Evans Chebet, the defending champion, will challenge Geoffrey Kamworor, a two-time winner, in the return of the TCS New York City Marathon which will take place on Sunday, November 5.
The Kenyan Chebet was the winner in the New York edition held in 2022 with a time of 2:08:41, seven months after winning the Boston Marathon. Chebet became the eighth man in history to win both races in the same year and his first since 2011. He already defended his Boston title earlier this year and has finished first or second in 13 marathons.
Edward Cheserek will debut in the road test in the elite male group, while Letesenbet Gidey will run for the first time in the women’s event.
“I feel very confident as I begin my preparations to defend my World Cup title. new york marathon TCSChebet said. “I know that no one has won Boston and New York in back-to-back years since Bill Rodgers in the 1970s, so making history will be my goal,” he said.
Among those who will compete with Chebet will be his compatriot Geoffrey Kamworor, three-time world half marathon champion, who seeks to become the third athlete to win three titles of the men’s open division of the Big Apple Marathon. Kamworor won in both 2019 and 2017, and has been on the podium in all four of her starts.
Others that make up the elite group that will participate in the 2023 edition of this popular race are: Maru Teferi, recent silver medalist in the Israel Marathon; two-time world silver medalist Mosinet Geremew of Ethiopia; Olympic silver medalist Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands; 2021 New York Marathon champion Albert Korir of Kenya; two-time New York Marathon runner-up Shura Kitata of Ethiopia, North American marathon record holder Cam Levins of Canada, and third-place finisher of this year’s NYC Half Zouhair Talbi of Morocco.
Kenyan Cheserek, the most decorated athlete in NCAA history, will make his distance debut, while the American contingent will be led by national champion Futsum Zeinasellassie and 2021 New York Marathon fourth-place finisher Elkanah Kibet.
Lokedi will not have an easy task to revalidate his title on the streets of New York
Elite female group in New York
The poster of women in the elite group that will run in New York 2023 next November is up for grabs.
In addition to New York Marathon champion Sharon Lokedi, she will be joined at the start line by Boston Marathon champion Hellen Obiri; Olympic gold medalist and 2021 New York City Marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir; and the marathon world record holder, Brigid Kosgei.
In addition to Lokedi and Obiri, the Israeli Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, last year’s runner-up, and the Ethiopian Gotytom Gebreslase, third classified and two-time medalist at the World Championships, will return.
Others returning are the Kenyan Edna Kiplagat – winner of the New York, Boston, London marathons and the World Championships – and the Olympian Viola Cheptoo. This certainly seems to be the thrill of the race.
Among those making their debut in the New York Marathon are the Ethiopian Gidey, Olympic and world medalist, world record holder of 10,000 meters and a half marathon. Last year in Valencia, the athlete recorded the fastest debut in history in the women’s marathon (2:16:49). Yalemzerf Yehualaw, a bronze medalist at the World Championships and winner of the 2022 London Marathon, will also line up for the first time.
Leading the American women will be two-time Olympic champion and three-time New York half marathon champion, Molly Huddle, who will run the Big Apple 42K for the third time. Huddle finished third in 2016 and fourth in 2018. She will be joined by Kellyn Taylor, who has finished in her top 10 in all three of her New York Marathon starts, including sixth in 2021.
“I’m so excited to be back in the New York City Marathon, my first time back in the race since 2018 and my first marathon anywhere since becoming a mom,” Huddle said. “I think the nature of the New York course and the way the race normally runs suits me very well this fall, and it will be great to go back to where my entire marathon career began – on the streets of New York,” he said. she.
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