Bekele to strike again in Seville – PREVIEW – In recent years this event has become a watchword for excellence and provided some excellent races

Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele and Gelete Burka will start as the athletes to beat at the ‘25rd Cross Internacional de Itálica’ – IAAF cross country permit – which will be held in Santiponce, Seville, Spain on Sunday 21 January.

Armed with a record budget of 500,000 € to celebrate its silver jubilee race organisers have assembled a star-studded line-up.

In recent years this event has become a watchword for excellence and provided some excellent races and more of the same is expected this weekend thanks primarily to the presence of the five-time double World Cross Country champion Kenenisa Bekele