
The 2023 World Championships will take place in Budapest from August 19 to 27.NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 17 – Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge will be chasing another piece of history on Monday evening when he lines up on the streets of Boston, seeking to win his fifth major marathon, in his chase for a historic sweep of all the six majors in the world. Tokyo Marathon champion Rosemary Wanjiru, and Sheila Chepkirui who finished fourth in London also made the women's squad, as Kenya seeks to reclaim the title it last won at the 2019 Worlds.īarcelona Marathon runner-up Sally Chepyego Kaptich and Commonwealth Games silver medalist Margaret Wangari are the reserves of the Kenyan women's team. Titus Kipruto, fourth-placed finisher at the 2023 Tokyo Marathon, rounds off the men's team, with Commonwealth Games medalist Michael Githae and Timothy Kiplagat, who finished second at the Rotterdam Marathon in April, named as reserves.ĭespite failing to finish the London Marathon, Olympics silver medalist Kosgei will lead the women's team as she seeks to bounce back to the podium. Kamworor finished fourth at last year's World Championships in Oregon. Kiptum will be joined in the men's team by Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor, who has won gold medals at the World Cross Country and World Half Marathon Championships. This came barely four months after the 23-year-old ran the fastest ever marathon debut in Valencia where he smashed the course record and posted the fourth-fastest time of 2:01:53 on December 4, 2022. Kiptum, the newest kid on the elite marathon running block, obliterated a talented field to win the 2023 London Marathon in 2:01:25 on April 23, the second-fastest in history behind two-time Olympic champion and world record holder Eliud Kipchoge (2:01:09).

The eye-catching selection in the squad was announced by Athletics Kenya vice president and director for competitions Paul Mutwii on Friday evening.

NAIROBI, June 3 (Xinhua) - World record holder Brigid Kosgei and the second-fastest marathoner of all time Kelvin Kiptum will spearhead Kenya's marathon squad for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
