World half marathon champion Ngetich set for marathon debut in Valencia
Athletics – Diamond League – Monaco – Stade Louis II, Monaco – July 10, 2026 Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Ngetich in action during the women’s 3000m final REUTERS/Manon Cruz/File Photo
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Nov 12 : World half marathon champion Agnes Ngetich is set to make her marathon debut in Valencia on December 6, race organisers announced on Thursday.
• Kenya’s Ngetich shaved a second off the women-only half marathon world record at the World Athletics Running Championships in September
• The 25-year-old also triumphed at the World Cross Country Championships in January
• Ngetich won the Valencia half marathon in 2024 and 2025.
• “She has already made history on our streets … now, she dreams of doing it again over a new distance,” the Valencia Marathon organisers said on Instagram
Source: Reuters
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