Norwegian runner limbers up for the World Cross with an important run in New York, whereas Matt Hudson-Smith clocks 200m PB in Florida and Letsile Tebogo exhibits nice power over 400m
Probably the most eye-catching performances of the weekend got here at The Ten in San Juan Capistrano, California, on Saturday – for a full report, see right here. However there was additionally loads of different motion on the observe and roads all over the world.
United Airways NYC Half, New York Metropolis, March 17
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal of Norway gained the ladies’s race in 69:09 forward of Gladys Chepkirui (69:27) and Edna Kiplagat (69:46).
Grøvdal’s subsequent race is the World Cross Nation Championships in Belgrade on March 30 the place the three-time Euro Cross winner will tackle the main east Africans plus Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands.
After dropping out of the US Olympic Marathon Trials earlier this yr, Jenny Simpson returned to motion by ending high US lady in 72:06.
Abel Kipchumba of Kenya gained gained the lads’s race in 60:25 from Morocco’s Zouhair Talbi (60:41) and Eritrea’s Yemane Haileselassie (61:37) with Hillary Bor the main US finisher in fourth in 61:47.
Kenenisa Bekele was seventh in 63:59, which doesn’t bode properly forward of the London Marathon on April 21 though the previous world 5000m and 10,000m record-holder mentioned he suffered slight abdomen pains earlier than the race and hopes to be 100% for London.
Abel Kipchumba (NYC Half)
Run Rome the Marathon, Italy, March 17
Victories went to Asbel Rutto with a course report of two:06:23 and fellow Kenya Ivyne Lagat Jeruto with 2:24:35 on this picturesque 26.2-miler within the Italian capital.
Brian Kipsang (2:07:56) and Sila Kiptoo (2:08:09) have been second and third within the males’s race with Lydia Simiyu (2:25:10) with Emebet Niguse (2:26:41) second and third within the girls’s.
Asbel Rutto with 2:06:23 and Ivyne Lagat Jeruto with 2:24:35 win the 2024 “Run Rome the Marathon” in Italy. pic.twitter.com/z2taEzX6mZ
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Hurricane Invitational, Cobb Stadium, Miami, Florida, March 16
Matt Hudson-Smith ran a 200m PB of 20.39 (1.7) as he completed runner-up to Jordan Ware. The 29-year-old – a medallist at 400m on the final two world championships – improved from 20.56.
It’s encouraging type in Olympic yr from the British 400m record-holder and exhibits a return to his roots as he gained an English Faculties 200m title 11 years in the past in his native Birmingham.
On the similar assembly Fred Kerley of america opened his 2024 marketing campaign with a ten.03 (1.9) 100m win.
Villa de Laredo 10km, Spain, March 16
Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia scored a notable win over Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda as he clocked 26:37 to Cheptegei’s 26:53.
Konstanze Klosterhalfen of Germany gained the ladies’s race in 31:07.
ASA Grand Prix, Pretoria, South Africa, March 18
Letsile Tebogo, the world 100m and 200m medallist from Botswana, improved his 400m PB from 44.75 to 44.29. This follows the 20-year-old’s world 300m report of 30.69 in February.
Elsewhere on the assembly, Kethobogile Haingura of Botswana ran 1:43.94 for 800m.
Lille Half-Marathon, 10km & 5km, France, March 17
Jimmy Gressier of France clocked a European report of 27:07 for 10km as he out-kicked Jacob Krop.
Grace Nawowuna of Kenya gained the ladies’s 10km in 30:27, whereas the 5km occasions have been gained by Birhanu Balew of Bahrain in 13:07 and Edinah Jebitok of Kenya in 14:38.
Ezekiel Mutai of Uganda (60:43) and Susan Chembai of Kenya (68:01) gained the half-marathon.
Seoul Marathon, March 17
Jemal Yimer (2:06:08) and Fikrte Wereta (2:21:32) gave Ethiopia two victories on this race.
Los Angeles Marathon, March 17
Dominic Ngeno of Kenya (2:11:01) and Stacy Ndiwa, additionally of Kenya, (2:25:29) took victory in California. Runner-up within the girls’s race with 2:25:49 was Volha Mazuronak, the 2018 European champion from Belarus, who now lives in america.
Lisbon Half-Marathon, Portugal, March 17
Brigid Kosgei, the previous world marathon record-holder from Kenya, gained by greater than three minutes in 65:51 as Dinkalem Ayele of Ethiopia took the lads’s race in 60:36.
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