International cross-country race was held in the Basque city of Laudio. In spite of the cold weather, thousands of people attended it.
Ethiopian Meselech Melkamu was the first to get the finishing line on the International Cross-country race of the Basque city of Laudio. Aingeru Gutierrez and Cristina Petite were the two first Basques to arrive.
Kenyan Joseph Ebuya won the cross in its male category. Male race was a Kenyan “monologue” with Ebuya, Menyo and Macharan running together until last lap.
On the other hand, almost 7,000 runners took part in the cross-country running of Bilbao.