The 2022 world indoor 3000m champion and 29:47 10,000m runner will meet at the tRUNsylvania Women’s 10km on September 22.
Ethiopia’s Lemlem Hailu and Kenya’s Grace Loibach Naowuna lead an outstanding women’s elite field at the 2024 tRUNsylvania 10km on Sunday 22 September.
The tRUNsylvania 10km is part of the fourth edition of the popular Brasov Running Festival, which will also feature the European Road Mile the day before on September 21.
Hailu, the indoor 3000m gold medalist at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, has run just four road races over all distances in her career but is adapting quickly to the surface and has track credentials, including up to 30 10,000m. should review his relatively modest 10km best of 31:23.
Naovuna, who is still only 20 years old, made huge strides in 2023, finishing fourth at the world championships and running 29:47.42 in the 10,000m, making her the third-fastest woman of the year at the event.
He followed that up in 2024 with a series of back-to-back performances, including winning two high-profile 10km races in Lille, France, and Boulder, USA, earlier this year.
El St. Pierre, Lemlem Hailu and Ejgaehu Taye (Getty)
The field also includes two women who have run under 30 minutes on 10km roads this year, the Kenyan duo of Janet Chepngetich and Lois Kemnung. They are the two fastest women in the 10km field and are currently sixth and ninth on the 2024 world list.
Five others, including Loibach Nawowuna, have 10km personal bests of under 31 minutes.
Also, there will be keen interest in the performance of 20-year-old Ethiopian Godou Mulat Tekle, who can only run 32:40 for 10km on home soil, but who won the Berlin Half Marathon in 66:53.
tRUNsylvania 10km is a global elite athletics race and the only car race of this status in Romania. It takes place in a super fast three circles in the trendy Coresi district of Brasov.
The leading women’s runners (with their 10km personal bests) are:
Janet Chepngetic (KEN)
Loice Chemnung (KEN)
Grace Loibach Naovuna (KEN)
Yeshanesh Asmarech Anli (ETH)
Christine Njoki (KEN)
Nelvin Jepkemboi (KEN)
Judy Kemboi (KEN)
Lemlem Hailu (ETH)
Daisy Jepkemey (KAZ)
Gladys Kwamboka (KEN)
Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth (HUN)
Stella Ruto (ROU)
Lemlem Nibret Alemu (ETH)
Godou Mulat Tekle (ETH)
Ronald Quemoy (Getty)
“We have a three-lap course that is very fast and designed to produce fast times, while also allowing fans to get up close and experience the thrill of watching world-class runners in action,” said race director Daniel Santa. “With the field we’ve assembled, I think we can expect some performances this year that will have an impact on the world all-time list.”
The women’s course record in Brasov is held by Kenyan Sheila Kiprotic, who ran 30:07 in 2022.
Details tRUNsylvania 10 km men’s elite field Olympic 5000m silver medalist Ronald Kwemoi and reigning tRUNsylvania 10km champion Weldon Langat.
Brasov Running Festival 2024 takes place against the spectacular backdrop of the Carpathian Mountains and is close to the center of the historic and picturesque Transylvanian city, which can be traced back to the 13th century.
Both the tRUNsylvania 10km and the European Road Mile will be streamed live Brasov Running Festival YouTube channel.
Details of all races of the Brasov Running Festival 2024 can be found here here.
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