Ethiopian clocks 57:30 to take one second off Jacob Kiplimo’s mark as Agnes Ngetich runs 63:04 to win ladies’s race
The self-proclaimed metropolis of operating delivered as soon as once more with a world report on Sunday (Oct 27) with Yomif Kejelcha clocking 57:30 within the Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich.
As an alternative of the same old blue skies, on this event spectators had their brollies out to shelter from the rain. The climate made no distinction, although, because the 27-year-old from Ethiopia took one second off Jacob Kiplimo’s mark of 57:31 which was set in Lisbon three years in the past.
The ladies’s race additionally noticed a scintillating time as Agnes Ngetich of Kenya went No.2 on the world all-time rankings with 63:04.
Kejelcha now concurrently holds the world data for the indoor mile and half-marathon as he ran 3:47.01 in 2019. He first confirmed his expertise on the worldwide stage a decade in the past when he received the world under-18 3000m and world under-20 5000m titles. Since then he has received two world indoor 3000m crowns – in 2016 and 2018 – however has typically disillusioned in main championships. He completed sixth, for instance, within the Olympic 10,000m this 12 months.
The tall Ethiopian is thought for his quick end however possibly he has an excellent future within the marathon. On Sunday in Valencia he cruised by 5km in 13:38 and 10km in 27:12 earlier than drawing additional away from his rivals within the closing levels. With the music from the Marvel film The Avengers blasting out from the tannoy within the end space, he stormed residence to nick a second off Kiplimo’s mark.
Yomif Kejelcha (Getty)
Runner-up was Daniel Mateiko of Kenya with 58:17 as Isaia Kipkoech Lasoi of Kenya was third in 58:21. Gemechu Dida of Ethiopia adopted in fourth in 58:39 with Vicent Langat of Kenya fifth in 58:41, Selemon Barega of Ethiopia sixth in 58:57 and Birhanu Balew of Bahrain seventh in 59:41.
The ladies’s world report of 62:52 was set by Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia on the identical course in Valencia three years in the past and Ngetich gave it a scare this weekend by ending solely 12 seconds exterior the mark on her debut on the distance.
Ngetich has a great historical past in Valencia. In January this 12 months, she ran a world 10km report of 28:46 within the Spanish metropolis.
Agnes Ngetich
On Sunday the Kenyan handed 5km in 14:39 and 10km in 29:18 earlier than fading within the closing levels as she received from Fotyen Tesfay of Ethiopia, who clocked 63:21 and Lilian Kasait Rengeruk of Kenya, who ran 63:32. Altogether, the trio went No.2, No.3 and No.4 on the world all-time rankings.
Earlier than this weekend, the second quickest ladies’s half-marathon in historical past was 63:51 held by Yalemzerf Yehualaw, the Ethiopian who received the Amsterdam Marathon earlier this month.
Behind Ngetich, Tesfay and Rengeruk, Ejgayehu Taye of Ethiopia was fourth in 64:14 with Tsigie Gebreselama of Ethiopia fifth in 65:18.
Clara Evans, the highest Brit on the Olympic marathon, completed 14th in 69:00 as she took greater than a minute off her greatest with fellow Brits Natasha Phillips (70:18), Hannah Irwin (70:49) and Jenny Nesbitt (71:32) additionally operating PBs.
The house followers had been additionally celebrating Kaoutar Boulaid as she set a Spanish ladies’s report of 68:47.
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