The month of April opens the season spring marathons along with some of the most important races in the world. Four months before the Olympic Games, many athletes risk their last chance to qualify for Paris 2024. Here we leave you five events that you cannot miss if you love the distance of Philippides .
Schneider Electric Paris Marathon – April 7
This Sunday, the French capital celebrates a new edition of Schneider Electric Paris Marathon, one of the biggest marathons in Europe, bringing together almost 50,000 participants every year. Starting from the Champs Elysées and ending at the Arc de Triomphe, the race presents a tourist route that passes the main monuments of the city and attracts international runners from all over the world, both famous and elite.
This year the last three champions of the event will be present: Abeje Ayana, Chalo Deso Gelmis and Elisha Rotich, promising an incessant battle between Ethiopians and Kenyans. Ayana, just 21, won the event in 2023 and the year before was second in the prestigious Cardiff Half Marathon. Deso, for his part, was champion in Paris in 2022 and in Tokyo in 2023. Kenyan Rotich holds the race record thanks to his victory in 2021 in 2h04:21.
Among women, the Kenyan experience stands out Vivian CheruiyotOlympic and world champion on the track and winner of the London Marathon in 2018. The broadcast of the event can be followed by France 3 and France.tv starting at 7:45 am on Sunday.
Rotterdam Marathon – April 14
The fastest marathon in the Netherlands is an opportunity to honor the late world record holder Kelvin Kiptumwho chose this event to try to break the two-hour barrier before his fatal traffic accident.
The Dutch champion and record holder Abdi Nageeye He will run again after winning the event in 2022 to try to better his national record of 2:04:56. Ethiopian will oppose it Birhanu Legesetwo-time winner of the Tokyo marathon, with a personal best of 2:02:48.
The event can be followed through different platforms such as FloSports, Roku and Apple TV.
Boston Marathon – April 15th
The world’s oldest annual marathon celebrates its one hundred and twenty-eighth edition on Monday, April 15, with a very high level of elite, including three winners of the Valencia marathon. The Ethiopian Sisay Lemmafourth fastest man over the distance with 2h01:48, will face the Kenyan and double defending champion Evans Chebet and the Tanzanian record holder Gabriel Geay.
The women’s team was from another planet, with nineteen runners under 2h23. Kenyan level is very high Hellen Obirithe defending champion who last year won two major marathons such as Boston and New York, is sixteenth on the list of favorites.
The Boston Marathon is characterized by a “leg-breaking” course with significant hills starting at km 25. The race can be seen in the United States on the network WCVB and in Europe by Eurosport.
London Marathon – April 21
One of the most prestigious marathons in the world, which last year saw an epic edition with the victories of Kelvin Kiptum and Sifan Hassan, this year presents a duel between the two fastest female marathoners in history.
The Ethiopian Tigst Assefathe world record holder with a remaining time of 2h11:53 achieved last September in Berlin, will face the Kenyan Brigid Kosgei, former record holder and winner of five major marathons (Tokyo, London x2 and Chicago x2). Other great athletes will join this rivalry, such as Ruth Chepngetich, Peres Jepchirchir and Yalemzerf Yehualawwho will try to beat the women-only marathon world record, which currently stands at 2h17:01.
Among the men, the focus is on the Ethiopian world champion Tamirat Tolahis countryman Mosinet GeremewKenyans Alexander Mutiso and Geoffrey Kamworor and the legend of athletics Kenenisa Bekele.
The event can be followed live RTVE.
Madrid Marathon – April 28
The marathon with the most history in Spain is now in its 46th edition and celebrates with 40,000 runners who will participate in Zurich Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series Madrid in its three distances: marathon, half marathon and 10K.
The event promises to be a true celebration of running with more than 30 animation points located along the route and a quarter of foreign participation, with countries such as France, the United Kingdom and Italy contributing the most runners.
The Madrid marathon route has a great inequality, so scores are not usually achieved as quickly as other Spanish tests. However, it usually has the participation of important national and international athletes.
The broadcast is conducted by Telemadrid.
Source: La Verdad
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