
Double Olympic champion, Joshua Cheptegei will make his debut at the 19th edition of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, slated for October 20, 2024 in Delhi, India.
The 30 year-old will have to get past the two-time World 5000m Champion, Muktar Edris, from Ethiopia who comes to this race with the fastest time on paper of 58:40 that he got three years ago in Valencia.
The Ugandan who is fresh from his victory in 10,000m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, is the current world record holder for the 5000m and the 10,000m and also holds the world best time over the 15km distance.
Ahead of the race, Cheptegei expressed: “I’m incredibly excited to debut at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon. This race is known for its energetic atmosphere, fast course, and unmatched Hospitality. I can’t wait to soak it all in and push myself to deliver a memorable performance. With such a competitive line-up, it will be an exciting challenge, and I’m aiming for nothing less than the top spot.”
The double World Cross Country champion will face a formidable opposition from Edris, who will be returning to the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon after 2022. Edris finished fourth on his debut in the Delhi Half Marathon in 2020 with an impressive run of 59:04. Before that, he won two world championship titles in the 5,000m during 2017 and 2019.
The two will also have to get past Kenya’s Alex Matata who holds a lifetime best of 59:37 that he set five months ago in Italy and the 2017 World Marathon bronze medallist, Alphonce Simbu from Tanzania.
The four elite athletes will be chasing to lower the race course record of 58:53 that was set in 2020 by Ethiopia’s Amdework Walelegn.
LEADING TIME
21KM MEN
1. Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 59:21
2. Muktar Edris (ETH) 58:40
3. Dinkalem Ayele (ETH) 59:30
4. Alex Matata (KEN) 59:37
5. Alphonce Simbu (TAN) 60:03
6. Ismael Kiprono (KEN) 60:46
7. Levy Kibet (KEN) 61:37
8. Asmamawu Diro (ETH) 61:42
9. Malede Bukayaw (ISR) 62:45
10. Yitayew Abuhay (ISR) 64:21
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John Vaselyne is the founder of Athletics News. Africa’s only Independent Athletics News website. He has covered World U18 and U20 Championships, World Cross Country Championships, Four Continental Tour Gold Series, Wanda Diamond League. He has passion for the Sport and has over seven years experience in this area of sport. He is also the Leading Athletics Pundit in the Country, having been hosted in ALL leading TV stations in Kenya
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