![]() Kenyans in the women's field alongside Jepchirchir (who is the fastest with 2:17:16) are debutant Viola Cheptoo Lagat and Grace Kahura.Įthiopia's Ruti Aga (2:18:34) is perhaps the closest challenger. Kenenisa Bekele: Still a world record holder. Other Kenyans lined up in the men's field are Augustine Choge and Albert Korir. Kenenisa Bekele established his performance using a negative-split strategy, meaning that the second half of the race was executed at a faster pace than the first one (1:01:05 in the first half for an average speed of 5.75 m.s 1 and 1:00:36 in the second half for an average speed of 5.80 m.s 1) (Fig. On this late morning in February, Pitsiladis explained that he wanted to produce the next Kenenisa, a reference to Kenenisa Bekele, a native of Bekoji who is an 11-time world cross-country. Only Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has run faster, with his world record 2:01:39, also clocked in Berlin in 2018. ![]() He is in a stellar field where 39-year-old Bekele boasts the fastest time in the group, a brilliant two hours, one minute and 41 seconds clocked in the Berlin Marathon in September, 2019. "I've been training well and after the disappointment of failing to make it to the Olympic Games due to injury, I'm focused on making my debut here in New York," he said. Kandie will be making his marathon debut on Sunday riding on the back of a world record in the half marathon of 57 minutes and 32 seconds which he clocked in December last year in Valencia. Kenya's Olympic marathon champion Peris Jepchirchir and world half marathon record holder Kibiwott Kandie were at the Media Centre at Central Park for engagements with the media. Kenya's double Olympic 1,500 metres champion Faith Chepng'etich was scheduled to be the celebrity guest of honour at the annual race organized under Gebrselassie's stable. "We are monitoring the situation closely and will be back in touch in the coming weeks with more news about a new date for the race," she added. ![]()
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