Loleo extends hot form with Buenos Aires win as Kiplimo breaks course record

Kenya’s Veronica Loleo extended her recent purple-patch on the road after claiming victory in the Buenos Aires Half Marathon on Sunday, 24 August.

The 27-year-old, who ranks 38th in women’s road running, won her latest installment in the Argentinian capital in a time of 1:06.58, making it three consecutive wins for her since May, and a debut win on the course following her fourth place finish last year.

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Loleo led the duo of Ethiopia’s Ftaw Zeray and fellow Kenyan Catherine Reline Amanangole through the opening five kilometers in a swift 15:17, but the pace dropped further in the second stages to rule out an attack on the course record.

The trio reached the 10 kilometer mark in 31:18, before Loleo went down to business to take the race win, which adds to her recent victories at the United States - the 15km Boilermaker Road Race, and the 12km Lilac Bloomsday Run.

Ftaw followed the 2025 Prague Half Marathon second-place finisher in 1:07.07, with Ananangole closing the podium places clocking 1:07:13.

Meanwhile in the men’s race, Uganda’s world half marathon record-holder Jacob Kiplimo was a convincing winner as he clocked a course record of 58:29.

Kiplimo, who holds three of the five fastest ever times for the distance, managed to take 36 seconds off the course record, coming ahead of Ethiopia’s Seifu Tura (59:56) and Kenya’s Vinicent Nyamongo.

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The Ugandan, who set his world record of 56:42 earlier this year, said being a fan of football star Lionel Messi meant he was eager to run in Buenos Aires, even as he prepares for this year’s Chicago Marathon on Sunday, 12 October.