The Women’s Race celebrated its twenty-first edition in Madrid this Sunday with 36,000 participants, equaling its historical record of attendees and becoming the largest female sporting event in all of Europe. Before the pink wave filled the streets of the Spanish capital, a tribute was paid to Adriana Cerezo, silver medalist in taekwondo at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The event has experienced exponential growth since its inception, from 5,000 participants in its first edition to the 36,000 women of this twenty-first anniversary, who wore a pink shirt with the slogan ‘Your bib counts’.
This year, the honoree at the finish line was the Madrid-born athlete Adriana Cerezo, whose taekwondo record includes two European golds, an Olympic silver, and a world bronze.
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«I feel tremendously proud of this tribute. I couldn’t believe it when they told me. It means a lot to me,» confessed Cerezo before the start of the race.
The other honoree this year, although in her case it was a few days ago during the race presentation, was the paralympic athlete Alba García Falagan, bronze medalist in the Paris Games in T11 visually impaired long jump.
«Being a woman with a disability is not easy. When I started running and jumping, I didn’t have many female role models, and I would like to be a role model for women with and without disabilities. Nevertheless, I appreciate having been surrounded by wonderful women who have helped me pursue my dreams,» she emphasized.
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The Minister of Family, Youth, and Social Affairs of the Community of Madrid, Ana Dávila, was responsible for flagging off this race and highlighted that the regional government has just approved an investment of 3.5 million to expand cervical cancer screening
so that 2.1 million women, aged 25 to 65, have access to this preventive diagnostic test. Furthermore, she recalled that Madrid has the widest public women’s care network in Spain, to which the Community of Madrid allocates nearly 40 million annually.
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