Nationwide Military’s Moses Tarakinyu efficiently defended his Tanganda Tea Half Marathon after clocking one hour two minutes and three seconds.
Tarakinyu, nonetheless, couldn’t breach the standing Tanganda Half Marathon 21km most important occasion file of 1 hour and two minutes, set by Wirimayi Zhuwawu in 2012.
Not one of the contributors on this 12 months’s occasion may get a prize for breaking the one hour one minute for the males, and one hour eight minutes for the women’ class, instances that had been set for a particular prize by the sponsors of the occasion.
The tightly contested 2024 version of the competitors noticed Blessing Waison giving Tarakinyu an excellent run for his cash after finishing the race solely seven seconds behind, as he crossed the ending line in a single hour two minutes and 11 seconds, whereas Isaac Mpofu was third as he accomplished the race in a single hour two minutes and 50 seconds.
Elijah Mabhunu was fourth after finishing the race in a single hour three minutes and 15 seconds.
Within the girls class, Pangiso was the winner after crossing the ending line in a single hour 26 minutes and 24 seconds, whereas Lucky Chidziro settled for second place after ending the competitors in a single hour 17 minutes and 39 seconds.
The Kenyan flavour at this 12 months’s Tanganda Half Marathon was felt on this 21km ladies’s most important occasion, the place Daisy Kipsu-fuit got here third after crossing the ending line in a single hour 17 minutes and 55 seconds.
Within the males’s wheelchair 21km race, Samson Muroyiwa got here first after crossing the ending line in a single hour quarter-hour and 27 seconds, whereas Munyaradzi Katiyo got here second after ending the race in a time of 1 hour 22 minutes and 19 seconds.
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Elford Moyo got here third in a single hour 26 minutes and 17 seconds whereas Morlean William Ali, who accomplished the race in a single hour 32 minutes and 29 seconds, was fourth. For the women’ wheelchairs racers competitors, Thandiwe Ndlovu was the winner after ending the race in a single hour 44 minutes and 50 seconds whereas Stella Jongwe, who accomplished the race in a single hour 45 minutes and 50 seconds, got here second. In his prize presentation speech, Tanganda Tea Firm finance director Henry Nemaire pledged his firm’s help for the occasion sooner or later.
“We’re excited to be related to such a profitable occasion as Tanganda Tea Firm. We’ll proceed partnering with the occasion for a lot of extra years to return, and we’re additionally pleased with the extent of competitors and self-discipline being showcased by the athletes 12 months in and 12 months out. As a enterprise entity, we’re proud to be taking part in our half in selling wellness in addition to nurturing expertise for nationwide sporting occasions,” mentioned Nemaire.
Nationwide Athletics Affiliation of Zimbabwe president Tendai Tagara mentioned:
“Tanganda Half Marathon has at all times been an essential a part of the NAAZ calendar, and that explains the presence of each who-is-who within the discipline of athletics in Zimbabwe. We maintain this occasion in excessive esteem, and we’re grateful to the financiers of the occasion for sparing assets for the profitable staging of this annual occasion. As NAAZ, we’ll proceed contributing our experience for this occasion in order that it re-mains successful as at all times.”
