Andualem Shiferaw leads an elite present at the Lisbon Marathon
Regarding the Portuguese present, the highlights were Hermano Ferreira (1:01.24), Rui Pinto (1:02.56) and Miguel Borges (1:04.55).
Ethiopian Andualem Belay Shiferaw Minutes leads the foreign and national elite that will participate on Sunday in the Lisbon Marathon, which brings together 16 athletes with marks below 2:10 am, the organization announced this Wednesday.
Shiferaw (2:05.52), current Half Marathon and also record holder of the course, as main headphones or fellow countryman Meku horaant Aye Genewbre (2:04.4.) and Kenyan Nicholas Kirwa (2:05.01).
In the women’s sector, the athlete with the best personal brand is the Kenyan veteran Priscah Jeptoo (2:20.14), 38 years old, with compatriot Bornes Jepkirui Kitur (2:21.26) and Ethiopian Abebech Afework (2:26) standing out. 23.33).
Jeptoo finished sixth at the Hamburg Marathon this year, while Afework finished fourth at the Daegu Marathon in South Korea.
In the Half Marathon, the highlight goes to the Kenyan Isaac Kipsang Temoi, the only one present with a record below the hour (59.44), who has already won in the Portuguese capital in 2019.
Its main accessories are the Ugandans Maxwell Kortek Roteh (1:00.20) and Isaac Kibet (1:00.20) and also the Ethiopian Dinkalen Ayele Adaen (1:00.29).
Regarding the Portuguese present, the highlights were Hermano Ferreira (1:01.24), Rui Pinto (1:02.56) and Miguel Borges (1:04.55).
In the women’s sector, there are six athletes with marks below 70 minutes, especially Magdalena Shauri (1:06.37), Ludwina Chepngetich (1:07.30), Stella Jepkosgei Rutto (1:07.45), Alemaddis Eyayu ( 1:08.04).
In the women’s squad will still be Carla Salomé Rocha, back in the half marathons four years after having made her best personal record in this same race (1:12.12), Susana Cunha, who was this year in the European marathon in Munich, Dulce Felix (1:08.33) and Sara Moreira (1:09.18).
“Along with a top elite, which makes Lisbon the world capital of sport during the next weekend, we have exhausted all the evidence of pride and responsibility”, says in a statement the responsible for the organization Carlos Moia.
The director reciprocates, “providing thousands of athletes with a special day”, and leaves a “thank you to all who make these events magical” with “the wish of good luck to all participants”.