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(MENAFN – IANS) 
New Delhi, November 12 (IANS) Defending champions Andamlak Belihu and Tsehay Gemecu will return to the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon for the 16th edition of the Gold Label Road Race World Athletics, which is scheduled for November 29. aim for an unprecedented third consecutive victory in the national capital.
“I have been training well in (Ethiopia’s capital) Addis Ababa for the last few months and I am very grateful to have the opportunity to race in Delhi, a city I always enjoy coming back to and competing,” said Belihu, who will turn 22 shortly. more than a week before race day.
Belihu’s compatriot Guye Adola still holds the ADHM course record with 59:06 that the latter recorded in 2014, but Belihu has been very close in the last two years with 59:18 and a personal best of 59:10 in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
His goal will be to finally break into new territory on the streets of Delhi, perhaps even under 59 minutes, and confirm his place as the most successful runner in ADHM history after finishing second in his career debut in 2017.
Last year, Gemechu improved her own 2018 women’s race record by no less than 50 seconds when she achieved an impressive personal best of 66:00.
“Covid-19 is a disaster that has affected the lives of everyone around the world and has undoubtedly affected my training, especially in the early stages of the pandemic, when we were all afraid of infection. Later, my coach and I decided to take care of ourselves, taking into account all the advice of the World Health Organization, and started my own individual training program with my main goal of going back to Delhi, although since September I have had a few races on the track. ” said Gemechu, who will turn 22 in December.
ADHM 2020 will be unlike any previous edition with only an estimated 60 international and Indian elite runners in action on the roads of Delhi, with the traditional start and finish at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the event taking place in a bubble biosecurity.
–IANS
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