Alisa Vainio ran a great race at the Copenhagen Half Marathon. Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran the distance for the first time.
11:47•Updated 11:54
Alisa Vainio ran a new Finnish record at the Copenhagen half-marathon, when he clocked a time of 1.09.30. Vainio finished 12th in his best time. Former, by Camilla Richardsson the Finnish record in the name was 1.09.54.
The winner of the women’s race was Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi of Kenya on 1.05.11.
Also in the middle distances, Norway, which has reaped success in the value race, has been very successful Jakob Ingebrigtsen was in the same race. The Norwegian ran the first half marathon of his career. Ingebrigtsen, who participated in the Copenhagen half-marathon in Denmark, arrived at the finish line in 1.03.13 and was 34th in the men’s series.
The final winner of the competition was Kenya Sabastian Sawewhose time was 58.05.
As you might have guessed, Ingebrigtsen joined the top group right at the start of the race. He ran with the lead almost until the halfway point.
The Norwegian arrived at the 10 kilometer mark in the lead in 27:27, but stopped his pace right after the intermediate place and leaned on his knees with his hands.
After the stop, he continued on his way, but during the rest of the way he took several walking steps during his run.
In the summer, Ingebrigtsen won gold in the 5,000 meters at the Paris Olympics, but finished fourth in the 1,500 meters Olympic final. He flashed his peak condition even after the Olympics by running 3,000 meters to a new world record time of 7:17.55.
The day before the half-marathon, the Norwegian wondered whether he would even be able to run to the finish line after a long season.
The event was sold out with a total of 27,000 runners.
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