The Tokyo Olympic 10,000m champion is one among a bunch monitor runners that experience lately inspired at the roads
Selemon Barega has clocked 2:05:15 on his debut over 26.2 miles on the Seville Marathon.
The Tokyo Olympic 10,000m champion, who’s 6th at the gloabl half-marathon all-time record with 57:50, used to be on for a sub-2:03 run however petered off within the remaining 10km.
Handiest 12 athletes in historical past have long gone sub-2:03 within the marathon and, for some time, Barega used to be on target to sign up for that record.
The Ethiopian went via half-way in 61:44 however struggled within the latter levels and his 2nd 1/2 used to be 63:31, with the overall 2.2km being at 2:24:30 marathon tempo.
“First marathon, first win, first marathon wall,” Barega mentioned. “See you soon with more experience for faster times!”
Selemon Barega clinches 10,000m gold (Getty)
Barega first got here to prominence when he received 5000m gold on the 2016 Global Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, ahead of turning into the arena formative years champion over 3000m a 12 months later in Nairobi.
The Ethiopian secured his first senior main gold medal within the 3000m on the 2022 Global Indoor Championships in Belgrade. He has additionally claimed international indoor silver and bronze medals within the self-discipline.
Barega is an international silver and bronze out of doors medallist within the 5000m and 10,000m respectively however his biggest fulfillment got here on the Tokyo Olympics, when he received gold within the 10,000m within the Eastern capital.
Quite a few athletes who’ve starred at the monitor have translated their ability to the roads.
Jacob Kiplimo (Daniel Meumann for Sportmedia.es)
The latest instance is Jacob Kiplimo, who set an international half-marathon report of 56:42 on the Barcelona Part remaining weekend.
Now not handiest did Kiplimo take a fantastic 48 seconds off Yomif Kejelcha’s international report, he additionally changed into the primary human in historical past to run a sub-57 minute half-marathon.
Kiplimo and Kejelcha have respective 10km bests of 26:48 and 26:37, which compares to Barega’s 26:44.48 at the monitor.
Barega’s compatriot Berihu Aregawi, the Olympic 10,000m silver medallist from Paris, will make his a lot expected half-marathon debut in Lisbon subsequent month.
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