Kenya finishes behind Eriteria and Ethiopia at the World Half Marathon Championships

Kenya bagged two bronze medals at the 20^th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Kavarna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, Saturday.

Eriteria’s Zersenay Tadese displayed his dominance in the World Half Marathon with a record fifth gold medal in a time of 60 min 19 sec. Second place went to Deressa Chimsa from Ethiopia while Kenya’s John Mwangangi came in third for a bronze medal.

However, Kenya bagged the team race as it had four runners in the top six.

Lesser-Known Hailu upsets favourite Chepkorir

In the women’s division, Meseret Hailu posted a personal best of 68 min 55 sec to lead compatriot Feyse Tadese (68:56) in an Ethiopian 1-2 while Kenya’s Pascalia Chepkorir (69:04) who is the winner of the Sao Paolo Half Marathon came in third to bag the first bronze medal for Kenya.

Lydia Cheromei finished in fourth place in a time of 69 min 13 sec to ensure Kenya claimed second place in the team race.

Here are top 6 results

Men

1.       Zersenay Tadese ERI 1:00:19

2.       Deressa Chimsa ETH 1:00:51 (PB)

3.       John Nzau Mwangangi KEN 1:01:01

4.       Pius Maiyo Kirop KEN 1:01:11

5.       Stephen Kosgei Kibet KEN 1:01:40

6.       Eliud Kipchoge KEN 1:01:52

Women

1.       Meseret Hailu ETH 1:08:55 (PB)

2.       Feyse Tadese ETH 1:08:56 (SB)

3.       Paskalia Chepkorir KEN 1:09:04

4.       Lydia Cheromei KEN 1:09:13

5.       Emebt Etea ETH 1:10:01 (PB)

6.       Pauline Njeri KEN 1:10:22

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