Jepkosgei, great half marathon favorite from Barcelona with a record record

The athlete of kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei This week will beat the record of Edreams Media Marathon Baroks 2024with more than 30,000 attendees will establish a new record of participation in Spain and combined as the second largest in Europe after Berlin.

Jepkosgei, winner of the London Marathon in 2021 and the New York Marathon in 2019, not only intended to repeat the success, but also to overcome the best test score, which he established in the last 2024 edition with 1 hour, 4 minutes and 29 seconds.

“I am grateful to repeat in Barcelona and I will try to do my best to defeat the record again,” Kenyan’s athlete said in the official test presentation.

Jepkosgei will leave as the main favorite to repeat the success, and his main rival is his countryman Gladys Chepkurui and Nancy sangWinner of the Roman marathon in October 2024 with a time of 1: 07.29.

In the men’s category, the Ugandés Jacob Kiplimo.

Kiplimo, maximum favorite to win the success, will try to improve the plusmarca test achieved by Kenyan Charles LangatIn 2023, with a time of 58 minutes and 53 seconds.

Ugandés will compete with other well -known athletes, like his countrymen Geoffrey Kamwororchampion of half marathon of Rotterdam (Netherlands) on April 13, and Italian They are talkedwho registered his best mark on the 2024 half marathon with a time of 1:01:03.

A half record marathon

Beyond the headquarters of the cartel, the 35th edition of Barcelona’s half marathon will decrease in history as the most large, after marking with more than 30,000 people a new record of participation in Spain and being the second most Huge in Europe, just behind Berlin (35,000).

During the presentation of the event, the councilor for the sport of Barcelona, David EscudéHe made sure they could surpass Berlin, as the inscriptions were exhausted in the absence of four months for the test. However, he said he believed that the comfort of the runners was largely.

“We can surpass Berlin. But my goal is to have the best half marathon in the world and there not only the quantity is not important but the quality. I doubt that runners and runners have run with the best convenience, “Escudé said.

However, the councilor does not prevent the “adjust the circuit to expand the number of registered” in the future, and ensures that he will contact the urban guard “to be possible.”

Also, Barcelona’s average marathon will reach this year the highest percentage of women’s participation in its history, with 12,023 registered, more than 9,800 of the previous edition and will match the highest percentage of international participation with 40 % from 95 different countries.