media_artricles :: 2014

Nero 77th in World Half Marathon

Trinidad and Tobago’s Tonya Nero placed 77th out of 90 of the best women in the world at the World Half Marathon Championships in Denmark yesterday in a season best time of 1:18:26.

Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor of Kenya won the World Half Marathon Championship, while five-time winner Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea only came fourth.

Kamworor completed the 21.0975-kilometre flat route through downtown Copenhagen in 59 minutes, seven seconds. He was followed by Samuel Tsegay of Eritrea and Guye Adola of Ethiopia, who were both 13 seconds behind.

The trio of Kamworor, Tsegay and Adola managed to shake off Tadese, and the Kenyan then pulled away from his two rivals in the final kilometres. “The field was very competitive. That’s why I was pushing, pushing, pushing,” Kamworor said.

Kenyans swept the first five places in the women’s race with Gladys Cherono crossing the finish line first in 1:07.28. Mary Wacera Ngugi was 13 seconds behind in second place, with Selly Chepyego Kaptich 26 seconds back in third.

About 300 elite runners competed in the world championship event, with an additional 30,000 recreational runners also taking part in the race.

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