Ethopian clocks 2:16:52 to win women’s race as Tsegaye Getachew takes men’s victory in 2:05:38
With 2:16:52, Yalemzerf Yehualaw took half a minute off fellow Ethiopian Almaz Ayana’s women’s course record to win the TCS Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday (Oct 20).
In the men’s race the victory also went to Ethiopia with Tsegaye Getachew claiming his second win in Amsterdam with 2:05:38.
History Of Yalemzerf Yehualaw
Yalemzerf Yehualaw pulled away from her rivals at the Amstel River, running alongside pacer Björn Koreman. For a long time, the Ethiopian was one and a half minutes ahead of the previous course record pace (2:17:20 by Ayana). Encouraged by her final pacer, she was guided through Vondelpark towards the iconic Olympic Stadium and finished strongly to become the fastest woman on this course as she ran a PB by half a minute too.
Haven Hailu, also from Ethiopia, finished second in a personal best of 2:19:29. Winfridah Moseti took third place with 2:20:27.
Yalemzerf Yehualaw said, “I’m so happy to have achieved a personal best and set the course record in Amsterdam. I struggled in the last 3km, but that’s part of the marathon!”
Yalmzerf Yehualaw (NN Running)
In the men’s race, a large leading group formed early on and after a solid first half, the pace picked up significantly after 32km.
After 38km through the Vondelpark, three athletes were left vying for victory: Getachew, Boki Asefa of Ethiopia and Maru Teferi of Israel. The course record of 2:03:39 – set by Tamirat Tola in 2021 – was out of reach, and only one thing mattered now: winning this Platinum Label marathon Yalemzerf Yehualaw.
Getachew appeared to have the upper hand, having the fastest time and a previous victory in 2022. However, just before the stadium, he nearly took a wrong turn.
He quickly recovered, though, and the 27-year-old marathoner was the first to enter the Olympic Stadium. With his arms raised, he crossed the finish line in 2:05:38.
In a global vocation of only three years, the 21-year-old Ethiopian has previously accomplished a whirlwind of extraordinary exhibitions, which proposes her star quality.
On her lady abroad race Yalemzerf Yehualaw showed her true capacity by cruising to triumph in the Rabat Half Long distance race in April 2019 in 1:09:13.
Yalemzerf Yehualaw: A Record-Breaking Marathon and Half-Marathon Star
Then, at that point, only four months after the fact she got back to the Moroccan city to strike half long distance race gold at the All African Games by repulsing the test of her NN Running Crew colleague Degitu Azimeraw to win in 1:10:26.
At the 2019 New Delhi Half Long distance race she completed second in 1:06:01 – completing only one second behind NN Running Crew competitor Tsehay Gemechu – prior to adjusting her season with wins in the 10km Extraordinary Ethiopian Run and Xiamen Half Long distance race.
Prior in 2020, Yalemzerf Yehualaw put 6th in the RAK Half Long distance race (1:06:35) prior to winning a splendid bronze decoration at the World Half Long distance race Titles in Gdynia. The Ethiopian competitor created a run of extraordinary development and hit the front in the last option organizes just to be updated in the last run. Her shocking season of 1:05:19 was the second quickest ever by an Ethiopian female competitor for the distance.
In a further representation of Yalemzerf Yehualaw rich potential, she peaked her worldwide 2020 mission with a shocking showcase at the New Delhi Half Long distance race by running a rankling 64:46. It was the second quickest ladies’ half long distance race time ever, falling only 15 seconds short of the world record mark.
At the 2021 Istanbul Half Long distance race, Yalemzerf Yehualaw managed a further six seconds from her PB, to put second and record the third quickest ladies’ half-long distance race time ever.
She kept up with her exceptional record by plunging underneath the half-long distance race world record in Larne with a stunning 1:03:44. In any case, the record was unratifiable after the course was viewed as 54m short.
In her third and last half long distance race outing of 2021, Yalemzerf Yehualaw moved to second on the time records recording a PB of 1:03:51 to complete behind her NN Running Crew partner Letesenbet Gidey in Valencia.
Yalemzerf Yehualaw expanded her phenomenal grouping of results by crushing the past world record for the 10km street race by 22 seconds, running a staggering 29:14 in Castellon, Spain in February 2022. What’s more, sometime thereafter, the Ethiopian competitor won the Hamburg Long distance race noticing a PB of 2:17:23 followed by a staggering triumph at the TCS London Long distance race in 2:17:26.
Yalemzerf Yehualaw opened her 2023 season in style, recording 29:19 to win over 10km out and about in Valenica, inside only five seconds of her reality record time. She later positioned fifth in both the TCS London Long distance race (2:18:53) and Big showdown long distance race in Budapest (2:26:13).
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