When the four Kenyans line up in New York, it will be the first time in the history of the event that the defending TCS New York City Marathon champion, Boston Marathon champion, Olympic champion and record holder world will compete in the TCS New York City Marathon.
Lokedi won the TCS New York City Marathon on her marathon debut last year, pulling away in the final two miles to finish in 2:23:23″ and became the eighth athlete to win the race on her true debut. over 26.2 miles.In preparation for the marathon, Lokedi had run the United Airlines NYC Half and the Mastercard New York Mini 10K, finishing fourth and second respectively in those races.
Obiri is a two-time Olympic medalist and seven-time individual world championship medalist who earlier this year won the Boston Marathon on her second attempt at the distance, in addition to winning the United Airlines NYC Half on her debut. . Obiri holds the Kenyan record for the 3000 meters and represented Kenya at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics, winning silver medals in the 5000 meters at both Olympiads. In her marathon debut last year in New York, she finished sixth.
Jepchirchir is the only athlete to have won the Olympic Marathon, the TCS New York Marathon and the Boston Marathon. She is also a two-time gold medalist at the half marathon world championships. In 2021, she won the Tokyo Olympic Marathon to capture Kenya’s second straight gold medal in the event. Four months later, she won the TCS New York Marathon, finishing in 2h22’39”, the third fastest time in the event’s history and eight seconds off the event record. In April 2022 , in a last-mile out-and-back race, she held off Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh to win the Boston Marathon title on Boylston Street on her race debut in 2:21:02. In April, she recorded another podium finish, taking third place at the TCS London Marathon.
Kosgei is the marathon world record holder and has won an Olympic silver medal and five Abbott World Marathon Majors races; she will now make her TCS New York City Marathon debut. In 2019, Kosgei broke 16-year-old Paula Radcliffe’s world record of 81 seconds by running 2:14:04 to win the Chicago Marathon. It was her second Chicago Marathon victory, as she l She also won in 2018. Additionally, she won back-to-back London Marathons in 2019 and 2020, the Tokyo Marathon in 2022, and the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympic Marathon.
The 2023 TCS New York City Marathon Female Professional Athlete Field is presented by Mastercard. Full professional athlete fields will be announced at a later date.
The 2023 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 5 will have 50,000 runners and will be broadcast live on WABC-TV Channel 7 in the New York Tri-State area, the rest of the country on ESPN2 and worldwide by various international broadcasters.
2023-08-16 17:59:24
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