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Ethiopian, Assefa, starts as favourite but could find the going tough as a fully-pumped up Rosemary Wanjiru yearns to make a statement in Thailand.
Paris Olympic marathon silver medalist Tigist Assefa will face stiff competition from three Kenyans for the crown at Bangsaen21 Half Marathon, in Chon Buri on December 15.
Assefa, 31, is a two-time Berlin marathon champion and will begin as favourite after losing to Sifan Hassan at the Paris Olympic Games marathon by the smallest margin ever in one of the most competitive marathon races in recent times.
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11:00 - 03.12.2024
'It’s not only me' - Speechless Sifan Hassan reveals crazy 2024 after being crowned Women’s World Athlete of the Year
The Dutchwoman added another title to her trophy cabinet as her stellar career takes shape.
The Ethiopian, a former women's world marathon record holder, bagged silver at the London marathon this year. She last raced a half marathon in 2022 and her PB of 1:07:28 dates back to April of that year.
Rosemary Wanjiru returns to competition for the first time since her runner-up finish at the Tokyo Marathon in March. The 30-year-old, who won in Tokyo in 2023 and also finished second in 2022, ran her marathon PB of 2:16:14 this year, while her half marathon best of 1:05:34 was achieved in Ras Al Khaimah in 2020.
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19:30 - 03.11.2024
Netherlands' Abdi Nageeye outkicks Kenya's Evans Chebet to clinch 2024 New York Marathon as Olympic champion Tola settles for fourth
Nageeye went toe-to-toe with Chebet before outckicking him in the final 400 meters to win the race in 2:07:39.
She will be joined in Chon Buri, Thailand, by her compatriots Gladys Chepkurui and Winfridah Moraa Moseti, who have both also dipped under 1:06:00 for the half marathon. Chepkurui finished third in Barcelona in 1:06:34 in February and was runner-up in the NYC Half in March. Her most recent performance is a second place in the 10-mile Dam tot Damloop in Amsterdam in September in 51:36, while she set her half marathon best of 1:05:46 in Barcelona last year.
Moseti achieved her half marathon best of 1:05:59 in Malaga in March and went on to finish second in the Hamburg Marathon, setting a PB of 2:18:25. She was also third in the Amsterdam Marathon in October.
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