2016 at a cost of €7m five years behind schedule after problems with tunnel construction the replacement of a concrete viaduct deck and work to rectify subsidence on a 550 m stretch near where the line crosses the A-62 motorway Infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad puts the total cost of the section of line at €759m a substantial overrun on initial estimates SPAIN: High speed rail infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad has awarded Sacyr Construcción a €49m contract to build the first section of a 19 km bypass around the town of Loja on the Antequera – Granada high speed line SPAIN: Passenger services on the final 15·9 km of high speed line between Orihuela and Murcia began on December 20 following an official inauguration by King Felipe VI the previous day SPAIN: Passenger services began using an upgraded 193 km mixed-traffic route between Plasencia and Badajoz in Extremadura on July 19 following the inauguration of three sections of new alignment totalling 146 km by King Felipe VI the previous day Site powered by Webvision Cloud This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The deal revolves around the 200 or so staff at the Venta de Baños biscuit plant in Palencia province Cerealto Siro Foods has reached an agreement with employee representatives that ensures the future of the company’s Venta de Baños biscuit plant in Spain The facility in Palencia province was earmarked for closure last year as part of Madrid-based Cerealto Siro Foods’ cost-savings plans. Two of the company’s plants in Spain had previously been sold to Mexican bakery giant Grupo Bimbo – one in 2021 and another in 2019 with González-Serna holding the remaining shares Cerealto Siro Foods said in a weekend statement that it reached an agreement with the approximately 200 workers at the Venta de Baños site on Friday (4 August) “This agreement includes an investment plan which will take shape in the coming months and will entail progressive improvements to the factory’s facilities and machinery,” the company said Spanish media reports suggested the deal voted for by workers includes a 5% cut in salaries and redundancies among staff conditions not mentioned by Cerealto Siro Foods in its statement Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis Just Food has asked the company for confirmation and comment and also for more details on the planned investment at the Venta de Baños factory Cerealto Siro Foods had pledged to keep the facility open for at least two years A new CEO was appointed in April in the form of Bosco Fonts a former Danone and United Biscuits executive Cerealto Siro Foods said it planned to invest more than €40m over the next three years in manufacturing capacity and innovation The Spanish government was forced to step in last year amid plant-wide disputes with workers who had rejected the company’s cost-savings “competitiveness plan”, which included a pay freeze. As a result, some of the company’s factories were forced to close temporarily Commerce and Tourism said it had brokered a deal worth €100m in investment cash that would guarantee the future employment of Cerealto Siro Foods’ workers Nominations are now open for the prestigious Just Food Excellence Awards - one of the industry's most recognised programmes celebrating innovation This is your chance to showcase your achievements Don't miss the opportunity to be honoured among the best - submit your nomination today Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network Burundi’s Rodrigue Kwizera and Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet topped the standings at the end of the 2023-2024 World Athletics Cross Country Tour Athletes are ranked according to their best three cross-country performance scores achieved between September 2023 and 31 March of which at least two had to come from World Cross Country Tour meetings Chebet achieved victories at the Gold level meetings in Atapuerca in October She followed that by successfully defending her title at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Belgrade 24 which propelled her into the lead in the overall standings with a score of 3880 Chebet’s compatriot Edinah Jebitok – winner in Seville Venta de Banos and Hannut – shared second place in the standings with Ethiopia’s Likina Amebaw who shared the lead in the Cross Country Tour standings last season this time ended the tour as the sole winner of the men’s contest He was victorious at the Gold level meetings in Soria and Alcobendas last November then was runner-up in Elgoibar earlier this year Fellow Burundian Celestin Ndikumana was second in the overall standings Prize money is awarded to the top six finishers in the series Women1. Beatrice Chebet (KEN) 38802. Edinah Jebitok (KEN) 37203. Likina Amebaw (ETH) 37204. Asayech Ayichew (ETH) 36605. Nadia Battocletti (ITA) 36406. Megan Keith (GBR) 3600Full standings Men1. Rodrigue Kwizera (BDI) 37002. Celestin Ndikumana (BDI) 36203. Ronald Kwemoi (KEN) 36104. Martin Magengo Kiprotich (UGA) 35905. Yves Nimubona (RWA) 35856. Ishmael Kipkurui (KEN) 3580Full standings World Athletics (formerly the International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics the very high-speed train developed and manufactured by Talgo in Spain has reached today a key milestone in its homologation process: it has exceeded 360 kilometres per hour (km/h) speed required for its subsequent operation in the upcoming months The landmark was achieved by one of the 30 units whose manufacture and maintenance were awarded to Talgo by Renfe for their circulation in Spain and France for over three decades The top speed has been reached on a section of the new Madrid-Burgos railway line between the town of Venta de Baños in Palencia and the city of Burgos and with only a reduced team on board made up of Talgo driving staff and commissioning technicians This infrastructure is still being tested and closed to passenger traffic The milestone achieved today is only one of the approval stages that will be required for the circulation of Talgo Avril along more than 30,000 kilometres on both European standard gauge lines (high-speed) and Iberian gauge lines (both conventional and high-speed) The tests will also serve to introduce and validate a revolutionary concept: automatic gauge change for very high-speed trains (those capable of exceeding 300 km/h) These tests record the highly satisfactory performance of all train elements By equipping half of the series -15 units- with these systems Talgo Avril resolves in the short term a necessarily complex enduring operating and investment horizon This perspective is being considered for some destinations in Spain’s northern areas such as Asturias or the Basque Country whose high-performance inland rail network will be kept for a long time on Iberian gauge the homologation of the Avril train in French territory is being carried out for its commercial operation by Renfe in the neighbouring country This work is mainly focused on the technical validation of the on-board control systems of 10 of the 30 trains that have been adapted to operate in France manufacture and maintenance of high-speed light rail trains with an industrial presence in seven countries: Spain The Company is recognised worldwide for its capacity for innovation unique and distinctive technology and reliability Talgo is the supplier of trains in the high-speed project for the “Haramain” railway line between Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia and counts among its customers the railway administrations of Germany World 5000m silver medallist Mercy Cherono was a distant third in her first race since the track season in Atapuerca last month but the 22-year-old looked race sharp in taking top honours at the 'Cross Internacional de Venta de Banos' on Sunday (15) It was a noteworthy victory for Cherono in the 34th edition of the race as she became the first runner to take back-to-back victories in the small town situated just to the north of Valladolid in northern Spain since Ana Isabel Alonso in 1987 The Kenyan covered the 6.775km course in 23:08 and she finished three seconds ahead of Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh who posted a creditable 30:35.91 10,000m PB this summer and placed ninth in the same event at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow Gorreti Jepkoech edged out in-form Rebecca Cheptegei from Uganda for third while Iris Fuentes-Pila was the first Spaniard to cross the line in fifth battled it out for top honours in the men's race which was decided in a sprint finish made a stellar debut in what appeared to be his first international cross-country race as he defeated steeplechase specialist Jairus Birech by one second although the initial results gave the two Kenyans an identical time who were later credited with times of 31:58 and 31:59 respectively for the 10.575km course finished a long way ahead of the first domestic runner Ivan Fernandez Kotut became the fifth successive Kenyan winner of the men's race and he joins an illustrious list of past champions as the roll of honour of this race includes Fita Bayissa (1993) Sileshi Sihine (2002-03) and Kenenisa Bekele (2004) Newly crowned European cross-country champion Alemayehu Bezabeh from Spain opted to compete in a largely domestic affair in Yecla and as expected the 27-year-old took the spoils at the 31st edition of the 'Cross Nacional Fiestas de la Virgen' on Sunday (15) The manner of Bezabeh's victory was in contrast to his front-running performance in Belgrade last weekend as he drew on his sprint finish to defeat Antonio David Jimenez over the 10km course with Ouais Zitane from Morocco third in 31:09 Lidia Rodriguez became the first woman to score three victories in succession as she easily prevailed in the 6km race in 20:33 winning by 13 seconds ahead of Marisa Casanueva Paul Melly led a Kenyan sweep in the men's race at the 'Cross Marseille Mediterranee' although Laila Traby defeated a solid international field on home soil in the women's race on the south coast of France on Sunday (15) Salim Saiti was the winner of the men's 9.85km race at the 70th edition of the 'Cross Jean Vilet' in Lieven in 29:45 while Ethiopia's Meseret Taye was the first woman to finish in a 5.9km race where the senior women raced alongside the junior men Taye finished seventh and was 1:29 behind the winner Joseph Gray and Laura Thweatt took the individual victories on a snow-laden course at the USATF Club Cross Championships held in Bend who is more renowned for his exploits as a trail runner won the men's 10km race in 31:05 by six seconds with Champions League Athletic Performance taking top honours in the team race Thweatt's victory was much more clear-cut as she won the 6km race by 20 seconds with Beasts TC winning the team race on their first attempt World 1500m bronze medallist Hellen Obiri showed good early-season endurance as she stepped up in distance to dominate the senior 8km race at the fourth leg of the KCB/AK Cross Country Series in Embu on Saturday (14) finishing nine seconds ahead of 20-year-old Jackline Chepngeno with Beatrice Mutai a non-scoring member of Kenya's gold medal-winning team at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships this year While the senior race went largely to form there was a mild surprise in the junior 6km race as World junior and African 3000m champion Mercy Chepwogen was beaten by Nancy Nzisa Frederick Musyoki won the men's 12km race in 36:09 ahead of Nelson Kosgei in 36:14 while Katui Muia upset African junior 5000m champion Moses Mukono in the junior 8km race Chepkok and Cherono take the honours at Venta.. 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The facility in Venta de Baños in Palencia province will be shuttered over the next two years the Spain-based co-manufacturing and private-label business The facility in Venta de Baños in Palencia province will be shuttered over the next two years and “entails the relocation of 100%” of the 197-strong workforce to other group factories in Castilla y León” Cerealto Siro said the closure is part of a “competitiveness plan” revealed in March The company said then it was in talks with staff representatives over a plan to improve competitiveness with an aim to “reduce its excess fixed costs” The company had recently sold factories in Spain to Grupo Bimbo and to local business executive Felix Gullón The news of those talks came as it was revealed private-equity firms Davidson Kempner from the US and Turkey’s Afendis Capital Management had teamed up to buy a majority stake in Cerealto Siro Foods which is reputed to have debts of EUR300m (US$320.3m) The company told Just Food at that time: “We are not working on plans to reduce headcount or close plants but rather to meet the goals of our strategic plan.” But in its Venta de Baños closure announcement Cerealto Siro Foods said the competitiveness plan – which involves the plant closure – is an essential requirement for the investors It said: “The entry of the investor partner as the majority shareholder of the company is conditioned to the signing of the competitiveness plan that must be closed in the next few days will imply the immediate withdrawal of the offer by the investor partner.” Local media reports suggested Cerealto Siro Foods has been negotiating for months with the works councils of its factories to accept this plan as a prelude to the entry of foreign capital but has yet to gain the backing of employee representatives in all of its plants The reports also quoted a letter sent by Madrid-based Cerealto Siro Foods to one works council that said the Venta de Baños plant was unviable because of higher salary costs and greater absenteeism rates than at its other facilities The cross-country season is in full swing and after the World Athletics Cross Country Tour kicked off with Silver and Bronze level meetings in Lidingö and Dublin attention now turns to the first Gold event of the series The 2023-2024 Cross Country Tour calendar is the biggest yet as it features 25 fixtures from September to March – 15 Gold level The season launched at the TCS Lidingöloppet in Sweden (Silver) on 23 September and continued at the Autumn Open International in Ireland (Bronze) on 15 October The NI & Ulster and Bobby Rea International Cross Country in Belfast will welcome athletes for the second Silver meeting of the series on 21 October the day before the first Gold level competition at the Cross Internacional Zornotza in Amorebieta-Etxano The Cross Country Tour once again features some of the most prestigious international cross-country races in the world and will form a key part in the preparation of many athletes who will be targeting the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade on 30 March the Gold series remains in Spain before stops in the UK The World Athletics Cross Country Tour and the cross country rankings also form part of the qualification pathway for the 10,000m at global championships The top eight men and top eight women in the cross country rankings who are not already qualified via entry standard or world 10,000m ranking will be automatically qualified for the Olympic Games in Paris Lucy Mawia Muli and Francine Niyomukunzi at the Cross Internacional de Soria (© Cross Internacional de Soria) we look back at the key moments of 2021 in each area of the sport The series continues with a review of cross country action and will be followed over the coming days by reviews of other event groups Full standings Full rankings European: Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal 🇳🇴 NORNCAA: Whittni Orton 🇺🇸 USAAll other major international cross-country championships did not take place in 2021 some of the big traditional international cross-country events found space on the calendar after the pandemic forced their postponement Ethiopia's Tsehay Gemechu was the stand-out performer at two of those meets The 2019 World Championships 5000m fourth-place finisher triumphed at the Campaccio meeting in March and was victorious again a week later at the Cinque Mulini Her compatriot Likina Ameba made it an Ethiopian triple when winning in Albufeira in mid-Aprll beating a largely Spanish and Portuguese field Following the outdoor track and field season the current revamped and renamed World Athletics Cross Country Tour kicked off in September with the first top-tier Gold level meeting being the Cardiff Cross Challenge on 16 October The women’s winner in Cardiff was Britain’s Charlotte Arter and from there the Tour moved on to Spain – with wins shared between Kenya’s Lucy Mawia Norah Jeruto and Edinah Jebitok; Eritrea’s Rahel Daniel and Dolshi Tesfu; and Burundi's Francine Niyomukunzi – and the USA it’s Amebaw who leads the world rankings ahead of Mawia with her consistency including second place finishes behind Mawia in Soria and Jebitok in Venta de Banos the top two switch as Amebaw is in top spot ahead of Mawia with Amorebieta winner Niyomukunzi in third Europe was the only area to hold a continental championships with Norway’s Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal claiming the crown ahead of Sweden’s Meraf Bahta and Germany’s Alina Reh.  The U23 title was won by Italy’s Nadia Battocletti while Britain’s Megan Keith won the U20 race Full standings Full rankings European: Jakob Ingebrigtsen 🇳🇴 NORNCAA: Conner Mantz 🇺🇸 USAAll other major international cross-country championships did not take place in 2021 In the first big international cross-country race of the year world half marathon champion Jacob Kiplimo claimed top honours at the Campaccio meeting in San Giorgio su Legnano The Ugandan finished three seconds ahead of Ethiopia's Nibret Melak while Uganda's Oscar Chelimo was a further three seconds back in third Melak moved up a place on the podium to take the victory at the Cinque Mulini in a close finish ahead of Kenya's Leonard Bett and world 5000m champion Muktar Edris The abbreviated Cross Country Permit series ended in mid April at the Almond Blossom Cross Country in Albufeira where Burundi's Thierry Ndikumwenayo took a comfortable victory While the women’s season has remained quite open one athlete has dominated the men’s side of the 2021-2022 World Cross Country Tour Burundi's Rodrigue Kwizera has claimed Gold level wins in Soria while he was second in Atapuerca and crossed the finish line first in Alcobendas but was later disqualified for not wearing the vest of his Spanish club The series of Gold meetings started with a win for Britain’s Hugo Milner in Cardiff while Eritrea’s Awet Habte triumphed in Amorebieta and his compatriot Aron Kifle took the title in Atapuerca Spain's Abdessamad Oukhelfen claimed a win on home soil following Kwizera’s disqualification in Alcobendas and there was another home victory for Dillon Maggard at the Cross Champs at Mt.SAC in Walnut Kwizera leads both the world rankings and Country Tour standings ahead of Uganda's Thomas and Joel Ayeko At the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin Norway’s Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen switched his success from the track to the country winning the senior title ahead of Turkey’s Aras Kaya and France’s Jimmy Gressier The U23 crown was claimed by Britain’s Charles Hicks while Denmark’s Axel Vang Christensen got U20 gold Jeruto and Kwizera triumph at Cross de Italic.. Ingebrigtsen and Grovdal victorious at Europe.. winners of the 2021-2022 World Athletics Cross Country Tour (© Asociacion ADOC / Ricardo Ordonez) The outdoor international track and field season might have come to a close but top-class competition continues with the return of the World Athletics Cross Country Tour The World Cross Country Tour calendar has expanded this season to currently include 17 Gold level meetings as well as five Silver fixtures and one Bronze event The series once again features some of the most prestigious international cross-country races in the world and will form a key part in the preparation of many athletes who will be targeting the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23 on 18 February After next month's Cardiff Cross Challenge in Wales the Gold series moves on to Poland and Spain before stops in USA The World Athletics Cross Country Tour and the cross country rankings also form part of the qualification pathway for the 10,000m at future championships Starting with the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 the top eight men and top eight women in the cross country rankings The 2021-2022 World Athletics Cross Country Tour ran from September to March and a series of strong performances led to Burundi’s Rodrigue Kwizera and Eritrea’s Rahel Daniel becoming the overall winners which replaced the former Cross Country Permit series takes athletes’ best three marks and converts them into performance scores (as also used by the world rankings system) The top six at the end of the 2021-2022 season were: Women1 Rahel Daniel (ERI) 38202 Lucy Mawia (KEN) 37803 Beatrice Chebet (KEN) 37803 Likina Amebaw (ETH) 37805 Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi (KEN) 37606 Dolshi Tesfu (ERI) 3680Full standings Men1 Rodrigue Kwizera (BDI) 38402 Nibret Melak (ETH) 37803 Aron Kifle (ERI) 37604 Rogers Kibet (UGA) 37405 Thomas Ayeko (UGA) 37206 Joel Ayeko (UGA) 3700Full standings Kwizera and Daniel were both rewarded for their season-long consistency The 2019 world cross country 11th-place finisher went on run a national 10km record of 26:56 in Herzogenaurach – putting him sixth on the world all-time list – and finished 16th in the world 10,000m final in Oregon won in Atapuerca in November and then finished fifth in Seville a week later She returned in 2022 to claim the runner-up spot in San Giorgio su Legnano before winning at the Eritrean Cross Country Championships as well as in Albufeira finishing eighth in the 3000m final at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade and then fifth in the 10,000m final at the World Championships in Oregon Kwizera and Daniel victorious in Albufeira Lidingöloppet - world’s largest cross country.. One week after just missing out on an individual medal when finishing fourth at the European Cross Country Championships in the French town of Hyeres Fionnuala McCormack travelled north and claimed her first victory at the Iris Lotto CrossCup in Brussels on Sunday (20) better known by her maiden name of Britton has four times finished second or third in this race but the 31-year-old ground out a long-awaited victory over a predominantly continental field staged near the Royal Palace of Laeken The distance of 6km might not have particularly suited the Irish runner and two-time former European cross country champion who has recently made the move up to the marathon but McCormack still made her strength show in the women’s senior race finishing seven seconds ahead of Maureen Koster from the Netherlands who enjoyed a breakthrough on the track this summer climaxing with a 3:59.79 PB for 1500m at the IAAF Diamond League in Monaco Little-known Ethiopian Derartu Debela Delesa finished third in 20:23 while recently crowned European under 23 cross country champion Louise Carton was the leading Belgian finisher in fourth in 20:27 Belgian-based Ethiopian Dame Tasama scored one of the biggest wins of his career with a comprehensive victory in the men’s senior 10.5km who has been a familiar figure on the Belgian distance running circuit for a decade clocked 32:19 for the distance with Kenya’s Patrick Ereng a distant second in 32:44 “I am not at full fitness because I am coming back from a period of illness during which I had an operation for tuberculosis last October,” reflected Tasama After missing the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 due to injury former European junior cross country champion Jeroen D’Hoedt finished third on home soil in 32:47 beat of Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola at the 36th edition of the Cross Internacional de Venta de Banos on Sunday Both runners have been in good cross country form this winter but fresh from a victory in Yecla last weekend Ayalew had the superior pace at the end of the senior men’s 10.5km to claim victory by one second in 32:18 who has a best time of 2:06:17 for the marathon had to settle for second with local star Javier Guerra a distant third in 33:07 The women’s senior 7km was a much more clear-cut encounter with Ethiopia’s 2014 world junior 5000m champion Alemitu Haroye winning in 24:13 and by 40 seconds from Spain’s Trihas Gebre Haroye became the first Ethiopian winner of the women’s race in Venta de Banos since 2006 and joins the likes of Berhane Adere and Gelete Burka on the roll-of-honour Gebre had a disappointing run at the European Cross Country Championships when she faded badly to 11th after trying to stay with Sifan Hassan’s ferocious early pace but the 25-year-old finished a clear second with Portugal’s Catarina Ribeiro a further 42 seconds back in third Caroline Chepkoech has been the in-form athlete on the Kenyan cross country circuit in recent weeks and the 21-year-old claimed her third victory of the AK/KCB Series in Machakos on Saturday (19) Chepkoech defeated the strongest field she has faced this season by a considerable margin in the senior women’s 10km held at the Machakos Teachers Training College which staged the fifth leg of the domestic series The former African junior cross country champion broke the tape in 36:26 to defeat Margaret Chelimo who made the Kenyan team for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang this year Former IAAF world youth 1500m champion Sheila Chepkirui completed the podium in 37:07 while renowned steeplechaser Virginia Nyambura opened her season with a sixth-place finish in 37:33 There was a small upset in the senior men’s 10km as Stephen Arita a runner with little international experience claimed his first victory of the domestic series in 32:23 who just missed out on the medals over 5000m and 10,000m at the World Military Games in South Korea this summer waited until the final kilometre to make his move before defeating Franklin Ngelel (32:30) and Dominic Kiptarus (32:35) “I wanted to break off early but I thought it would be counterproductive so I stuck with pack to wait for the ideal moment,” the winner told local reporters Sandra Chebet notched up another win in the junior women’s 6km in 21:25 while Nicholas Kosimbei claimed victory in the junior men’s 8km in 25:39 Masai and Tola build on their momentum in Alc.. 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Cyprian Kotut is proving himself to be just as proficient on the mud as he is on the roads as the sub-one hour half-marathon runner took another high-profile victory on Spanish soil at the 'Cross Internacional Zornotza' in Amorebieta which played host to the 1993 World Cross-Country Championships He first came to the awareness of the cross-country fraternity just before Christmas with a tight victory in Venta de Banos which was thought to be his first cross-country race internationally and the 22-year-old retained this form in taking the scalp of World Cross Country fifth-place finisher Timothy Toroitich from Uganda in the climax of a closely contested 10.7km race who chose to employ the waiting game until the last 400m as Toroitich ground out the pace might fancy a tilt at the African Cross Country Championships based on his form over the past month although Toroitich will almost certainly be out to impress as those championships  take place on home soil in the Ugandan capital of Kampala in March The race for the domestic stakes was equally compelling with Ayad Lamdassem finishing just ahead of Javier Guerra European cross-country champion Alemayehu Bezabeh the younger sister of 2009 world 10,000m champion Linet joined some illustrious company by becoming only the third woman to successfully defend this title after Gete Wami in 2000 and Vivian Cheruiyot in 2008 The 20-year-old's victory was fairly decisive in the end as she won the 6.7km contest in 23:55 seven seconds ahead of perennial podium finisher in cross-country races this winter Rebecca Cheptegei from Uganda Home favourite Lidia Rodriguez finished strongly in third in 24:04 ahead of Marta Tigabea from Ethiopia in 24:09 In-form Florence Kiplagat prevailed in testing conditions at the sixth and final AK/KCB Cross Country series meet in Eldoret on Sunday (5) the two-time Berlin Marathon winner probably found the course more to her liking than others as the undulating nature of it made it a true test of endurance and the sub-2:20 marathon runner duly scored a commanding win in the senior women's 8km race in 26:24 a non-scoring member of Kenya's gold medal-winning team at the IAAF World Cross-Country Championships this year fell mid-race but recovered to finish fifth in 27:01 The junior women's 6km race also went to form with world and African junior cross-country silver medallist Agnes Tirop a regular starter on the US road-racing circuit who spends most of the year based in North Carolina took a noteworthy win in 35:14 ahead of Julius Kogo and Charles Kibet second and third in 35:25 and 35:40 respectively Local journalists reported two-time New York Marathon champion Geoffrey Mutai was among the starters but it appears he dropped out on the last lap when he was in third World 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop ran the first 5km as a training run before stepping off the course The little known Franklin Ngelel won the junior men's 8km race in 23:17 ahead of Moses Mukono and Davis Kiplagat in 23:21 and 23:23 respectively Barnabas Sigei and Chemweno Langat prevailed at the Kenyan Administration Police Cross Country Championships held at the familiar venue of the Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi on Saturday (4) who told reporters his next major goal is the Vienna Marathon on 13 April prevailed in the 12km race in 36:01 while Langat pulled away from Susan Cherotich to win the women's 8km race in 28:04 Both winners are likely to be in action at the Kenyan Police Service Cross Country Championships at the Ngong Race Course in Nairobi next weekend but the next big date on the Kenyan cross-country calendar is the National Trials/IAAF Cross Country permit meet on February 15 in Nairobi Kotut’s 2:07:30 makes Barcelona the fastest m.. Cherono bounces back at Venta de Banos – cros.. •The 1500m athlete clocked 28.44 with Ethiopian Likina Amebaw coming home second in 29:53 as Emine Mechaal of Turkey completed the podium positions in 30:53 •Jebitok capitalised on the withdrawal of race favourite and conmptriot Eva Cherono to take victory Edinah Jebitok cruised to victory in the 1st Cross Internacional de Venta de Banos the seventh Gold level meeting of this season’s World Athletics Cross Country Tour The 1500m athlete clocked 28.44 with Ethiopian Likina Amebaw coming home second in 29:53 as Emine Mechaal of Turkey completed the podium positions in 30:53 Jebitok capitalised on the withdrawal of race favourite and compatriot Eva Cherono to take the victory Blanca Fernandez and Laura Luengo taking on the pacing duties while 20-year-old Jebitok and Ethiopia’s Amebaw ran comfortably in the middle of the still large front group the Kenyan decided to push a brisker pace and none of her rivals tried to follow in her footsteps The 1500m specialist created a wide margin on Amebaw in a matter of a few strides and before midway it became clear that she would be the eventual winner on her first appearance on Spanish soil Jebitok went through the bell a massive 38 seconds ahead of Amebaw herself a full minute clear of a quartet featuring the Spanish trio of Luengo Fernandez and Beatriz Alvarez plus Turkey’s Emine Mechaal in what promised to be a stiff fight for the third place on the podium Rodrique Kwizera of Burundi took top honours by registering 32:30 with as Ethiopian Nibret Malak came home second in 32:37 and Albert Chemutai of Uganda took the final podium position in 33:04 Kenya’s Edinah Jebitok grabbed race victory at the 41st Cross Internacional de Venta de Banos Following the last-minute withdrawal of Kenya’s Eva Cherono the role of favourite in the women’s 7975m event turned to her compatriot Jebitok The 1500m specialist created a wide margin on Amebaw in a matter of a few strides and before midway it became clear that she would be the eventual winner on her first appearance on Spanish soil Jebitok never slowed and even strenghtened her position over the final circuit as she ran home 69 seconds ahead of Amebaw Attention then moved to the battle for third place with Luengo pushing hard throughout the closing lap She partially managed her goal as first Alvarez and then Fernandez lost contact but Mechaal held off the Spaniard’s challenge and overtook her in the final stages to finish third Welcome to packagingeurope.com. 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Read our policy A life cycle assessment (LCA) commissioned by ALPLA Group has found that recycled HDPE (rHDPE) from its Spanish recycling plants offers up to 88% fewer carbon equivalent emissions compared to virgin material Already an established partner for PET recycling, ALPLA Group moved into HDPE recycling in autumn 2019 with the purchase of two Spanish recycling plants Suminco in Montcada i Reixac and in Venta de Baños ALPLA focuses particularly on colour sorting of HDPE which it says maintains a high-quality recycling process and keeps packaging in a closed loop for longer turning yellow HDPE into yellow HDPE reportedly reduces the use of colour pigments while preventing comminglingly and thus the ‘greying’ of the material; the same principle can be applied to other HDPE colours.  this enables it to meet customers’ marketing requirements and produce examples of coloured packaging using recycled materials The company has since commissioned c7-consult an independent business consultancy focusing on life cycle assessments to calculate the carbon footprint of rHDPE ALPLA claims the LCA found that the rHDPE produced in Montcada has a carbon footprint of 0.24kg of carbon equivalents per kilogram which apparently equates to 88% fewer greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared with virgin HDPE is 1.92kg of carbon equivalents per kilogram the rHDPE produced in Venta de Baños has a carbon footprint of 0.28kg of carbon equivalents per kilogram This reportedly means that rHDPE produced in the second facility has an 85% lower carbon footprint compared to virgin HDPE ALPLA adds that the analysis covers the separate collection and sorting of post-consumer HDPE bottles (primarily in Spain) and washing and processing into rHDPE pellets The two plants currently have an annual capacity of approximately 25,000 tonnes of rHDPE comments: “The saving of up to 88 per cent CO2 with rHDPE in comparison to virgin material confirms once again that our investments in our global recycling activities are worth it We wish to continue on this path in the future too.” In 2020, ALPLA unveiled what it claimed was the world’s first carbon-neutral recycled PET with up to 90% lower carbon emissions compared with virgin material