World Half-Marathon Championship 2020
World Athletics Half-Marathon Championships 2020
Gdynia, Poland
Saturday October 17th 2020
Women's Half-Marathon Start: 10am (Irish Time)
Men's Half-Marathon Start: 11:30am (Irish Time)
Anne Marie McGlynn, Letterkenny AC, Kevin Seaward, St Malachy's AC and Hugh Armstrong, Ballina AC, comprise the three person Irish squad at Saturday's World Half-Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland.
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| Anne Marie McGlynn, Letterkenny AC, Kevin Seaward, St Malachy's AC and Hugh Armstrong, Ballina AC | ||
Originally scheduled for last March, the event was postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic and will now be the only European or World Championship event to go ahead in 2020. The original coursee comprised a single 13.1 Mile lap, while the final course consists of four 5.5 km laps.
World Athletics have developed comprehensive Covid-19 Safety protocols to enable the event to go ahead, and Athletics Ireland has drawn up its own Covid-19 policy for Team Ireland travelling to International Competitions, based on Sport Ireland and World Athletics protocols, and the Irish squad will be subject to further testing, monitoring and restricted movement protocols when they return to Ireland
A final entry of 157 men and 126 women, from 62 countries has been received, however this will be hit by withdrawals, such as Canada, who withdrew their squad in recent days, due to fears around the rising Covid figures in Poland.
Entry Lists
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| Two of the leading contenders: Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) and Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) | |
Leading Women Contenders
| Rank | Forename | Surname | Country | PB | Season's Best | World Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ababel | YESHANEH | ETH | 01:04:31 | 01:04:31 | 9 |
| 2 | Peres | JEPCHIRCHIR | KEN | 01:05:06 | 01:05:34 | 24 |
| 3 | Rosemary | WANJIRU | KEN | 01:05:34 | 01:05:34 | 6 |
| 4 | Yalemzerf | YEHUALAW | ETH | 01:06:01 | 01:06:35 | 19 |
| 5 | Dorcas Jepchumba | KIMELI | KEN | 01:07:10 | 01:07:10 | 7 |
| 6 | Brillian Jepkorir | KIPKOECH | KEN | 01:07:12 | 01:08:08 | 23 |
| 7 | Charlotte | PURDUE | GBR | 01:08:23 | 01:08:23 | 49 |
| 8 | Melat Yisak | KEJETA | GER | 01:08:41 | 01:08:56 | 82 |
| 9 | Glenrose | XABA | RSA | 01:09:30 | 01:09:30 | 86 |
| 10 | Bontu Edao | REBITU | BRN | 01:09:47 | 01:09:47 | - |
Leading Men Contenders
| Rank | Forename | Surname | Country | PB | Season's Best | World Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibiwott | KANDIE | KEN | 58:38:00 | 58:38:00 | 8 |
| 2 | Bernard Kipkorir | NGENO | KEN | 59:07:00 | 59:26:00 | 5 |
| 3 | Andamlak | BELIHU | ETH | 59:10:00 | 59:52:00 | 4 |
| 4 | Stephen | KISSA | UGA | 01:00:00 | 01:00:00 | 13 |
| 5 | Callum | HAWKINS | GBR | 01:00:00 | 01:00:01 | 54 |
| 6 | Leonard | BARSOTON | KEN | 59:09:00 | 01:00:02 | 69 |
| 7 | Julien | WANDERS | SUI | 59:13:00 | 01:00:46 | 10 |
| 8 | Benard | KIMELI | KEN | 59:07:00 | 01:01:00 | 7 |
| 9 | Victor | KIPLANGAT | UGA | 01:00:16 | 01:01:04 | 58 |
| 10 | Maru | TEFERI | ISR | 01:00:52 | 01:01:23 | 107 |
| 11 | Mohamed | Reda EL AARABY | MAR | 01:00:38 | 01:01:25 | 88 |
| 12 | Stephen | MOKOKA | RSA | 59:51:00 | 01:01:28 | 44 |
