the Ugandan Victor Kiplangatwinner of the Commonwealth Games in 2022, won the gold medal in the marathon (2h08:53) at the World Cup in Budapestty climbed to the top of a podium where he was joined by the Israeli Maru Teferi, silver, as in the European Championship in Munich last year, and the Ethiopian Leul Gebresilase, bronze.
The race, which is celebrated through a central route that starts and ends in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square, started with a surprise. the mongolian Ser-Od Bat-Ochir, in his eleventh World Cup appearance at the age of 41, went solo from the startled the pack by 35 seconds, although their adventure ended in a departure before kilometer ten.
The next to retire was the Moroccan Hamza Sahliat kilometer 15, when the leading group began to shake due to the printing pace of the African runners, pulled by Kenyan Timothy Kiplagat, Rwandan John Hakizimana and Eritrean Oqbe Kibrom Ruesom.
After the half marathon, the lead group consists of about twenty runners, featuring among them the Italian Yohanes Chiappinelli, the Japanese Ichitaka Yamashita and the French Morhad Amdouni. In the slipstream, trying to reach four seconds, the Spanish Ayad Lamdassem.
That group began to break up after kilometer 30 when Victor Kiplangat, who had remained in the shadows in that tangle of athletes, changed his pace and was followed only by Ethiopian Leul Gebresilase, winner of the 2018 Valencia Marathon .
Kiplangtfacing the heat, especially after race time, with the sun already shining in its glory, This opens a gap as Gebresilase stayswhich was eventually caught by Maru Teferi, who, nineteen seconds behind the winner, crossed the finish line with a personal best of 2h09:12.
With his victory, Kiplangat ended the dominance of Ethiopians in marathon World Cupssince Lelisa Desisa won in Doha 2019 and Tamirat Tola in Eugene 2022.
The first Spaniard to finish was Tariku Novales, from Club Adidas, born in Ethiopia but raised in Galicia since childhood. On his international debut in Spain, he finished 21st with a time of 2:12:39, a personal best.
One place behind, twenty-two, is Ayad Lamdassem, who is of Moroccan descent and a Spanish national since 2007.. He completed his first World Cup in 2h12:59 without conceding in his fourth participation. Previously, in the 2009 Berlin 10,000 and in the 2013 Moscow and 2017 London marathons, he did not finish their respective races.
Ibrahim Chakir, also of Moroccan descent and a Spanish national since 2016, finished in 24th place with 2:13:44.
Source: La Verdad
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