Ethiopian 10K world record-holder Yalemzerf Yehualaw amongst ladies and two-time World Championship silver medallist Kenyan Daniel Simiyu Ebenyo amongst males will lead the international field of athletes who shall be seen in motion on the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K right here on December 17.
Yalemzerf, who holds the 10K document of 29:14 set final yr, additionally sits second on the World all-time listing over half-marathon distance with 1:03:51 set in 2021. She gained a significant marathon in London Marathon 2022, turning into the youngest ever feminine winner of the occasion.
Ethiopian Anchinalu Dessie and Kenya’s Betty Chepkemoi Kibet are the principle challengers for Yehualaw, who made her 25K debut right here. Anchinalu recorded a half-marathon private finest of 1:07:30 in Milan this yr, whereas Kibet has a half-marathon finest of 1:06:37, set within the 2021 Roma-Ostia occasion.
In the lads’s part, Ebenyo, who gained World championship silver medals at 10,000m in Budapest in August final after which the half-marathon race in Riga on the inaugural World Road Running Championships, gained the Vedanta Delhi half-marathon in October and appears ahead to his debut in Kolkata.
His compatriots Roncer Kipkorir Konga and Bernard Biwott, with sub-60-minute half-marathon bests, are anticipated to push Ebenyo. Konga took the title in Buenos Aires in August with 59:08, whereas Biwott posted an early world lead of 59:44 in January profitable in Santa Pola, Spain.Â
