Cross Internacional de Itálica

The Cross Internacional de Itálica is an annual cross country running competition that is held every January in Santiponce, near Seville, Spain.

Inaugurated on December 19, 1982, the race course is set in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Itálica.

[2] The course of the race loops through the ancient streets of Itálica, passing alongside ruins throughout.

[1] The red clay ground usually makes for a dry running surface, although rain has occasionally made this a particularly difficult, muddy course in previous editions.

Past winners include Paul Tergat, Kenenisa Bekele, Gelete Burka, Paula Radcliffe and Florence Kiplagat.

Charles Kamathi scored consecutive wins through 2000 and 2001.
Kenenisa Bekele on his way to a third Cross de Itálica victory in 2007 – a course record.
The 2007 women's race was won by Ethiopian Gelete Burka