Nov 12 (Reuters) – World half marathon champion Agnes Ngetich is set to make her marathon debut in Valencia on December 6, race organisers announced on Thursday. • Kenya’s Ngetich shaved a second off the women-only half marathon world record at the World Athletics Running Championships in September • The 25-year-old also triumphed at the World […]
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Athletics-World half marathon champion Ngetich set for marathon debut in Valencia
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Nov 12 (Reuters) – World half marathon champion Agnes Ngetich is set to make her marathon debut in Valencia on December 6, race organisers announced on Thursday.
• Kenya’s Ngetich shaved a second off the women-only half marathon world record at the World Athletics Running Championships in September
• The 25-year-old also triumphed at the World Cross Country Championships in January
• Ngetich won the Valencia half marathon in 2024 and 2025.
• “She has already made history on our streets … now, she dreams of doing it again over a new distance,” the Valencia Marathon organisers said on Instagram
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)