That is Justin Lagat’s preview of the ladies’s marathon, which can be held exterior the stadium, in Budapest Metropolis Centre, on August 26, 2023, on Day 8.
The day will begin early on the eighth day of the championships when seventy-eight girls take a run on a heat morning on the streets of Budapest to hunt medals for his or her international locations. The race is scheduled to start out at 7:00 AM (native time).
Ethiopia presents a robust squad for the ladies’s marathon race. 24-year-old Tsehay Gemechu has a private and seasonal finest time of two:16:56, which she ran early this yr to complete second on the Tokyo Marathon. Amane Beriso Shankule has the quickest time on the beginning listing of two:14:58, which she set final December on the Valencia Marathon to win the race in a brand new Ethiopian nationwide file.
Additionally on the beginning listing is the world defending champion, Gotytom Gebreslase, with a private finest time of two:18:11. The opposite identify to be careful for within the Ethiopian workforce is Yalemzerf Yehualaw with a private finest time of two:17:23 which she ran to win the London final yr. The 24-year-old holds the 10km world file at 29:14.
Solely Kenya’s Rosemary Wanjiru has a private finest time that locations her among the many quickest three Ethiopians. The 2023 Tokyo Marathon champion has 2:16.28, a time that makes her the world chief this yr for the marathon.
The opposite sub 2:20 runners on the beginning listing in Israel’s Lorna Salpeter, with a time of two:17.45, and USA’s Keira D’amato, who has 2:19.12. She can also be returning as one of many medalists from Eugene, having received the bronze medal there.
Rose Chelimo of Bahrain doesn’t have one of many quickest instances right here however is a championship runner, having received a silver medal in nearly equally heat situations in Doha 2019.
The climate has been heat and humid many of the mornings right here in Budapest, and it may play a fantastic position in how the runners will run right here. Maybe expertise may win over private finest instances.
Others to be careful for can be Kenya’s Sally Kaptich, who has a private finest of two:20.03, and Shyline Toroitich, who’s the present Enschede Marathon champion, the place she set her private finest time this yr.
