Injury rules two Kenyans out of Delhi Half Marathon

    Source: Xinhua| 2018-10-19 22:51:20|Editor: Chengcheng
    Video PlayerClose

    By John Kwoba

    NAIROBI, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- An ankle injury has forced Berlin Half Marathon champion Eric Kiptanui to withdraw from Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday.

    The women's favorite Kenya's Caroline Kipkirui has also been forced to pull out citing a foot injury.

    Kiptanui, who is the fastest half marathoner in the world this year, recently sustained a slight injury in training and is not back to full fitness.

    "It's a blow to my preparations because I had hoped to continue my big performance," said Kiptanui on Friday. "I have to bite my time and wait for it to fully heal."

    It is the second race for the Kenyan to skip after he was no show at the Copenhagen Half Marathon last month.

    However, Kenya will still have a strong representation in India's premier road race, which has a winner's prize set at 27,000 U.S. dollars with a total prize money purse standing at 280,000 dollars.

    Kenya will have its hopes on world half marathon record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei, who will take the fight to Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia.

    The two women will go head to head for the course record, which has been standing since 2009 and it belongs to Kenya's Mary Keitany at 1:06.54.

    Jepkosgei and Dibaba have met twice before.

    Firstly, at last year's Ras al Khaimah Half Marathon in United Arab Emirates where Jepkosgei finished third and the Ethiopian legend was fifth.

    The second time the two clashed was in May at the Manchester 10km in Britain when Dibaba got the upper hand with a convincing win - 31:08 to 31:57 - with the Kenyan runner in second place.

    "The Delhi Half Marathon is my first-ever trip to India and so I am very much looking forward to visiting and also competing against, once again, Tirunesh Dibaba as well as the rest of the field of accomplished and confident women," said Jepkosgei.

    Jepkosgei set a world half marathon best of 1:04:52 in Prague in April, 2017 and improved it by one second to 1:04:51 in Valencia.

    In Delhi, Jepkosgei and Dibaba, third in Berlin marathon, will face opposition from Ethiopians Ababel Yeshaneh (65:46), Worknesh Degefa (66:14) Zeinaba Yimer (66:21) and Senbere Teferi (debut).

    "My training has gone on well. There is nothing much I have changed during my training and I'm looking forward to the race where I want to lower the record, even by a second," said Jepkosgei.

    The men's field will have Kenyans Alex Korio (58:51) and Daniel Kipchumba (59:06), Ethiopians Leul Gebresilase (59:18) and Feyisa Lilesa (59:22), New Zealand's Zane Robertson 59:47 and last year's runner-up Andamlak Belihu from Ethiopia (59:51) and last year's third-placer Leonard Korir from the United States (59:52).

    Olympic 5,000m bronze medalist Hagos Gebrhiwet is sick and will not compete in India. Enditem

    KEY WORDS:
    EXPLORE XINHUANET
    010020070750000000000000011100001375449641
    主站蜘蛛池模板: 99精品久久久中文字幕| 亚洲国产精品张柏芝在线观看 | 国产三级A三级三级| aisaobi| 精品人妻伦一二三区久久| 国产精品午夜爆乳美女视频| 丁香花免费高清视频完整版| 日韩色日韩视频亚洲网站| 亚洲精品自产拍在线观看| 自拍偷拍校园春色| 国产男女无遮挡猛进猛出| R级无码视频在线观看| 推油少妇久久99久久99久久| 亚洲av网址在线观看| 狠狠噜狠狠狠狠丁香五月| 国产99精品在线观看| 欧美另类精品xxxx人妖换性| 在线观看亚洲av每日更新| 中文字幕.com| 日韩大片免费看| 亚洲妇熟xxxx妇色黄| 男女交性特一级| 国产精品亚洲成在人线| www夜插内射视频网站| 日日噜噜噜夜夜爽爽狠狠| 亚洲jizzjizz妇女| 波多野たの结衣老人绝伦| 北条麻妃国产九九九精品视频| 91xav在线| 小泽玛利亚国产在线视频| 久久久久亚洲av无码专区| 欧洲精品码一区二区三区免费看 | 欧美日韩国产va另类| 免费国内精品久久久久影院| 色屁屁www欧美激情在线观看| 国产欧美亚洲精品| 77777_亚洲午夜久久多人| 女人18片免费视频网站| 中国极品美軳免费观看| 日本二区在线观看| 乱码卡一卡二卡新区在线|