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Gladys tejeda marathon time11/21/2023 “I was finally 100% healthy in Mexico City. “After Dubai I had a lot of injuries and competitions were up and down,” Beriso admitted. “Today was my chance, but the problem was with the pacemakers, nobody was helping me after I left Letesenbet, I just pushed myself.” “Conditions were very good and the race course was very flat and it is possible to even run under the World Record” she said. Burdened with great expectations, she was devastated at the finish, admitting, “After 35K I had no energy.” While embracing her debut record, she asserted “I have confidence that I will get the record.”įor Beriso, the race was not only a big breakthrough but also a missed opportunity. Gidey slowed even further, falling almost 2:00 back, averaging 3:22.4 over her final 7.195 kilometers. With fatigue constricting her lateral arm swing, Beriso just managed 3:20 and 3:24 for her final two segments, just fast enough to become the third woman under 2:15. ![]() Crossing the 40K mat in 2:07:37, the pace had slowed to a 2:14:37 clip. Without pacers and with only a few men remaining near her, Beriso ran alone over the final 5 kilometers with the pace slipping to 3:14–3:18 kilometers. ![]() When she did not follow me, immediately it gave me much confidence.” ![]() Running a very fast time at 30K also gave me great morale and at 37K, I tried to push the pace. “Running with Letesenbet gave me big morale,” Beriso professed, adding, “she is a very strong woman that has run very well at all distances. As it was not expected that anyone would go with the WR tempo, the pacers from Gidey’s NN team stayed with her as Beriso surged to the front. Initially the gap was just a stride or two but after 37K, Beriso broke away from Gidey - and her pacers. The duo passed 35K in 1:51:21 (2:14:14 pace), but slowed to 3:13 kilometers as Beriso slowly edged ahead. While the pace stagnated, hovering just above the record, the racing was on and with each kilometer it was Beriso who now looked in control as Gidey ran with a worried frown. So encouraged was Dedufo that he instructed her to follow Gidey’s 2:14 pace.īeriso and Gidey ran side by side amidst a phalanx of male pacers and racers and with a 3:10 for kilo 33 the projected pace reached 2:14:10. This year, she has been injury-free and training in coach Gemedu Dedefo’s group that included Berlin champ Tigist Assefa.īeriso began the year with a very credible high-altitude effort of 2:25:05 to win the Mexico City race, paring more than 8:00 off the course record and demonstrating something well under 2:20 low-altitude fitness. In ’16, she had run a 2:20:48 debut in Dubai, but spent much of her subsequent years hampered by injuries. Such was the gaggle, that the black-clad Beriso, 31, was barely noticeable, that is until she pulled alongside Gidey after passing halfway. Gidey, clad in a white NN singlet and arm sleeves ran ever so smoothly and seemingly in complete control, trailing a trio of orange-clad pacers and ensconced in a gaggle of men looking for TV time. The favorite and her pacers then pushed harder, cranking out a steady stream of kilos faster than the 3:10.6 pace of Brigid Kosgei’s 2:04:04 WR run at Chicago ’19. It was a seasonal best for the veteran.Guided by a trio of pacers Gidey began the race a bit cautiously, running 2:16:08 pace through an opening 16:08 5K, then began to ratchet down the tempo, splitting 32:03 at 10K and 48:03 - a 2:15:10 projection - at 15K. Gladys Tejeda, the 2019 champion, at 38-year-old, takes bronze and improves on her winning time from Lima 2019.Florencia Borelli secures silver, losing her lead in the final stretch of the race.Citlali Cristian wins gold and sets a new Pan American Games record with a time of 2:27:12. ![]() Read more: Peru’s Pacheco triumphs in men’s marathon at 2023 Pan American GamesĬristian, who finished 10th at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon in 2022, entered today’s race as one of the title favorites and she used all of her experience to pull off the victory, even after falling well back behind Borelli during the contest. The 2019 champion, Tejeda, 38, managed to secure the bronze with a time of 2:30:39, improving her 2023 season best. Borelli finished with a silver medal, clocking in at 2:27:29. However, her lead dwindled in the final miles, and she was overtaken with about two km from the finish. ¡Muchas felicidades, Citlali! □ #PanamSports #Santiago2023 #JuegosPanamericanos #Mexico /axa5oajHBx- Panam Sports October 22, 2023Īrgentina’s Florencia Borelli, who overtook Cristian before the 10-mile marker, seemed poised for gold. Con un asombroso tiempo de 2:27:12s, Citlali Cristian logra la medalla de oro y récord panamericano en Maratón Femenil! □□□□
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