the ethiopian Haftu Teklu, with a time of 59:06, confirmed his victory last year in the eDreams Barcelona Half Marathon and set a new record of the test after beating his own achievement (59:39) in 2021.
In the women’s category, the victory went to Kenyan Margaret Kipkemboidebutant by far and set a time of 1:05:26, the second best time in the history of the event in Barcelona.
A total of 11,260 runners (4,100 women) from 55 countries participated in the race.formed with a temperature of 7ºC, cold air of 5ºC, 57% humidity and cloudy skies, threatening rain.
Nine runners, launched by Burkina Faso’s ‘hare’, Thierry Ndikumweenayo, including Ethiopian Haftu Teklu, his compatriots Chala Regasa and Antenayehu Dagnachew, Ugandan Ali Chebures and Kenyan Titus Mbishei, passed the kilometer 5 with 14:10, six seconds above the record.
The pace quickened and this group crossed kilometer 10 with 27:54, below ten seconds on record (28:04 in 2021). The ‘hare’ left a group with just five runners in kilometer 15, with 41:52, 27 seconds below the previous record.
Teklu and Dagnachew were ahead followed by their compatriots Chala Regasa and Kindie Derseh, one second behind. And the group went through kilometer 20 with 57:21. Then the fight broke out, and Haftu Teklu and Chala Regasa jumped into the group about 300 meters from the finish line and disputed the close sprint in which Teklu won in 59:06.
The Ethiopian dropped the test record by 33 seconds, which he set at 59:39 in his victory in October last year. This mark is the ninth best record in the world of 2022.
The best Spaniard was Alejandro Rodríguez Pritchardeleventh with his personal best 1h.01: 01.
Kipkemboi Domain
In the women’s category, a group of three runners, led by Kenyan Margaret Kipkemboi and Ethiopians Gete Alemayehu and Asnakech Akowe, with Alejandro Rodríguez from the Hospital as ‘hare’, went through kilometer 5 with 15 : 39
At kilometer 10, only Kipkemboi and Alemayehu passed alone with 30:58, 30 seconds ahead of the other group. with a header, and the Kenyan would provide a strong change of pace to leave Alemayehu within 18 seconds.
From there, the Kenyan continued his recital to top the record of 1h.05: 26, the fifth best world record of the year, and just 17 seconds behind the test record, held by Kenyan Florence Kiplagat, who with 1h.05: 09 effective since February 15, 2015 and during it was the world record for distance. This Sunday’s winner’s score is the second best score in the history of the Barcelona Half Marathon.
Second place on the podium went to Ethiopian Gete Alemayahuwith 1:06:37, and Ethiopian Anakesh Awoke was third with 1:09:34.
Highlight the ninth place of the South American marathon champion, Ecuadorian Silvia Ortiz, with 1h.13: 51. The best Spaniard was Cristina Silva from Barcelona, thirteenth with 1:14:48.
Results and rankings:
Male Category
1. Haftu Teklu (Ethiopia) 59:06
2. Chala Regasa (Ethiopia) 59:10
3. Elvis Cheboi (Kenya) 59:15
4. Antenayehu Dagnachew (Ethiopia) 59:17
5. Kindie Derseh (Ethiopia) 59:18
Results and rankings:
Female Category
1. Margaret Kipkemboi (Kenya) 1h05: 26
2. Gete Alemayehu (Ethiopia) 1:06:37
3. Asnakech (Ethiopia) woke up 1h09: 34
4. Rediet Molla (Ethiopia) 1h.10: 22
5. Aoife Cooke (Ireland) 1:10:58
Source: La Verdad
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