• Women’s 10K record holder Agnes Jebet Ngetich will make her debut at 21,097.5 metres in the city where she achieved her WR in January

Valencia, 3 September 2024.- The Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich has confirmed the names of the international elite athletes who will fly through the streets of the ciudad del running on 27 October. The race, organised by SD Correcaminos and Valencia City Council, still holds the women’s world record (Gidey, 1:02:52 in 2021) and the second fastest time in the world (Kandie, 57:32 in 2020), and will be looking to continue improving on these records this year in a half marathon in which eight of the top ten fastest times over the distance have been achieved.

In the men’s category, Ethiopians Yomif Kejelcha (57:41) and Selemon Barega (57:50) will compete with Kenya’s Daniel Mateiko (58:26) to be the fastest over the distance. The level of European runners is also high, with the presence in Valencia of athletes such as Samuel Barata (Portugal), Pietro Riva (Italy), Amanal Petros (Germany) and Emile Cairess (Great Britain), who will be joined by the Spanish elite soon to be confirmed. 

And in the women’s category, the Valencia Half Marathon (which has the two fastest times in history) will focus on Kenyan runner Agnes Jebet Ngetich, who will make her debut over the distance in Valencia, the city where last January she broke the world record in the 10K Valencia Ibercaja by Kiprun (28:46, also setting the world record for 5K with her 14:13). Ethiopia’s Tsigie Gebreselama and Kenya’s Lilian Kasait Rengeruk and Catherine Amanang’ole will be her main rivals vying for victory.

Marc Roig, coach of the event’s international elite athletes, assessed this list as “the best half marathon this year, with high level duels that aim, once again, to achieve 57-minute performances by several athletes. And a clear challenge to the stopwatch in the women’s race. Never before has a debutant taken to the start line who has run a 10K in under 29 minutes. We are really looking forward to seeing how fast the race will be on 27 October”. 

See full list of international athletes:

MEN			WOMEN
Yomif Kejelcha	57:41	ETH	Agnes Ngetich	DEBUT	KEN
Selemon Barega	57:50	ETH	Tsigie Gebreselama	1:05:14	ETH
Daniel Mateiko	58:26	KEN	Catherine Amanang’ole	1:05:39	KEN
Tadese Worku	58:47	ETH	Ftaw Zeray	1:06:04	ETH
Isaia Kipkoech	58:55	KEN	Tiruye Mesfin	1:06:31	ETH
Edward Cheserek	59:11	KEN	Sheila Chelangat	1:06:47	KEN
Bravin Kiprop	59:21	KEN	Godu Melat Tekle	1:06:53	ETH
Weldon Langat	59:22	KEN	Jesca Chelangat	1:07:03	KEN
Gemechu Dida	59:31	ETH	Samantha Harrison	1:07:10	GBR
Samuel Barata	59:40	POR	Emily Durgin	1:07:54	USA
Pietro Riva	59:41	ITA	Viola Chepngeno	1:08:05	KEN
Sondre Moen	59:48	NOR	Desi Mokonin	1:08:10	BRN
Tadesse Abraham	59:53	SUI	Fotyen Tesfay	1:08:46	ETH
Amanal Petros	1:00:09	GER	Abbie Donnelly	1:09:10	GBR
Pasquale Selvarolo	1:00:32	ITA	Domenika Mayer	1:09:46	GER
Marc Scott	1:00:39	GBR	Margaux Sieracki	1:09:49	FRA
Denis Kitiyo	1:00:48	KEN	Fadouwa Ledhem	1:09:59	FRA
Diego Estrada	1:00:49	USA	Yumi Yoshikawa	1:10:07	JPN
Emile Cairess	1:01:01	GBR	Clara Evans	1:10:11	GBR
Richard Ringer	1:01:09	GER	Jasmin Lau	1:10:13	NED
Yohanes Chiappinelli	1:01:14	ITA	Hanne Verbrugen	1:10:15	GER
Samuel Fitwi	1:01:17	GER	Daniela Torres	1:10:22	MEX
Iliass Aouani	1:01:32	ITA	Esther Pfeiffer	1:10:24	GER
Birhanu Balew	1:01:44	BRN	Moira Stewartova	1:10:44	CZE
Hillary Bor	1:01:47	USA	Lilian Kasait	DEBUT	KEN
Morgan Pearson	1:01:47	USA	Diana Chepkorir	DEBUT	KEN
Davor Aaron Bienenfeld	1:01:49	GER	Faith Chepkoech	DEBUT	KEN
Rodrigue Kwizera	1:01:53	BDI	Ejgayehu Taye	DEBUT	ETH
Vincent Langat	DEBUT	KEN	Amanda Vestri	DEBUT	USA
Yongzheng Huang	DEBUT	CHN
Peiyou Feng	DEBUT	CHN
Santiago Catrofe	DEBUT	URU