The women’s Marathon race happens tomorrow, on Day 8.

That is Justin Lagat’s preview of the ladies’s marathon, which shall be held exterior the stadium, in Budapest Metropolis Centre, on August 26, 2023, on Day 8.  

The day will begin early on the 8^th day of the championships when seventy-eight girls take a run on a heat morning on the streets of Budapest to hunt medals for his or her international locations. The race is scheduled to start out at 7:00 AM (native time).

Ethiopia presents a powerful squad for the ladies’s marathon race. 24-year-old Tsehay Gemechu has a private and seasonal greatest time of two:16:56, which she ran early this 12 months to complete second on the Tokyo Marathon. Amane Beriso Shankule has the quickest time on the beginning checklist of two:14:58, which she set final December on the Valencia Marathon to win the race in a brand new Ethiopian nationwide file.

Additionally on the beginning checklist is the world defending champion, Gotytom Gebreslase, with a private greatest time of two:18:11. The opposite identify to be careful for within the Ethiopian group is Yalemzerf Yehualaw with a private greatest time of two:17:23 which she ran to win the London final 12 months. The 24-year-old holds the 10km world file at 29:14.

Solely Kenya’s Rosemary Wanjiru has a private greatest time that locations her among the many quickest three Ethiopians. The 2023 Tokyo Marathon champion has 2:16.28, a time that makes her the world chief this 12 months for the marathon.

The opposite sub 2:20 runners on the beginning checklist in Israel’s Lorna Salpeter, with a time of two:17.45, and USA’s Keira D’amato, who has 2:19.12. She can also be returning as one of many medalists from Eugene, having received the bronze medal there.

Rose Chelimo of Bahrain doesn’t have one of many quickest occasions right here however is a championship runner, having received a silver medal in virtually equally heat situations in Doha 2019.

The climate has been heat and humid a lot of the mornings right here in Budapest, and it may play an important position in how the runners will run right here. Maybe expertise may win over private greatest occasions.

Others to be careful for shall be Kenya’s Sally Kaptich, who has a private greatest of two:20.03, and Shyline Toroitich, who’s the present Enschede Marathon champion, the place she set her private greatest time this 12 months.