Konstanze Klosterholfen, one in all Europe’s greatest athletic stars and a celebrity in Germany, has introduced that she shall be racing over the half marathon distance on the RAK Half Marathon to be held on February 24, 2024.
This launch is from the organizers of the RAK half Marathon.
GOLDEN GIRL KOKO TO MAKE COMEBACK AT RAS AL KHAIMAH HALF MARATHON
German Athlete Makes Lengthy-Awaited Return To Working Scene
Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) 14 February 2024: One among European athletics’ most fun
abilities will return to the worldwide operating scene when Germany’s Konstanze
Klosterhalfen makes her debut on the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon on February
24.
The 27-year-old, who holds nationwide information at 5,000m and 10,000m, loved a
whirlwind 2022, profitable European Championship gold at 5,000m and beating a
world-class area to win the Valencia Half Marathon in a private finest time of 65:41.
That point in Valencia makes her the second quickest German girl in historical past on the
21.1km half marathon distance and, ought to she be again to her finest after recovering
from damage, she might effectively goal the German document (65:18) and the European
better of 65:15 in Ras Al Khaimah.
Extensively referred to as ‘Koko’, Klosterhalfen joins a robust elite area for the seventeenth Ras Al
Khaimah Half Marathon, an occasion hosted by the Ras Al Khaimah Tourism
Improvement Authority (RAKTDA) on the quickly growing Al Marjan Island.
She’s going to line up alongside the likes of New York Marathon champion Tamirat Tola,
defending Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon males’s champion Benard Kibet Koech,
girls’s World Half Marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir and former girls’s Half
Marathon World Document Holder Ababel Yeshaneh for what would be the German
runner’s first race on the worldwide calendar for greater than six months.
“I’m definitely trying ahead to returning to racing, particularly on the Ras Al Khaimah
Half Marathon as a race I’ve heard so much about,” mentioned Klosterhalfen.
“Total, I’m pleased with how my coaching has been going, and I’m prepared to check
myself and see precisely the place I’m after coaching camp”
As she goals to recapture the shape she produced since bursting on the scene as a
5,000m bronze medallist on the 2019 World Championships in Doha, the Ras Al
Khaimah Half Marathon could witness one thing particular from the darling of German
athletics whose profession spotlight stays that beautiful 5,000m European
Championship win in Munich two years in the past.
In addition to elites chasing private nests and course information, the Ras Al Khaimah
Half Marathon can even see 1000’s of runners coming collectively within the related
10km, 5km, and 2km runs with registration open at rakhalfmarathon.com
About Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Improvement Authority (RAKTDA)
The Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Improvement Authority (RAKTDA) was
established in Could 2011 below the federal government of Ras Al Khaimah. RAKTDA
goals to develop the Emirate’s tourism infrastructure and set up Ras Al
Khaimah as a world-class vacation spot for leisure and enterprise journey,
creating sustainable funding alternatives and enhancing the standard of
life for its residents. With a view to obtain its targets, the Authority has a
authorities mandate to license, regulate, and monitor the Emirate’s tourism
and hospitality trade.
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