Buenos Aires 21k Marathon: victory for an Ethiopian and a Kenyan with Argentine records

Buenos Aires 21k Marathon: victory for an Ethiopian and a Kenyan with Argentine records

marathon buenos aires 21k 2022 1.jpg

Also, Federico Bruno was the Argentine champion with a record of 1h02m10sfor which he achieved the best mark of a national athlete in the Half Marathon, which has the character of an Argentine and South American Championship.

As for the female category, Irine Kimais climbed to the top of the podium with a time of 1h07m59s, although the albiceleste news came from the hand of Borelli.

The 29-year-old from Mar del Plata had a mark of 1h09m31s that allowed her to snatch the record from Peruvian Gladys Lucy Tejada, who had achieved a record of 1h10m14s at the 2016 Cardiff World Cup.

“Buenos Aires always invites me to make personal records for me. I had been looking for the South American record for a long time and I finally found it. It stays at home”Borelli noted.

marathon buenos aires 21k 2022 2.jpg

And he added: “The truth is that it is a huge effort at the family level, because a lot is left behind. I dedicate the victory to my son, who is here. I am very excited, he is my inspiration and he was waiting for me at the finish line”.

The 21K edition had more than 20 thousand participants and a crowd as an audience from the start, in Figueroa Alcorta and Monroe, starting at 7 this Sunday.

In addition, the event had the presence of the former soccer champion of the World Cup in Mexico 1986 with the Argentine National Team Jorge Burruchagawho was in charge of giving the starting signal to the elite athletes and the amateurs who ran in the Half Marathon.

The route of the race had sections through which Bosques de Palermo, 9 de Julio, the Obelisk, Plaza de Mayo and the return via the Illia highway.

Source: Ambito

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Latest Posts