{"id":68493,"date":"2022-09-17T15:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon"},"modified":"2022-09-17T15:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T15:05:41","slug":"kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon","title":{"rendered":"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>World half marathon record-holder Jacob Kiplimo will have his eye on another record \u2013 an Indian all-comers\u2019 mark \u2013 when he takes to the start line of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, a World Athletics Elite Label road race, on October 16.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old Ugandan is the reigning world half marathon champion and last year ran his phenomenal world record time of 57:31 in Lisbon.<\/p>\n

Kiplimo has already had an outstanding 2022, winning both the RAK Half Marathon in Ras Al Khaimah in February in a world-leading 57:56 and then the Great North Run half marathon last Sunday.<\/p>\n

Between those two races, Kiplimo focused on the track and won a 10,000m bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 and then a memorable golden 5000m and 10,000m double at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia\u2019s Amedework Walelegn improved the Delhi course record to 58:53 in 2020, but Kiplimo believes he can run the fastest half marathon ever seen on Indian soil during his first visit to the country next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been told that the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon course is a quick one and the record suggests that you can run fast times there. It is always dangerous to make predictions about what you are going to do, but what I can say is that with a month to go to the race I am in good shape, and I will focus on preparing specifically for the race over the next few weeks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a successful track season, although I would have liked to have done a little better at the World Championships. But I have not raced too much this year, so I am still fresh and I want to show the people of Delhi and India what I am capable of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, participants in the mass participation event at next year\u2019s London Marathon will be able to register as non-binary, rather than male or female.<\/p>\n

The change, which does not affect the elite races, will be a \u201csignificant step\u201d in improving the race\u2019s inclusion said director Hugh Brasher.<\/p>\n

\u201cChanges such as this demonstrate our commitment to making the London Marathon for everyone,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Boston Marathon announced a similar change earlier this week.<\/p>\n

The elite races and their prizes will continue to be divided into male and female categories only.<\/p>\n

The 2023 London Marathon will return to its traditional springtime slot for the first time in four years when it takes place on Sunday 23 April.<\/p>\n

The ballot for the 2023 event will open on October 1, the day before 2022\u2019s race is held.<\/p>\n

More than 350,000 people applied to run in the 2022 event after an estimated 80,000 took part in the 2021 event, virtually or in person.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. World half marathon record-holder Jacob Kiplimo will have his eye on another record \u2013 an Indian all-comers\u2019 mark \u2013 when he takes to the start line of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, a World Athletics Elite Label road race, on October 16. The 21-year-old Ugandan is the reigning world half marathon champion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":68492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17,16],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-68493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"\nKiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"World half marathon record-holder Jacob Kiplimo will have his eye on another record \u2013 an Indian all-comers\u2019 mark \u2013 when ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"World half marathon record-holder Jacob Kiplimo will have his eye on another record \u2013 an Indian all-comers\u2019 mark \u2013 when ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-17T15:00:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-17T15:05:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6325e2019626e.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-17T15:00:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-17T15:05:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon\"},\"wordCount\":462,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6325e2019626e.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon\",\"name\":\"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6325e2019626e.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-17T15:00:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-17T15:05:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"World half marathon record-holder Jacob Kiplimo will have his eye on another record \u2013 an Indian all-comers\u2019 mark \u2013 when ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6325e2019626e.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6325e2019626e.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon - kenya","description":"World half marathon record-holder Jacob Kiplimo will have his eye on another record \u2013 an Indian all-comers\u2019 mark \u2013 when ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon","og_description":"World half marathon record-holder Jacob Kiplimo will have his eye on another record \u2013 an Indian all-comers\u2019 mark \u2013 when ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-09-17T15:00:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-17T15:05:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6325e2019626e.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon","datePublished":"2022-09-17T15:00:45+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-17T15:05:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon"},"wordCount":462,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6325e2019626e.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Kenya","Kenya"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","sport","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon","name":"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6325e2019626e.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-17T15:00:45+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-17T15:05:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"World half marathon record-holder Jacob Kiplimo will have his eye on another record \u2013 an Indian all-comers\u2019 mark \u2013 when ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6325e2019626e.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6325e2019626e.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kiplimo-to-race-at-delhi-half-marathon#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kiplimo to race at Delhi Half Marathon"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}