{"id":4523,"date":"2026-06-20T04:43:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/?p=4523"},"modified":"2026-06-20T04:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:50:17","slug":"epic-at-zegama-aizkorri-2026-elhousine-elazzaoui-and-tove-alexandersson-make-history-in-the-mud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/epic-at-zegama-aizkorri-2026-elhousine-elazzaoui-and-tove-alexandersson-make-history-in-the-mud\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic at Zegama-Aizkorri 2026: ElHousine Elazzaoui and Tove Alexandersson make history in the mud\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trail Festival in the Basque Country: The Moroccan defends his crown to the sprint, R\u00e9mi Bonnet closes the podium and the Spanish Malen Osa and Sara Alonso assault the world elite. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The\u00a0<\/span>Zegama-Aizkorri<\/span><\/b>\u00a0It doesn’t run; It lives, suffers and engraves on fire in the legs. <\/span><\/p>

The 25th edition of the most passionate mountain marathon on the planet, scoring for the\u00a0<\/span>Golden Trail World Series<\/span><\/i>, was celebrated under the conditions that forged its mystique: closed fog in the limestone ridges, thin and intermittent rain, and a technical terrain with the classic clay mud from Guip\u00fazcoa. The circuit kept its iconic\u00a0<\/span>42,195 kilometers with a real positive difference of 2,736 meters<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(5,472m of total accumulated unevenness), a true biomechanical torture where traction and mental force issued sentence.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Elazzaoui repeats the feat on a heart attack podium and Alexandersson breaks the limits <\/strong><\/p>

The men’s race offered an agonizing outcome. <\/span><\/p>

And<\/span>l Moroccan\u00a0<\/span>ElHousine Elazzaoui<\/span><\/b>\u00a0He confirmed that he is the world’s most lethal athlete in the final meters of Technical Mountain. After a battle of attrition with the Italian Daniel Pattis, both runners entered the Zegama asphalt together. In a brutal sprint that lifted the square, Elazzaoui revalidated his txapela, stopping the timeline in\u00a0<\/span>3h45:07<\/span><\/b>, outperforming Pattis in just two seconds. The podium of honor was completed by the Swiss\u00a0<\/span>Remi Bonnet<\/span><\/b>, who signed a superb career from less to more, crossing the finish line in\u00a0<\/span>3h48:39<\/span><\/b>\u00a0to hang the bronze. <\/span><\/p>

Kilian Jornet<\/strong>, in a participation more focused on connecting with the fans, finished in the 43rd position.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

In the female category we attend a historical exhibition. <\/span><\/p>

The Swedish\u00a0<\/span>Tove Alexandersson<\/span><\/b>\u00a0He signed a legendary debut in the Basque mud, destroying the absolute record of the test by crossing the finish line in\u00a0<\/span>4h08:09<\/span><\/b>. But the great news for the local fans was the extraordinary level of the \u00abSpanish Navy\u00bb: the young promise\u00a0<\/span>Malen Osa<\/span><\/b>\u00a0He signed a spectacular second position with\u00a0<\/span>4h14:20<\/span><\/b>, confirming his world elite status in his debut in the distance, while the San Sebastian\u00a0<\/span>Sara Alonso<\/span><\/b>\u00a0He completed a dream podium of a dream with a third place, demonstrating that the\u00a0trail\u00a0Spanish enjoys iron health.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The essence of the trail:<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>

What has been experienced on the ramps of Sancti Spiritu Before 10,000 fans is the reason why we love this sport. <\/span><\/p>

The men’s podium with the duel Elazzaoui-Pattis and the solvency of Bonnet, added to the thrust of Malen Osa and Sara Alonso in girls, marks a turning point in the Golden Trail World Series. <\/span><\/p>

Zegama reminds us that the trail running is a pure resistance sport where the mud levels the forces and the public pushes the heart.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>

And… remember… as we always say on Trade&Trail: You will never run alone!!<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trail Festival in the Basque Country: The Moroccan defends his crown to the sprint, R\u00e9mi Bonnet closes the podium and the Spanish Malen Osa and Sara Alonso assault the world elite. The\u00a0Zegama-Aizkorri\u00a0It doesn’t run; It lives, suffers and engraves on fire in the legs. The 25th edition of the most passionate mountain marathon on the…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trail-running_news"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false,"qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_square":false,"qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_landscape":false,"qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_portrait":false,"qi_addons_for_elementor_image_size_huge-square":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Trade & Trail","author_link":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/author\/tradeandtrail74gmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":474,"uagb_excerpt":"Trail Festival in the Basque Country: The Moroccan defends his crown to the sprint, R\u00e9mi Bonnet closes the podium and the Spanish Malen Osa and Sara Alonso assault the world elite. The\u00a0Zegama-Aizkorri\u00a0It doesn’t run; It lives, suffers and engraves on fire in the legs. The 25th edition of the most passionate mountain marathon on the...","rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Trade & Trail","author_link":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/author\/tradeandtrail74gmail-com\/"},"rttpg_comment":474,"rttpg_category":"Trail Running_News<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Trail Festival in the Basque Country: The Moroccan defends his crown to the sprint, R\u00e9mi Bonnet closes the podium and the Spanish Malen Osa and Sara Alonso assault the world elite. The\u00a0Zegama-Aizkorri\u00a0It doesn’t run; It lives, suffers and engraves on fire in the legs. The 25th edition of the most passionate mountain marathon on the...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4523"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4532,"href":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4523\/revisions\/4532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradeandtrail.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}