Athens Classic Marathon 2013/AIMS – Stephen Kiprotich, Wilson Kipsang, Edna Kiplagat and Priscah Jeptoo challenge for AIMS Best Marathon Runner of the Year Award

A quartet stacked with talent comprising  Stephen Kiprotich and Wilson Kipsang on the men’s side and Edna Kiplagat and Priscah Jeptoo for the women are contenders for the AIMS Best Marathon Runner (BMR) of the year Award, which will be presented in Athens to a male and a female athlete for the first time on 8th November.

The award’s announcement will form the crowning moment of a gala to be staged by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) in cooperation with the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS) in Athens to honour the winners.

This will take place two days before the Athens Classic Marathon, which will be staged by SEGAS on 10th November, a race which has attracted over 30,000 participants in this and its associate events.

After the Berlin Marathon the AIMS Executive Board nominated candidates for this inaugural award. Board members have taken into account performances over the past twelve months from October 2012 to September 2013.

With the candidates now confirmed, every AIMS member race has one vote to determine the winner.

There are currently more than 350 AIMS member races.

Stephen Kiprotich and Wilson Kipsang are the contenders for the men’s title. This year Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich added the World Championships gold medal to his Olympic title when he ran 2:09:51 in Moscow.

But the gold from London 2012 falls outside the period that determines the AIMS Best Marathon Runner of the Year.

Prior to his World Championship triumph, the 24 year-old Kiprotich finished sixth in the London Marathon with 2:08:05.

Source: Athen Classic Marathon