Kenya this year in São Paulo confirmed its dominance in the San Silvestre international race, the main athletics competition in Brazil, with debutant Wilson Kiprono Too as the winner of the men’s event and Agnes Keino as the winner of the women’s contest .
Too, 33 years old, and completed the controlled 15 kilometers on the main streets of the largest city in Brazil in 44 minutes and 21 seconds, leading the test from the start, under the initial stalking of the Tanzanian Joseph Panga, who finished second. place
Third place went to fellow Kenyan Reiben Pogisho Longosiwa.
Too achieved his first victory in San Silvestre after separating himself from the race after five kilometers, when he left Panga and continued alone until the end.
In the women’s category, 36-year-old Keino finished the race in 51 minutes and 26 seconds, after easily dominating the competition, ahead of Kenyan Cynthia Chemweno and Brazilian Nubia de Oliveira, who finished second and third. place on the podium, respectively.
It was also Keino’s first victory in a San Silvestre and the eighth consecutive victory for a Kenyan in the competition.
This is the second year in a row that Kenyans have dominated San Silvestre, a competition that since 2011 has been won by African or Middle Eastern athletes in both the men’s and women’s races.
The last victory for a Latin American was in 2010, when Brazilian Marílson Gomes dos Santos won the men’s event.
In 2023, Kenyans Timothy Kiplagat in the men’s event and Catherine Reline in the women’s event.
In its 99th edition, Brazil had an outstanding participation in the competition by reaching third place in the women’s category and fourth in the men’s category, with Johnatas Cruz.
The race of San Silvestre, the most traditional in Brazil, registered this year more than 37,000 athletes, a new record, who from the first hours of the day experienced the traditional festive atmosphere of the competition, under the intense sunshine in the capital of São Paulo.
This year, the champions in the male and female categories received 59,700 reais (about 9,675 dollars or 9,299 euros).
In total, the race awarded prizes of 281,900 reais ($45,688), reaffirming its position as the most important in Latin America. EFE
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Source: La Verdad
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