Official 2020 World Half Marathon Championships Live Discussion Thread

seems to be a good bloke.

Adidas won medal table today 1gold 2 silver vs 1 gold 2 bronze for Nike

Jake Smith third in the all time GB rankings with 60:31, I see him out running from time to time. Looks as if his 28:01 10000 metre time trial with his flatmates was no fluke

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCHEkVXnBgq/?igshid=116kutepw00yq

farah would have won today and everybody would have cried about the race magically running slow to suit him

Other guy wrote:

rojo wrote:

Cheptgei isn't even going to medal..... Wow.

Well I guess h'es only 5 seconds back

Jakob could have medaled.

Jakob ran 35 minutes for 10K today at a local race placing 61st, so no I don't think he would have medaled. His splits were:

2:59 min/km

2:43 min/km

2:59 min/km

2:53 min/km

2:45 min/km

2:42 min/km

3:02 min/km

6:12 min/km

4:10 min/km

4:40 min/km

Looks like he ran a workout and jogged to the finish. Not really in race shape.

WalterM wrote:

Other guy wrote:

Jakob could have medaled.

Jakob ran 35 minutes for 10K today at a local race placing 61st, so no I don't think he would have medaled. His splits were:

2:59 min/km

2:43 min/km

2:59 min/km

2:53 min/km

2:45 min/km

2:42 min/km

3:02 min/km

6:12 min/km

4:10 min/km

4:40 min/km

Looks like he ran a workout and jogged to the finish. Not really in race shape.

He was in pretty good shape exactly one month go when he ran a European record 3k in 7:27, outkicked in the last 50 meters by 0.39 seconds by the winner of todays half, Kiplimo.

Jacob is fully capable of having medaled today

high school xc coach wrote:

farah would have won today and everybody would have cried about the race magically running slow to suit him

And it would have been so, so boring to watch.

What big road race has Mo Farah ever won? At least when competition shows up.

His whole stardom was a fraud - 15 seconds off 5000m WR, 30 off 10,000, worked on his kick to exploit casual olympics viewers. Good at making a star of himself, but never a great runner. On the roads he's been nothing but humble

2020 WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS || Joshua Cheptegei VS. Jacob Kiplimo

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13.1 miles, 21.1 Kilometers. This is the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships!

On the flat and fast streets of Gdynia, Poland, many of the world's best athletes took to the streets to see who would prevail in this year's installment of the world half marathon championships. Thanks to good weather, good organization, and fantastic competition, this proved to be the fastest world championship half in history.

What a way to end the 2020 Season!

Men

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes

1st place, gold medalist(s) Jacob Kiplimo Uganda 58:49 CR

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kibiwott Kandie Kenya 58:54

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Amedework Walelegn Ethiopia 59:08 PB

4 Joshua Cheptegei Uganda 59:21 PB

5 Andamlak Belihu Ethiopia 59:32 SB

6 Leonard Barsoton Kenya 59:34 SB

7 Stephen Mokoka South Africa 59:36 NR

8 Morhad Amdouni France 59:40 NR

9 Benard Kimeli Kenya 59:42 SB

10 Leul Gebresilase Ethiopia 59:45 SB

11 Hailemaryam Kiros Ethiopia 1:00:01 PB

12 Hamza Sahli Morocco 1:00:04 PB

13 Mohamed Reda El Aaraby Morocco 1:00:17 PB

14 Lesiba Precious Mashele South Africa 1:00:24 PB

15 Mouhcine Outalha Morocco 1:00:26 PB

16 Victor Kiplangat Uganda 1:00:29 SB

17 Othmane El Goumri Morocco 1:00:30 PB

18 Jake Smith Great Britain 1:00:31 PB

19 Stephen Kissa Uganda 1:00:34

20 Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyy Ukraine 1:00:40 NR

21 Julien Wanders Switzerland 1:00:46 SB

22 Guye Idemo Adola Ethiopia 1:00:50 SB

23 Collen Mulaudzi South Africa 1:00:51 PB

24 Aras Kaya Turkey 1:00:51 PB

25 Tadesse Getahon Israel 1:00:52 NR

26 Eyob Ghebrehiwet Faniel Italy 1:00:53 PB

27 Florian Carvalho France 1:00:58 PB

28 Marhu Teferi Israel 1:00:58 SB

29 Jose Luis Santana Marin Mexico 1:01:11 PB

30 Juan Pacheco Mexico 1:01:20 PB

31 Ayad Lamdassem Spain 1:01:21 PB

32 Benjamin Choquert France 1:01:32 PB

33 Carlos Martín Diaz Del Rio Chile 1:01:32 NR

34 Krystian Zalewski Poland 1:01:32 NR

35 Simon Boch Germany 1:01:36 PB

36 Juan Antonio Perez Spain 1:01:39 SB

37 David Nilsson Sweden 1:01:40 PB

38 Hassan Toriss Morocco 1:01:42 PB

39 Girmaw Amare Israel 1:02:03 PB

40 Samuel Barata Portugal 1:02:19 PB

41 Tiidrek Nurme Estonia 1:02:20 NR

42 Benard Kipkorir Ngeno Kenya 1:02:26

43 Pietro Riva Italy 1:02:28 SB

44 Stefano La Rosa Italy 1:02:28 PB

45 Nicolas Navarro France 1:02:29 PB

46 Adel Mechaal Spain 1:02:30 PB

47 Morris Munene Gachaga Kenya 1:02:30 SB

48 Iván Darío González Colombia 1:02:31 PB

49 Daniele D'Onofrio Italy 1:02:32 PB

50 Mohamud Ibrahim Aadan Great Britain 1:02:41 SB

51 Tadesse Abraham Switzerland 1:02:46 SB

52 Hlynur Andrésson Iceland 1:02:47 NR

53 Mikael Ekvall Sweden 1:02:48 SB

54 Kaan Kigen Özbilen Turkey 1:02:53 SB

55 Emil Millán de la Oliva Sweden 1:02:53 PB

56 Segundo Jami Ecuador 1:02:57 PB

57 Abderrazak Charik France 1:02:58

58 Kevin Seaward Ireland 1:02:58 PB

59 Roman Fosti Estonia 1:03:03 PB

60 Kristian Jones Great Britain 1:03:05 PB

61 Polat Kemboi Arikan Turkey 1:03:10 SB

62 Adam Craig Great Britain 1:03:12 PB

63 Nicolae Soare Romania 1:03:14 PB

64 Tom Evans Great Britain 1:03:14 PB

65 Sezgin Ataç Turkey 1:03:21

66 Roman Romanenko Ukraine 1:03:26 SB

67 Otmane Nait Hammou Athlete Refugee Team 1:03:28 NR

68 Maxim Raileanu Moldova 1:03:34 PB

69 Saffet Elkatmiş Turkey 1:03:34 PB

70 Hugh Armstrong Ireland 1:03:37 PB

71 Oleksandr Sitkovskyy Ukraine 1:03:41 PB

72 Jean Marie Vianney Niyomukiza Burundi 1:03:43 PB

73 Koen Naert Belgium 1:03:44 SB

74 Simon Holbek Koningsfeldt Denmark 1:03:48 PB

75 Gilmar Silvestre Lopes Brazil 1:03:51 SB

76 Moses Kibet Uganda 1:03:54 SB

77 Joaquin Arbe Argentina 1:03:55 SB

78 Luís Saraiva Portugal 1:03:56 PB

79 Alvaro Abreu Martin Dominican Republic 1:03:58 NR

80 Timon Theuer Austria 1:03:59

81 Nicolás Cuestas Uruguay 1:04:00 SB

82 Remigijus Kančys Lithuania 1:04:00 NR

83 Adhanom Abraha Sweden 1:04:02 SB

84 Iraitz Arrospide Spain 1:04:07

85 Iván Zarco Honduras 1:04:08 NR

86 Ignas Brasevičius Lithuania 1:04:09 PB

87 Thijs Nijhuis Denmark 1:04:10 SB

88 Christian Steinhammer Austria 1:04:11

89 Luis Orta Venezuela 1:04:11

90 Ederson Vilela Pereira Brazil 1:04:19 SB

91 Yitayew Abuhay Israel 1:04:21 PB

92 Igor Olefirenko Ukraine 1:04:22 SB

93 Daniel Do Nascimento Brazil 1:04:27 PB

94 Andreas Lommer Denmark 1:04:28

95 Adam Nowicki Poland 1:04:31 SB

96 Jesús Arturo Esparza Mexico 1:04:35 PB

97 Konstantin Wedel Germany 1:04:45

98 Christian Vasconez Ecuador 1:04:49 PB

99 Marvin Blanco Venezuela 1:05:06 PB

100 Amanal Petros Germany 1:05:22

101 Damian Kabat Poland 1:05:26 PB

102 Valdas Dopolskas Lithuania 1:05:28 PB

103 Jorge Blanco Spain 1:05:31

104 Tobias Blum Germany 1:05:33

105 Jeison Alexander Suarez Colombia 1:05:42 SB

106 Adam Glogowski Poland 1:05:50

107 Nuno Lopes Portugal 1:06:30

108 Fouad Idbafdil Athlete Refugee Team 1:06:35 PB

109 Bayron Piedra Ecuador 1:06:45 SB

110 Wan Chun Wong Hong Kong 1:06:58 PB

111 Rafael Vicemte Loza Bejaran Ecuador 1:08:30

112 Oscar Antonio Aldana El Salvador 1:08:31 NR

113 Valentin Betoudji Chad 1:08:46 PB

114 Charlton Debono Malta 1:08:51 SB

115 Stefan Azzopardi Malta 1:09:18 PB

116 Sonny Folcheri Monaco 1:16:01 PB

117 Ilir Kellezi Albania 1:17:27 SB

Arnar Pétursson Iceland DNF

Nekagenet Crippa Italy DNF

Rui Pinto Portugal DNF

Napoleon Solomon Sweden DNF

Ayala Gashau Israel DNS

Women

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes

1st place, gold medalist(s) Peres Jepchirchir Kenya 1:05:16 WR

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Melat Yisak Kejeta Germany 1:05:18 NR

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yalemzerf Yehualaw Ethiopia 1:05:19 PB

4 Zeineba Yimer Ethiopia 1:05:39 PB

5 Ababel Yeshaneh Ethiopia 1:05:41

6 Joyciline Jepkosgei Kenya 1:05:58 SB

7 Yasemin Can Turkey 1:06:20 NR

8 Netsanet Gudeta Ethiopia 1:06:46 SB

9 Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech Kenya 1:06:56 PB

10 Rosemary Wanjiru Kenya 1:07:10

11 Dorcas Jepchumba Kimeli Kenya 1:07:55

12 Lonah Chemtai Salpeter Israel 1:08:31 SB

13 Fabienne Schlumpf Switzerland 1:08:38 NR

14 Juliet Chekwel Uganda 1:08:44 NR

15 Sisay Meseret Gola Ethiopia 1:09:02 PB

16 Glenrose Xaba South Africa 1:09:26 PB

17 Doreen Chemutai Uganda 1:10:18 PB

18 Charlotta Fougberg Sweden 1:10:19 PB

19 Úrsula Patricia Sanchez Mexico 1:10:19 PB

20 Andrea Soraya Ramirez Limon Mexico 1:10:20 PB

21 Daniela Torres Mexico 1:10:22 PB

22 Florencia Borelli Argentina 1:10:30 NR

23 Yeheniya Prokofyeva Ukraine 1:10:32 PB

24 Brenda Flores Mexico 1:10:36 PB

25 Sofiia Yaremchuk Ukraine 1:10:42

26 Laura Hottenrott Germany 1:10:49 PB

27 Fortunate Chidzivo Zimbabwe 1:10:50 NR

28 Izabela Paszkiewivz Poland 1:10:52 PB

29 Katarzyna Jankowska Poland 1:11:02 PB

30 Doreen Chesang Uganda 1:11:04 PB

31 Susan Kipsang Jeptooo France 1:11:06 SB

32 Angelika Mach Poland 1:11:07 PB

33 Marta Galimany Spain 1:11:08 PB

34 Moira Stewartová Czech Republic 1:11:08 PB

35 Bojana Bjeljac Croatia 1:11:12 PB

36 Giovanna Epis Italy 1:11:14 PB

37 Carolina Wikström Sweden 1:11:31 PB

38 Nina Lauwaert Belgium 1:11:33 PB

39 Sara Moreira Portugal 1:11:39 SB

40 Valeria Straneo Italy 1:11:39

41 Samira Mezeghrane France 1:11:40 PB

42 Ann Marie McGlynn Ireland 1:11:40 PB

43 Hanna Lindholm Sweden 1:11:47 PB

44 Andrea Paola Bonilla Ecuador 1:11:48 PB

45 Daiana Ocampo Argentina 1:11:50 PB

46 Francine Niyomukunzi Burundi 1:11:50 PB

47 Samantha Harrison Great Britain 1:11:53

48 Angie Orjuela Colombia 1:12:07 PB

49 Kit Ching Yiu Hong Kong 1:12:10

50 Tereza Hrochová Czech Republic 1:12:13 PB

51 Aleksandra Lisowska Poland 1:12:16 PB

52 Esma Aydemir Turkey 1:12:22 SB

53 Maor Tiyouri Israel 1:12:27 PB

54 Rabea Schöneborn Germany 1:12:35

55 Deborah Schöneborn Germany 1:12:39

56 Elena Loyo Spain 1:12:44

57 Rachael Zena Chebet Uganda 1:12:50

58 Melody Julien France 1:12:51 PB

59 Fatma Demir Turkey 1:12:57 PB

60 Olga Skrypak Ukraine 1:12:58 SB

61 Laura Mendez Spain 1:12:58 PB

62 Maria Chiara Cascavilla Italy 1:13:01 PB

63 Jekaterina Patjuk Estonia 1:13:08 PB

64 Becky Briggs Great Britain 1:13:08 PB

65 Clara Evans Great Britain 1:13:11

66 Vendula Frintová Czech Republic 1:13:16 PB

67 Lilia Fisikovici Moldova 1:13:32 SB

68 Federica Sugamiele Italy 1:13:38

69 Roxana Elisabeta Rotaru Romania 1:13:45 PB

70 Monika Bytautienė Lithuania 1:13:50 PB

71 Liliana Maria Dragomir Romania 1:14:02 PB

72 Marcela Cristina Gomes Argentina 1:14:18 PB

73 Marcela Joglová Czech Republic 1:14:30

74 Beverly Ramos Puerto Rico 1:14:39 SB

75 Thalia Charalambous Cyprus 1:14:40 NR

76 Andreia Hessel Brazil 1:14:41 PB

77 Karen Ehrenreich Denmark 1:14:45 PB

78 Katerine Tisalema Ecuador 1:14:59

79 Loreta Kancyte Lithuania 1:15:15 PB

80 Elisa Stefani Italy 1:15:16

81 Rosa Chacha Ecuador 1:15:27 SB

82 Jéssica Augusto Portugal 1:15:29 SB

83 Elena Adelina Panaet Romania 1:15:33 PB

84 Fanny Pruvost France 1:15:34

85 Tetyana Vernihor Ukraine 1:16:22 SB

86 Victoria Schenk Austria 1:16:36 SB

87 Fabienne Königstein Germany 1:17:03

88 Tatyana Neroznak Kazakhstan 1:17:07 PB

89 Andrea Kolbeinsdóttir Iceland 1:17:52 PB

90 Tania Chavez Moser Bolivia 1:17:53 PB

91 Lina Kiriliuk Lithuania 1:18:31 PB

92 Stella Christoforou Cyprus 1:18:42 PB

93 Lisa Marie Bezzina Malta 1:18:43 PB

94 Valdilene dos Santos Silva Brazil 1:18:58 SB

95 Adela Paulina Baltoi Romania 1:19:02 SB

96 Tsz Ying Vut Hong Kong 1:19:08 PB

97 Joelle Cortis Malta 1:19:28 PB

98 Idelma Lizeth Delgado El Salvador 1:21:01 PB

99 Andrijana Pop Arsova North Macedonia 1:22:18

100 Lorena Sosa Uruguay 1:22:38 SB

101 Elín Edda Sigurðardóttir Iceland 1:24:20

Annemari Kiekara Finland DNF

Adriana Nelson Romania DNF

Hiruni Kesara Wijayaratne Sri Lanka DNF

Sarah Lahti Sweden DNS

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Bad Wigins wrote:

His whole stardom was a fraud - 15 seconds off 5000m WR, 30 off 10,000, worked on his kick to exploit casual olympics viewers. Good at making a star of himself, but never a great runner. On the roads he's been nothing but humble

Yeah you're right, he should have tried to burn them off way before the last lap instead of running to his strengths and sitting and kicking, even though his competition let him. Would you use the same argument if someone went out hard from the start and didn't give the sitters and kickers a chance? Friggin' idiot.

And WGAF about the roads, obviously not him, why would he with the track success he's had?

He's a smart winner, you're a dumb loser, so get over it.

Why did the commentators at the end yesterday talk about end of the year on the roads when we still have Valencia?

I watched both events on youtube and dont remember hearing them say Bahrain once. What did happen that they didn't run?

Just sayin', nothing personal. wrote:

[quote]Bad Wigins wrote:

Friggin' idiot.

you're a dumb loser, so get over it.

Sorry about your mental problems. Try to find things you enjoy before it's too late.

Weak come back lol, so you've just confirmed you're a dumb loser.