ROAD RUNNING
Cacisile Sosibo on her way to a PB in the women ’ s half marathon
Glenrose Xaba was our second 21km female finisher
The women ’ s half marathon performances were also of high quality , led by Cacisile Sosibo ’ s PB 1:09:31 in 10th , cementing her fifth place on the all-time list ( with the 22nd-quickest time ). Only Elana Meyer , Dominique Scott-Efurd , SA Champion Glenrose Xaba and Colleen de Reuck have run faster . Xaba finished only 16 seconds behind Sosibo , and not far behind Xaba came Cian Oldknow , breaking her PB by 40 seconds with a 1:10:08 to move past René Kalmer into sixth on the all-time list ( with the 28th-fastest time ).
In the 5km , Maxime Chaumeton led the race in the first few kays and eventually finished 17th in 13:36 for third on the SA all-time list , with SA champion Nicholas Seoposengwe 38th in 14:19 . SA women ’ s champion Tayla Kavanagh was 15th the women ’ s 5km in 15:50 , placing her fifth on the all-time list ( with the 13th-fastest time ), while Kyla Jacobs was just one place behind in 15:51 . Both times are PBs . In the shortest race of the championships , Ryan Mphahlele was 6th in the men ’ s mile in a PB 3:57.35 , and Carina Viljoen 15th in the women ’ s mile in 4:39.01 ( also a PB ).
A Huge Success
The next edition of the World Athletics Road Running Championships will take place in 2025 in San Diego , USA , and given the overwhelmingly positive feedback on this first edition , both in terms of the new distances and mass participation opportunities , World Athletics is already predicting an even bigger turn-out next year . Meanwhile , the elites are just as enthusiastic about the new format . In fact , women ’ s half marathon winner Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya has even suggested that the 10km distance also be added to the event . “ We used to not have championships on the road , just for the half marathon , but now it ’ s more special ,” she said .
Precious Mashele finished 19th in the men ’ s half marathon
Cacisile and Glenrose hug at the finish
World Champs Results
These are the podium finishers of the various events that made up the World Road Running Championships in Riga , Latvia , with South African results added in italics .
Half Marathon Men
1 . Sabastian Sawe ( Kenya ) 59:10 2 . Daniel Ebenyo ( Kenya ) 59:14 3 . Samwel Mailu ( Kenya ) 59:19 6 . Thabang Mosiako ( South Africa ) 59:52 ( PB ) 11 . Stephen Mokoka ( South Africa ) 1:00:29 13 . Elroy Gelant ( South Africa ) 1:00:56 ( PB ) 19 . Precious Mashele ( South Africa ) 1:01:13
Half Marathon Men ’ s Teams
( Combination of top three athletes ’ times ) 1 . Kenya 2:57:43 2 . Ethiopia 2:59:54 3 . South Africa 3:01:17
Half Marathon Women
1 . Peres Jepchirchir ( Kenya ) 1:07:25 2 . Margaret Kipkemboi ( Kenya ) 1:07:26 3 . Catherine Reline Amanang ’ ole ( Kenya ) 1:07:34 10 . Cacisile Sosibo ( South Africa ) 1:09:31 ( PB ) 12 . Glenrose Xaba ( South Africa ) 1:09:47 15 . Cian Oldknow ( South Africa ) 1:10:08 ( PB ) 45 . Kesa Molotsane ( South Africa ) 1:15:19
Half Marathon Women ’ s Teams
( Combination of top three athletes ’ times ) 1 Kenya 3:22:25 2 Ethiopia 3:27:55 3 Great Britain 3:29:15 4 . South Africa 3:29:26
5km Men
1 . Hagos Gebrhiwet ( Ethiopia ) 12:59 2 . Yomif Kejelcha ( Ethiopia ) 13:02 3 . Nicholas Kipkorir ( Kenya ) 13:16 17 . Maxime Chaumeton ( South Africa ) 13:36 ( PB ) 38 . Nicholas Seoposengwe ( South Africa ) 14:19
5km Women
1 . Beatrice Chebet ( Kenya ) 14:35 2 . Lilian Rengeruk ( Kenya ) 14:39 3 . Ejgayehu Taye ( Ethiopia ) 14:40 15 . Tayla Kavanagh ( South Africa ) 15:50 ( PB ) 16 . Kyla Jacobs ( South Africa ) 15:51 ( PB )
The SA women ’ s 21km team only narrowly missed a team medal by 11 seconds
Part of this article was taken from statistician Riël Hauman ’ s weekly Distance Running Results mailer , with additional reporting and stats provided by World Athletics .
Cian Oldknow posted yet another PB in the women ’ s half
Mile Men
1 . Hobbs Kessler ( USA ) 3:56.13 ( WR *) 2 . Callum Elson ( Great Britain ) 3:56.41 3 . Samuel Prakel ( USA ) 3:56.43 6 . Ryan Mphahlele ( South Africa ) 3:57.35 ( PB )
Mile Women
1 . Diribe Welteji ( Ethiopia ) 4:20.98 ( WR *) 2 . Freweyni Hailu ( Ethiopia ) 4:23.06 3 . Faith Kipyegon ( Kenya ) 4:24.13 15 . Carina Viljoen ( South Africa ) 4:39.01 ( PB )
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