NAIROBI — World file holder for the ladies’s marathon, Ruth Chepng’etich, shall be competing at this yr’s Lisbon Half Marathon on March 9.
Chepng’etich shall be competing in her second race of the season, following on from New Yr’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 file of two:09:56 — changing into the primary girl to ever run a sub-2:10 within the 42km.
It was the end result of a dominant yr during which 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 file holder from Kenya to take action since Brigid Kosgei in 2024.
The previous world file holder for the ladies’s marathon clocked 1:05:51 to cross the end line finally yr’s version, forward of Ethiopian duo of Bosena Mulatie (1:09:00) and Tigist Gezahagn (1:09:14) in second and third respectively.