In the first marathon of his career, Leevi Keronen immediately achieved the first domestic time. The Kenyan Sebastian Sawe, on the other hand, ran the world’s top quotation.
Kenyan Sebastian Sawe ran in Valencia in the first marathon of his career, immediately setting the world’s top time for the distance. With a time of 2:02.05, Sawe is fifth in the all-time statistics.
In the fast-paced race, the all-time record standings were also created. Ethiopia Deresa Galete finished in 2.02.38.
The ME of the marathon is the late Kenyan By Kelvin Kiptum 2:00.35 run in Berlin 2023. Kiptum died tragically in a car crash at the beginning of the year.
The 24-year-old from Finland also made his marathon debut at the event in Valencia Leevi Keronenwhich skyrocketed Finland’s prime time this year. His time was 2:17:57.
Kerose has two silver medals from the Kaleva Games in the 10,000 meters. The most recent of them is from last summer’s Vaasa Championship.
According to the sports association, he is gradually becoming a marathon runner.
– Later on, the plan is to move to the road, but next summer the focus will still be on track races, Keronen explained, according to the Sports Federation’s press release.