Report: Valencia Half Marathon
Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey has set a new world record at the Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP in 1:02:52 seconds. It was her debut in the Half Marathon at the World Athletics Elite Label road race on Sunday 24 October 2021 in Valencia, Spain. Gidey has already broken the world 5000m last year in Spain. Gidey’s pace dropped very slightly during the last quarter of the race but still was in the world record pace and ensured she didn’t miss it.
“I knew I could run this kind of time as my training sessions in the altitude of Addis Ababa have gone very well. In the future, I’m thinking of competing at the marathon distance but I’m not sure that will come before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games or later” said Gidey, the world silver medallist and the Olympic bronze medallist.
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Yehualaw finished second in 1:03:51 seconds which was also inside the previous world record. Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui bettered her clocking in 1:04:54 seconds took third place.
Kenya’s Abel Kipchumba clocked 58:07 to win the men’s race, the world 10km record holder Rhonex Kipruto placed second in 58:09 and Daniel Mateiko finished third in 58:26. Kenya’s sweep from first – fifth.
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Report: Valencia Half Marathon.
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The Leading results women
| POSITION | NAME | TIME | COUNTRY |
| 1 | LETESENBET GIDEY | 1:02:52 | ETHIOPIA |
| 2 | YALEMZERF YEHUALAW | 1:03:51 | ETHIOPIA |
| 3 | SHEILA CHEPKIRUI | 1:04:53 | KENYA |
| 4 | BRENDA JEPLETING | 1:05:44 | KENYA |
| 5 | BOSENA MULATE | 1:06:00 | ETHIOPIA |
| 6 | NIGSTI HAFTU | 1:06:17 | ETHIOPIA |
| 7 | HAWI FEYSA | 1:07:25 | ETHIOPIA |
| 8 | SARAH LAHTI | 1:08:19 | SWEDEN |
| 9 | FIONNUALA MCCORMACK | 1:09.32 | IRELAND |
| 10 | CAMILLA RICHARDSON | 1:10:51 | FINLAND |
The leading results men
| POSITION | NAME | TIME | COUNTRY |
| 1 | ABEL KIPCHUMBA | 58:07 | KENYA |
| 2 | RHONEX KIPRUTO | 58:09 | KENYA |
| 3 | DANIEL MATEIKO | 58:26 | KENYA |
| 4 | KENNEDY KIMUTAI | 58:28 | KENYA |
| 5 | PHILEMON KIPLIMO | 58:34 | KENYA |
| 6 | MUKTAR EDRIS | 58:40 | ETHIOPIA |
| 7 | MATHEW KIMELI | 58:43 | KENYA |
| 8 | KELVIN KIPTUM | 59:02 | KENYA |
| 9 | RODGERS KWEMOI | 59:16 | KENYA |
| 10 | FELIX KIPKOECH | 59:28 | KENYA |
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