NAIROBI — World report holder for the ladies’s marathon, Ruth Chepng’etich, will probably be competing at this yr’s Lisbon Half Marathon on March 9.
Chepng’etich will probably be competing in her second race of the season, following on from New 12 months’s Day when she completed second on the San Silvestre Vallecana 10km highway race in Spain.
On that event, the 30-year-old clocked 31:32, behind Spain’s Marta Garcia, who stormed to victory in 31:19.
One other Spaniard, Agueda Marques, completed third in 31:34.
Final yr was an unforgettable one for Chepng’etich who made historical past on the Chicago Marathon by clocking a world report of two:09:56 — changing into the primary lady to ever run a sub-2:10 within the 42km.
It was the fruits of a dominant yr wherein she had additionally triumphed on the Buenos Aires Half Marathon in Argentina after working 1:05:58 throughout the end line.
Ought to she win in Portugal, Chepng’etich will turn out to be the second world report holder from Kenya to take action since Brigid Kosgei in 2024.
The previous world report holder for the ladies’s marathon clocked 1:05:51 to cross the end line eventually yr’s version, forward of Ethiopian duo of Bosena Mulatie (1:09:00) and Tigist Gezahagn (1:09:14) in second and third respectively.
