Kelvin Kiptum destroyed the best mark of the test (2:01:53), becoming the third fastest man in history in the distance. Amane Beriso did the same for her in her victory in the women’s category, in which Marta Galimany broke the Spanish record.
Valencia and the marathon have started an idyll. Incomplete, at least still, but already irresistible and with a future. was expected to Letesenbet Gidey and another Ethiopian appeared, Amane Beriso Shankule. A women’s world record was predicted and we had to happily settle for the third best mark of all time. A great record was predicted in the men’s section and, also, improving expectations, that same third-tier status was achieved with the Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum. There was speculation about two records in Spain and there was one, by Marta Galimany. The world festival and the Spanish one were not round because they were excessively ideal. But almost. Let’s go by parts.
Gidey, 24 years old, world record holder of 5,000, 10,000 and a half marathon, made his debut in the long distance in the city where, on its track and its asphalt, he achieved his tops of 5,000 meters and a half marathon. The conditions were excellent: about 13 temperatures, very little humidity and practically no wind. For much of the race, Gidey, surrounded by men, “hares” or companions, marched, seconds up, seconds down, in record times.
Run cautiously, without forcing, trying to reserve your strength for the second half of the run. They failed her and, then, beyond kilometer 30, emerging from that same group in which she seemed a guest with no real future, she stood out. Amane Beriso31, to win the second marathon of his life in 2:14:58, trailing only in the “all time” world ranking of Beatrice Kosgei (2:14:04) y Ruth Chepngetich (2:14:18). And ahead, ah is nothing, of Paula Radcliffe (2:15:25). Gidey, exhausted but still not breaking down the graceful figure, finished in 2:16:49. And she collapsed at the finish line. Her relationship with the marathon has only just begun. Continue. After all, her brand is the best for a debutante.
Kelvin Kiptum was also making his debut in the distance. And he did it big, running in 2:01:53. He is the third man to go under two hours and two minutes. ahead only Eliud Kipchoge (2:01:09) of Kenenisa Bekele (2:01:41). Kiptum is a brand new 23 years old last Friday and, suddenly, at that age and with that mark, he is running to succeed, if that is possible, a Kipchoge of 38 years of age who turned in November and who, still at the top of the summits, you don’t have much time ahead of you. the tanzanian Gabriel Geay (2:03:00), the Kenyan Jackson Mutiso (2:03:29) and the Ethiopian Tamirat Tola (2:03:40) also got outstanding numbers.
Ayad Lamdassemwho is now 41 years old, did not break his own national record (2:06:25) and stayed at 2:07:39 in a race in which he Tariku Novaleswith 2:07:18, rose to fourth place in the Spanish history after Lamdassem, Ben Daoud and Julio Rey. But, on the other hand, Marta Galimany surpassed, with 2:26:14, the ancient primate of Ana Isabel Alonso (2:26:51), which dated from 1995. He had already touched it, but now he has broken it.
The one in Valencia and all the other marathons are getting to know a series of marks, thanks to a large extent to the “magic shoes”. These technological innovations are welcome as long as, in order to raise the bar of the show, they do not take their feet out of the pot.
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