Watch: Runners race in towering heels at Madrid Pride event

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Updated: 04/07/2025 - 9:52 GMT+2

Strapped into towering heels, dozens of daring runners dashed done Madrid’s Chueca territory successful nan city’s yearly High Heel Race, portion of its Pride celebrations.

Now successful its 26th year, nan title forms portion of nan Spanish capital’s LGBTQ+ Pride Week and draws ample crowds to nan cobbled streets.

Locals and visitors gathered successful Chueca to watch participants tackle nan people successful gravity-defying precocious heels.

This year’s winner, 25-year-old Raúl Rodríguez, took location nan €350 prize. “I knew I would triumph — and I did it,” he said.

Pride celebrations successful Madrid will reason connected Saturday pinch a parade expected to pull tens of thousands.