the kenyan Sebastian Kimaruwho was scheduled to be the ‘hare’ this Sunday in the twenty-seventh edition of the Seville Half Marathon, in which the organization was looking for the men’s race to lower the one-hour mark, was finally the winner of the test and also fulfilling the objective, since his time was 59 minutes and two seconds.
In the women’s race, the Spanish Meritxell Soler She was the winner of the test when she crossed the finish line with a time of one hour, ten minutes and 36 seconds.kimaru Y to usually do thus shattered the records of the EDP Seville Half Marathon in the best edition since it was organized, which is demonstrated by the fact that the Kenyan managed to lose time for the first time in the Andalusian capital and the Spanish the sixth best national mark in the history.
After kimaruthe second at the finish line was his compatriot David Ngure Irunguwho made a time of one hour and twenty-two seconds, while the Ethiopian closed the podium Gebrie Erkihun Jenberie with a mark of one hour and twenty-seven seconds.
In women, the Catalan entered ahead of two of the favorites to win, the French Melody Julien, which covered the half marathon in one hour, eleven minutes and seven seconds; and the Swedish Caroline Wisktromwhich crossed in third place with a mark of one hour, eleven minutes and ten seconds.
The Seville test is the flattest half marathon of all those held in Europe and in this edition it was possible to break the records that it had until this Sunday, established by the Italian eyob Faniel in 2020 with 1h00:44 and the Kenyan Ruth Waithera with 1h10:39 in 2019.
kimaru He did the work of a hare until kilometer 10, which he passed in a formidable 27:44, so he decided to go ahead and took a few meters ahead of the group that was leading the test, the first of his professional career in which he competed at international level.
Alberto Sanchez he was the first Spaniard to cross the finish line with 1h03:14, improving on his 1h03:39 achieved in Sagunto (Valencia).
to usually dofor her part, achieved the new record for the Seville event in the women’s race by three seconds, which is a minimum for the next World Championship, but another Spanish woman also stood out, Maitane Melerowhich was fourth with 1h12:08.
In the wheelchair category the victory went to Raphael Bottle with 50:19, followed by Joaquin Alvarez (58:43) and Joaquin Garcia Diaz (1h00:26).
This EDF Half Marathon of Seville, with the participation of 10,500 runners and a prelude to the Seville Marathon that will be held on February 20, returned to its traditional date, after disputing the last edition in October due to health restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, and he did it with the highest sporting level in his history.