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by LetsRun.com
November 29, 2020
It was a great morning for the 2020 World Half Marathon bronze medalists as Ethiopians. Yalemzerf Yehualaw Y Amedework Walelegn they both earned $ 37,000 wins ($ 27k for the former, $ 10k for event records) in event record time today at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon.
The main performance came in the women’s race, where Yehualaw, the 21-year-old who missed last year in Delhi by 1 second in 66:01, ran an unofficial 64:46, the second fastest women’s half marathon in the history. in a records eligible course.
| The 5 fastest women’s half marathons in history 1 64: 28 * Brigid Kosgei KEN 2019 Great North Run 08.09.2019 2 64:31 Ababel Yeshaneh ETH 2020 RAK Half 21.02.2020 3 64:46 Yalemzerf Yehualaw ETH 2020 Delhi Half 11.28.2019 4 64:49 Brigid Kosgei KEN 2020 RAK Half 21.02.2020 5 64:51 Joyciline Jepkosgei KEN 2017 Valencia 22.10.2017 * No eligible registrations |
In the men’s race, Walelegn, also 21, won a three-way sprint in an unofficial 58:52 as a two-time defending champion. Andamlak Belihu from Ethiopia and Stephen the cat Uganda’s also broke 59:00 to finish second and third respectively. Today’s order of arrival was the same as in the World Half last month, as in Poland Walelegn was third, Belihu was fifth and Kissa was 19. World Champion 5000 of 2017 and 2019 ran Muktar edris Ethiopia also ran very well today on his debut, as he was in the top 5 overall with a time close to 59:00 (official race times were not available at press time).
This year’s course was different from years past due to Covid-19, but the event’s record was 59:06 for men and 66:00 for women.
Talk about the race on our message board: MEGABYTE: 2020 Delhi Half Marathon Official Discussion Thread
You can watch a replay of the race broadcast below.
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