{"id":18938,"date":"2020-12-10T21:19:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=18938"},"modified":"2020-12-10T21:19:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:19:26","slug":"kenyas-kibiwott-kandie-given-heroic-welcome-home-after-breaking-valencia-half-marathon-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kenyas-kibiwott-kandie-given-heroic-welcome-home-after-breaking-valencia-half-marathon-record","title":{"rendered":"Kenya\u2019s Kibiwott Kandie given heroic welcome home after breaking Valencia Half Marathon record"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Kenya\u2019s Kibiwott Kandie was given a heroic welcome home after breaking the Valencia Half Marathon record\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Kandie\u2019s homecoming to Mogotio, Baringo County was met with a rousing reception from locals, who thronged Cheberen village to celebrate.<\/p>\n

Kandie, became the first person to break 58 minutes record in the race. He ran 57:32, breaking Geoffrey Kamworor\u2019s previous record, which he set in 2019, by 29 seconds.<\/p>\n

Kamworor had set the 58.01 world\u00a0record\u00a0time in the 21km distance in Copenhagen last year.<\/p>\n

Despite a strong field comprising Uganda\u2019s Jacob Kiplimo, the reigning world\u00a0half\u00a0marathon\u00a0champion and his compatriot Rhonex Kipruto,\u00a0Kandie delivered a sweltering challenge\u00a0to clinch the title in the flat course.<\/p>\n

Recently in October, Kiplimo beat Kandie in a last-minute kick and the opportunity for revenge (for Kandie) presented itself on Sunday, and the Kenyan star did not disappoint.<\/p>\n

He finished second in 58:54 to bag silver after losing to Kiplimo (58:49) in the close contest on October 17.<\/p>\n

Kiplimo and Kipruto took second and third places in 57:37 and 57:49.<\/p>\n

From the first kilometre of the Spanish race, it was apparent\u00a0Kandie was on a mission to obliterate the world\u00a0record, with the leaders covering the opening five kilometres in 13:37 and 10 kilometres in 27:25.<\/p>\n

Kandie, who was running his fourth\u00a0half\u00a0marathon\u00a0of the year, began to push the pace in the 14Km, taking the leading pack through 15km in 41:10.<\/p>\n

In an indication of gruelling, fast pace race, Kandie, Kiplimo, Kipruto and Alexander Mutiso crossed the finish line in under 58 minutes, shaving seconds off Kamworor\u2019s\u00a0record.<\/p>\n

Kandie has run under 59 minutes\u00a0in the distance in the four races he has competed in during this season including Ras Al Khaimah, Prague, and Gdynia\u00a0half\u00a0marathons.<\/p>\n

He opened the year on a high, winning the National Cross-Country Championships title in February before clinching victory at the Ras Al Khaimah\u00a0Half\u00a0Marathon\u00a0two weeks later in 58:58.<\/p>\n

Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia won the women\u2019s race in one hour, five minutes 18 seconds, missing the women\u2019s world\u00a0record\u00a0in a mixed-race (1:04.31) currently held by Ababel Yeshaneh who set it in RAK earlier this year.<\/p>\n

It was Dibaba\u2019s first race in 16 months, since last August, and her debut over the\u00a0half\u00a0marathon\u00a0distance.<\/p>\n

In the full\u00a0marathon\u00a0\u2014 an equally fierce race, Evans Chebet cruised to a surprise victory, outshining race favourite Lawrence Cherono, the Boston and Chicago\u00a0marathons\u00a0champion.<\/p>\n

Chebet, who was runner-up in\u00a0Valencia\u00a0last year ran 2:03:00 while Cherono timed 2:03:04.<\/p>\n

Peres Jepchirchir clocked 2:17:16 to take the women\u2019s crown in a course\u00a0record\u00a0as Joyciline Jepkosgei came in second in a time of 2:18:40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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