Kiplimo 56:41 WR, Jepkosgei 64:13 WL
BARCELONA (ESP, Feb 16): Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo shattered the arena list within the Barcelona Part Marathon (WA Gold Label) with a fantastic 56:42 to grow to be the primary athlete in historical past to damage the 57 barrier for the gap. The 24-year-old shaved 48 seconds from Yomif Kejelcha’s earlier international list of 57:30, for probably the most vital unmarried development at the international part marathon list. “It has been the perfect race. Ideal temperature, no wind, fantastic circuit – everything went better than expected. The pacemaker set the agreed 2:45 pace, but I found myself full of energy and decided to inject a brisker rhythm from the third kilometer, but I never imagined performing under the 57-minute barrier; that’s astonishing,” stated Kiplimo, who’s concentrated on the London Marathon in overdue April. Kiplimo’s 15km cut up of 40:07 used to be additionally quicker than his international easiest, which additionally intended he coated the 10km segment between 5-15km in an astonishing 26:33. Kenyans Geoffrey Kamworor and Samwel Mailu had been 2d and 3rd, respectively, with 58:44 and 59:40 with Italy’s Ecu part marathon champion Yemaneberhan Crippa fourth in 59:52, fourteenth Jacob Sommer Simonsen with Danish NR (61:11). Within the girls’s race, former international record-holder Joyciline Jepkosgei gained in a solo direction list and international lead of 64:13, profitable by means of over two mins from Kenyan teammate Gladys Chepkirui (66:25) and Ethiopia’s Zerihun Alemtsehay (68:19). Jess Warner-Judd used to be the highest Ecu in 6th in 69:37 with Spain’s Carolina Robles 8th on her debut in 69:38. With lend a hand from Global Athletics.
Jacob Kiplimo, photograph by means of Dan Vernon Images / Global Athletics
