ATHLETICS: Record holders for Prague meet

Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir wins the Women's Elite 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday March 26, 2016.

Organisers of the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon have announced a world-class field for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on April 1.

The RunCzech Organisation announced a World-Class field including two World Record Holders; Peres Jepchirchir and Leonard Patrick Komon, and two Rio Olympic Medalists; Galen Rupp and Tamirat Tola who will compete in the 2017 edition of the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.

The women’s race features world half marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir, fresh from her 1:05:06 half marathon world record performance last month.

By AFP 3 hrs ago
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