He Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich Half Marathon The main names of the international elite who will fly through the streets of the city on October 27 have been confirmed. The test, which in 2021 saw Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey beat the world record in the distance with 1h02:52, this year he will look to continue improving his records, in a half marathon where eight of the ten best historical marks over the distance have been achieved.
In the men’s category, the Ethiopians Yomif Kejelcha and Selemon Barega They will fight the Kenyan Daniel Mateiko for being the fastest in this edition. There will also be a high level of European runners, with the presence of athletes of the level of Samuel Barata (Portugal), Pietro Riva (Italy), Amanal Petros (Germany) or Emile Cairess (Great Britain), which will be joined by a Spanish elite that has yet to be confirmed.
Among the women, this year the Kenyan will make her debut in the half marathon Agnes Jebet Ngetichwhich in this same city broke the 5K and 10K records earlier this year. The Ethiopian Tsigie Gebreselama and the Kenyans Lilian Kasait Rengeruk and Catherine Amanang’ole They will be your main rivals.
Marc Roigselector of the international elite of the event, appreciates this list as “the best half marathon of the year, with high altitude duels pointing, once again, to the records of 57 minutes of some athletes. And a clear challenge on the stopwatch in the women’s event.There has never been a debutant under 29 minutes in a 10K at the starting line.
International elite of the Valencia Half Marathon 2024
Man
- Yomif Kejelcha 57:41 ETH
- Selemon Barega 57:50 ETH
- Daniel Mateiko 58:26 KEN
- Tadese Worku 58:47 ETH
- Isaiah Kipkoech 58:55 KEN
- Edward Cheserek 59:11 KEN
- Bravin Kiprop 59:21 KEN
- Weldon Langat 59:22 KEN
- Gemechu Dida 59:31 ETH
- Samuel Barata 59:40 BY
- Pietro Riva 59:41 ITA
- Sondre Moen 59:48 NOR
- Tadesse Abraham 59:53 SUI
- Amanal Petros 1:00:09 GER
- Pasquale Selvarolo 1:00:32 ITA
- Marc Scott 1:00:39 GBR
- Denis Kitiyo 1:00:48 KEN
- Diego Estrada 1:00:49 USA
- Emile Cairess 1:01:01 GBR
- Richard Ringer 1:01:09 GER
- Yohanes Chiappinelli 1:01:14 ITA
- Samuel Fitwi 1:01:17 GER
- Iliass Aouani 1:01:32 IT
- Birhanu Balew 1:01:44 BRN
- Hillary Bor 1:01:47 USA
- Morgan Pearson 1:01:47 USA
- Davor Aaron Bienenfeld 1:01:49 GER
- Rodrigue Kwizera 1:01:53 BDI
- Vincent Langat DEBUT KEN
- Yongzheng Huang DEBUT CHN
- Peiyou Feng DEBUT CHN
- Santiago Catrofe DEBUT URU
woman
- Agnes Ngetich DEBUT KEN
- Tsigie Gebreselama 1:05:14 ETH
- Catherine Amanang’ole 1:05:39 KEN
- Ftaw Zeray 1:06:04 ETH
- Tiruye Mesfin 1:06:31 ETH
- Sheila Chelangat 1:06:47 KEN
- Godu Melat Tekle 1:06:53 ETH
- Jesca Chelangat 1:07:03 KEN
- Samantha Harrison 1:07:10 GBR
- Emily Durgin 1:07:54 USA
- Viola Chepgeno 1:08:05 KEN
- Desi Mokonin 1:08:10 BRN
- Fotyen Tesfay 1:08:46 ETH
- Abbie Donnelly 1:09:10 GBR
- Domenika Mayer 1:09:46 GER
- Margaux Sieracki 1:09:49 FRA
- Fadouwa Ledhem 1:09:59 FRA
- Yumi Yoshikawa 1:10:07 JPN
- Clara Evans 1:10:11 GBR
- Jasmin Lau 1:10:13 NED
- Hanne Verbruggen 1:10:15 GER
- Daniela Torres 1:10:22 MEX
- Esther Pfeiffer 1:10:24 GER
- Moira Stewartova 1:10:44 CZE
- Lilian Kasait DEBUT KEN
- Diana Chepkorir DEBUT KEN
- Faith Chepkoech DEBUT KEN
- Ejgayehu Taye DEBUT ETH
- Amanda Vestri DEBUT USA
Source: La Verdad
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