On Sunday morning on the NN Zevenheuvelenloop (Seven Hills Race), in Nijmegen, Netherlands, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo clocked a speedy 40:42, a world-best time that additionally lowered his personal 15K course report by 23 seconds.
Kiplimo, the reigning world cross-country champion, confronted a loaded area, together with his half-brother and reigning marathon world champion Victor Kiplangat; Ugandan athletes have received the previous eight editions of the race.
Kiplimo surged early and left the competitors behind, opening up a two-minute lead over the remainder of the competitors by the 10K mark. Mike Foppen of the Netherlands following Kiplimo in 43:19, and the U.Ok.’s Marc Scott rounding out the rostrum in 43:21.
File-breaking efficiency
24-year-old Kiplimo already boasts a outstanding checklist of achievements, and received the 2023 version of the race in 41:05; when he tied compatriot Joshua Cheptegei‘s then-record of 41:05.
Whereas Kiplimo’s time on Sunday is the quickest time ever in a standalone 15K race, though in Lisbon in 2021 he notably handed by way of the 15K mark in 40:27, en path to what was then a world record-setting half marathon time of 57:32.
World report for Jacob Kiplimo. Nonetheless slower his 15k break up throughout Lisbon half 21, however 20 seconds quicker than Cheptegei’s end result from 2018. pic.twitter.com/5OLlX19q24
— Konstantin Kan (@knstntn_kan) November 17, 2024
Girls’s race
Within the girls’s race, Ethiopia’s Mizan Alem marked a formidable debut on the roads by claiming victory in 46:51. The 2021 World U20 5,000m champion began conservatively, permitting the Netherlands’ Diane van Es to take a nine-second lead by the 2K mark. Alem then steadily reeled in van Es, catching up at round 3.5km to complete a full minute forward of van Es, who captured second in 47:52. Ethiopia’s Enyish Mengie was third in 49:21.
Alem’s successful time ranks among the many quickest within the occasion’s historical past; solely Letesenbet Gidey and Tirunesh Dibaba have posted faster successful occasions on the Zevenheuvelenloop.
For full outcomes of the 2024 NN Zevenheuvelenloop, head right here.
