The half marathon world report holder, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, managed to take house the victory on the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon however fell simply 25 seconds in need of his half-marathon world report of 57:31. Two ladies had a day to recollect as they set information of their very own – Ethiopia’s Girmawit Gebrzihair received the race in a course report time (64:14) whereas making her half-marathon debut, and Eilish McColgan (66:26) broke Paula Radcliffe’s long-standing British half-marathon report, in what was solely her second outing on the distance.
UPDATE: Jacob Kiplimo wins the 2022 @rakhalfmarathon in Dubai.
Males 20km RESULTS
🥇 Jacob Kiplimo 🇺🇬 57:56
🥈 Rodgers Kwemoi 🇰🇪 58:30
🥉 Kenneth Kiprop Renju 🇰🇪 58:35
Enjoyable reality:Kiplimo is the World report holder of the Half Marathon which he broke in Lisbon clocking 57:31 #RAKHalf pic.twitter.com/nKIJHdF2av— aisha nassanga (@AishaSports) February 19, 2022
Kiplimo obtained out to a blazing begin, hitting the 5K mark in 13:23 and 10K in 26:56. His aim heading into the race was to decrease his report on this quick United Arab Emirates course, which has gained a fame for quick occasions. As soon as Kiplimo reached 15K, he was nonetheless on the world report tempo, setting a world finest time of 40:43 (2:43/km). Sadly, he light over the past six kilometres to complete shy of his WR in 57:56. Kiplimo now possesses three of the highest 5 half marathon occasions in historical past.
Rodgers Kwemoi of Kenya completed 34 seconds behind Kiplimo for second place and his compatriot Kenneth Renju (58:35) was third. All the high three males completed beneath the earlier course report of 58:42.
What a win for Girmawit Gebrzihair who beats Hellen Obiri with a time of 1:04.22 at @rakhalfmarathon 🇪🇹
The pair go fourth and fifth on the all-time listing 🔥 pic.twitter.com/6lR5OYKVtj
— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) February 19, 2022
Within the ladies’s race, eight of the principle contenders caught intently collectively early on as went out on tempo for a sub-64 time. The lead group included the 2020 RAK winner Ababel Yeshaneh, Gebrzihair, Kenya’s Hellen Obiri, Sheila Chepkirui and 1,500m world report holder Genzebe Dibaba.
Obiri, Gebrzihair and Chepkirui started to separate themselves from the group on the 15K mark, however it was Gebrzihair who held on for the win down the stretch, with the two-time Olympic silver medallist, Obiri, putting second in a private finest time of 64:22. Chepkirui was third in 64:36.
Nicely that’s one other of my household information gone this morning by @eilishmccolgan , however least it took a BRITISH report to get it 1:06:26 HM 😁#proudmum. #proudcoach. #pb pic.twitter.com/oWsaGXei3I
— liz mccolgan (@Lizmccolgan) February 19, 2022
Among the many high 10 was British runner McColgan, who shattered her mom’s (Liz McColgan) half marathon finest time of 67:11 and the nice Paula Radcliffe’s nationwide report of 66:47, which was set again in 2001. McColgan ran solo from the 5K mark, because the leaders went out at a sub-64 tempo. McColgan managed to choose off a number of runners as they dropped from the lead group, ending sixth general in 66:26.