Kipyego, Chepkemoi eyeing glory in Madrid Marathon
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Reading Time: 2min | Sun. 28.04.24. | 09:19
The race will kick off at 10:00 am East African Time
The 2019 Abu Dhabi Marathon champion Reuben Kipyego will be hoping to lower his personal best time in the Madrid Marathon on Sunday.
The race will kick off at 10:00 am East African Time.
Kipyego, who settled for bronze during the 2022 Rotterdam Marathon, has a personal best time of 2:03:55 which he set after winning the 2021 Generali Milano Marathon in Italy.
Before racing in Italy, the 28-year-old had clocked 2:04:40 in Abu Dhabi in 2019.
He also settled for silver during the South American Marathon Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina after clocking 2:05:18 in 2019.
Among marathoners whom Kipyego will face is John Langat who has an impressive collection of medals.
Langat won the 2022 French Riviera Marathon Champion.
He also registered a personal best of 2:07:11 set at the Eindhoven Marathon in the Netherlands in 2019, where he placed third.
In 2016, he clocked 2:10:49 to finish second at the Daegu Marathon in South Korea.
The 30-year-old also bagged a bronze at the Adidas Stockholm Marathon in Sweden after clocking 2:12:39.
The duo will be joined by Bernard Kimani who won bronze at the 2020 Loop Den Haag Half Marathon.
The Kenyans are not the sole elite runners and pre-race favourites as the Ethiopian duo of Mumbai Marathon champion Haymanot Alew and 2022 Rome Marathon champion Fikre Bekele will be in the lineup.
Hicham Laqouahi of Morocco will also add taste to the competition. He won bronze in the Taiyuan Marathon and will be going for this one too.
In the half marathon, Lisbon Half Marathon silver medalist Dominic Chemut will team up with Venlo Half Marathon bronze medalist Raphael Kolian in the hunt for a title.
In the women’s race, 2020 Sofia Marathon champion Naomi Jebet will face off against 2018 Trento Half Marathon champion Joyce Chepkemoi.
They will be joined by Seville Marathon silver medalist Bontu Gada from Ethiopia and 2021 Istanbul Marathon bronze medalist Ayantu Abdi.
Tariku Novales, 2020 Spanish Half Marathon Champion, and Jesús Ramos, Huelva 10km Road Race champion, will represent the host nation.
This year’s Madrid Marathon will feature a full marathon (42km), half marathon (21km), and a 10km fun race.
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