The Vienna City Marathon is one of the last few races during the second half of April which provides athletes with the chance to qualify for the Olympic Games’ marathon in Paris this summer. The official qualifying time is 2:08:10 and the qualifying window shuts on 30th April.
95 minutes later Kimutai lined up again in the 1500 m fast heat, and again he scored the win with a 3:45.78 PB. Another one of his Josai teammates Tatsuki Yamanaka was right with him with a 3:46.02 PB for 2nd, with high schooler Yanab Naoki Yoshikura of Waseda Jitsugyo H.S. 3rd in 3:49.08.
During that time he ran the equivalent of a 27:57 road 10 km and 59:22 half marathon in ekidens and U20 Asian area best 27:28.50 for 10000 m, all at age 19, and since turning 20 in January an indoor 5000 m NR of 13:09.45, an indoor 3000 m NR of 7:42.56, and an Asian area best 8:14.71 for 2 miles ind...
“I’m really proud that my country is hosting another world-class competition, and it’s a pleasure to compete in front of a home crowd,” said Bibic. “I’m glad we’ve gathered this many champions for the event.
Senior squads are led by Weini Kelati, a dominant women's winner at the USATF Championships, taking the title by more than 35 seconds, and men's runner-up Anthony Rotich. Kelati was 21st at Bathurst last year, and Rotich placed 45th in the men's race. Emmanuel Bor, 31st in 2023, is the highest-pla...
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