Kamulu, Kipkirui, Teferi and Tirop among the women’s elite field to challenge Netsanet Gudeta at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018
A strong women’s field, with elite runners from across the globe, has been assembled to challenge Ethiopia’s IAAF World Half Marathon Valencia 2018 winner Netsanet Gudeta at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018 on Sunday 27 May.
Gudeta’s rivals this weekend will include the Kenyan pair of Agnes Tirop and Pauline Kamulu. Tirop, still only 22, won the 2015 world cross country title and has proven herself to be a formidable competitor on the track as well.
She won the IAAF World Championships 10,000m bronze medal in London last summer and showed she is in excellent form earlier this month when finishing second over 3000m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Doha in a personal best of 8:29.09.
Kamulu, 23, has spent several years based in Japan but this will be her first trip to India. She surprised many when she took the bronze medal at the IAAF World Half Marathon Valencia 2018.
A third Kenya, Caroline Kipkirui, doesn’t have the international championships credentials of her two compatriots but has shown stunning form recently when winning the Doha 3000m in a personal best of 8:29.05 and also running a 10km best of 30:28 when finishing second in Prague last month, which makes her the fastest woman in Bengaluru and the equal-seventh fastest ever.
Gudeta will also have her compatriots Senbere Teferi and Zeineba Yimer to contend with. Teferi celebrated her 23rd birthday earlier this month and has silver medals from the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and 2015 IAAF World Championships 5000m to her name.
Yimer doesn’t turn 20 until next month but won the high-quality Ethiopian half marathon championships in January and followed up that victory with fifth place in Valencia but this will be her debut over the 10km distance on the roads.
However, while the favourites for the 2018 women’s title appear to be from Ethiopia and Kenya, TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018 race promoters Procam International have recruited elite athletes from across the world with top runners from Europe, Oceania and South America.
The TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, has a total prize fund of US$213,000. It risen in prominence every year since it was inaugurated in 2008 and is now one of Asia’s leading races over the distance.
MEN ELITE ATHLETES TCS WORLD 10K
BANGALORE
- Alex Korio KEN/1990 27:52
- Geoffrey Kamworor KEN/1992 27:44
- Birhanu Legese ETH/1994 27:34
- Abraham Cheroben BRN/1992 27:35
- Mosinet Geremew ETH/1992 27:36
- Leul Gebrselassie ETH/1993 28:12
- Edwin Kiptoo KEN/1993 28:20
- Brett Robinson AUS/1991 28:29
- Bashir Abdi BEL/1989 28:31
- Ryan Vail USA/1986 29:06
- Moses Kurong UGA/1994 debut
WOMEN ELITE ATHLETES TCS WORLD 10K BANGALORE
51. Netsanet
Gudeta ETH/1991 31:35
- Caroline Kipkirui KEN/1994 30:28
- Senbere Teferi ETH/1995 30:38
- Agnes Tirop KEN/1995 31:00
- Daria Maslova KYR/1995 31:36
- Stella Chesang UGA/1996 31:54
- Ines Melchor PER/1986 33:24
- Camille Buscomb NZL/1990 33:39
- Salome Nyirarukundo RWA/1997 debut
- Pauline Kamulu KEN/1995 debut
- Zeineba Yimer ETH/1998 debut
- Ancuta Bobocel ROM/1987 debut
MEN
ELITE ATHLETES TCS WORLD 10K BANGALORE 2018
1.
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Alex Korio
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KEN/1990
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27:52
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Nike
|
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Alex Korio, the defending Champion of the TCS
World 10k which he also won in 2013, will line up in Bangalore for the fifth
time this year. After his victory in Bangalore, he took podium places in
various road races. He improved his personal best for half marathon to 58:51
last September in Copenhagen, making him the 12th fastest half
marathoner of all time.
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2018
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Houston
Half Marathon
|
8th
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60:49
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2017
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Copenhagen
Half Marathon
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3rd
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58:51
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2017
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TCS
Bangalore 10km
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1st
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28:12
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2017
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Paris
Half Marathon
|
3rd
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60:42
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2016
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TCS
Bangalore 10km
|
5th
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28:49
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2015
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Sao
Silvestre Luanda 10k
|
1st
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28:45
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2015
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Copenhagen
Half marathon
|
2nd
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59:28
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2014
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Azkoitia-Azpeitia
Half Marathon
|
1st
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59:58
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2013
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TCS
Bangalore 10km
|
1st
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28:07
|
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2010
|
Tout
Rennes Court 10k
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3rd
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27:52
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2.
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Geoffrey Kamworor
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KEN/1992
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58:54
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Nike
|
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Five time World Champion (2 times cross and 3
times half marathon) and TCS Bangalore 10km course record holder returns to
Bengalore. Un-arguably the best road racer of current time. A popular face in
India, Geoffrey will come to India for the seventh time. He won the Bangalore
10k in 2012 and 2014 and was runner-up in the 2011, 2013 and 2014 Delhi half
marathon. Geoffrey is also the star in a movie called “the Unknown Runner”, a
story which gives the viewer a good picture of daily life of a Kenyan athlete
growing up from talent to world star.
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2018
|
World
Half Marathon Championships
|
1st
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60:02
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2017
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TCS
New York Marathon
|
1st
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2:10:53
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2017
|
World
Championships 10.000m
|
6th
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26:57.77
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2017
|
World
Cross Championships
|
1st
|
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2016
|
Olympic
Games 10.000m
|
11th
|
27:31.94
|
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2016
|
World
Half Marathon Championships
|
1st
|
59:10
|
||
2015
|
TCS
New York Marathon
|
2nd
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2:10:48
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||
2015
|
World
Championships 10.000m
|
2nd
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27:01.76
|
||
2015
|
World
Championships Cross
|
1st
|
|
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2014
|
Airtel
New Delhi Half Marathon
|
2nd
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59:07
|
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2014
|
Berlin
Marathon
|
4th
|
2:06:39
|
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2014
|
Bangalore
10k
|
1st
|
27:44
|
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2014
|
World
Half Marathon Championships
|
1st
|
59:08
|
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2013
|
Delhi
Half Marathon
|
2nd
|
59:30
|
||
2013
|
Berlin
Marathon
|
3rd
|
2:06:26
|
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2013
|
RAK
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
58:54
|
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2012
|
Berlin
Marathon
|
3rd
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2:06:12
|
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2012
|
Bangalore
10k
|
1st
|
28:00
|
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2011
|
Delhi
Half Marathon
|
2nd
|
59:31
|
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2011
|
World
Cross Country Champs Junior Race
|
1st
|
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3.
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Birhanu Legese
|
ETH/1994
|
27:34
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Nike
|
|
Birhanu Legese has recorded some fast times
for 10k and 5000m on the track. He ran a fast 27:34 in Morocco in 2013. In
2015 he made his half marathon debut in Berlin where he outsprinted the
Kenyans and won in 59:45, which is one of the fastest times ever recorded by
a debutant. Later that year he won Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in a trilling
sprint against compatriot Mosinet Geremew, WR Holder Half Marathon Zersenay
Tadesse and two strong of Kenya’s
strong road racers both Edwin Kiptoo and Jonathan Maiyo. His 59.20 PB he set
in Delhi that year also was the 3rd fastest time of 2015. Birhanu
made his marathon debut in Dubai this year, clocking one of the fastest
debuts ever.
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2018
|
Dubai
Marathon
|
6th
|
2:04.15
|
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2017
|
Airtel
Delhi half marathon
|
1st
|
59:46
|
||
2017
|
Dam
tot Damloop 10EM
|
1st
|
45:38
|
||
2017
|
TCS
Bangalore 10km
|
5th
|
28:36
|
||
2016
|
RAK
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
60:40
|
||
2015
|
Airtel
Delhi Half Marathon
|
1st
|
59:20
|
||
2015
|
Berlin
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
59:45
|
||
2014
|
Diamond
League Shanghai 5.000m
|
6th
|
13:08.88
|
||
2013
|
TCS
World 10k Bangalore
|
3rd
|
28:16
|
||
2013
|
Taroudant
10k
|
2nd
|
27:34
|
||
2012
|
Great
Ethiopian Run 10k
|
2nd
|
28:41
|
||
4.
|
Abraham Cheroben
|
BRN/1992
|
27:35
|
Nike
|
|
In 2014 when Abraham Cheroben came to Delhi
for the first time, he was a relatively newcomer in the field. Ever since he
has developed quickly to become one of the leading road races in the industry.
Last year he run a 58.40 which is the new Asian Record over half marathon.
Last March he confirmed being one of the leading road racers by finishing 2nd
behind Geoffrey Kamworor at the World Half Marathon Championships in
Valencia. His 58.40 ranks him as 4th fastest all time over the
half marathon distance.
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2018
|
World
Championships Half Marathon
|
2nd
|
60:22
|
||
2017
|
Valencia
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
59:11
|
||
2017
|
Copenhagen
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
58:40
AR
|
||
2017
|
World
Championships 10.000m
|
12th
|
27:11.08
|
||
2016
|
Olympic
Games 10.000m
|
10th
|
27:31.86
|
||
2016
|
City
Pier City Half Marathon
|
3rd
|
60:35
|
||
2015
|
Valencia
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
59:10
|
||
2015
|
Berlin
Half Marathon
|
3rd
|
59:49
|
||
2015
|
Utrecht
10km
|
1st
|
27:35
|
||
2014
|
Airtel
Delhi Half Marathon
|
7th
|
59:21
|
||
2014
|
Valencia
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
58:48
|
||
2014
|
Berlin
25k
|
1st
|
1:11:47
|
||
2014
|
Berlin
Half Marathon
|
2nd
|
59:14
|
||
5.
|
Mosinet Geremew
|
ETH/1992
|
27:36
|
Nike
|
|
Double defending champion Mosinet Geremew
will return to the streets of Bangalore (2015 and 2016). He is well-known in
India as he won the Hyderabad 10k in 2012, finished third in Delhi in 2014
and was runner-up in 2015. His career started in 2011 with a victory in the Great
Ethiopian Run. He developed to be a strong road racer with podium places in
Delhi, Prague, Peachtree, Yangzhou and Houston.
|
|||||
2018
|
Dubai
Marathon
|
1st
|
2:04:00
|
||
2017
|
Berlin
Marathon
|
3rd
|
2:06:12
|
||
2017
|
Yangzhou
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
60:56
|
||
2017
|
Xiamen
Marathon
|
2nd
|
2:10:20
|
||
2016
|
TCS
Bangalore 10km
|
1st
|
28:36
|
||
2016
|
Yangzhou
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
60:43
|
||
2015
|
New
Delhi Half Marathon
|
2nd
|
59:21
|
||
2015
|
World
Championships 10.000m
|
11th
|
28:07.50
|
||
2015
|
TCS
World 10k Bangalore
|
1st
|
28:16
|
||
2015
|
Yangzhou
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
59:52
|
||
2015
|
RAK
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
60:05
|
||
2014
|
Delhi
Half Marathon
|
3rd
|
59:11
|
||
2014
|
Prague
Half Marathon
|
2nd
|
59:54
|
||
2012
|
Hyderabad
10k
|
1st
|
27:36
|
||
6.
|
Leul Gebresilase
|
ETH/1992
|
28:12
|
Adidas
|
|
Leul
Gebresilase comes from Awasa, a place about 300km south of Addis Abeba. He is
married and became father of a baby boy 7 months ago. He started running in
2002(aged 10) and later moved to Ethiopia’s capital to become a better
athlete. Leul, like many Ethiopian athletes, was inspired by fellow Ethiopian
Kenenisa Bekele(“he is my hero”) to start running. Apart from running,
Leul also likes to watch football.
|
|||||
2018
|
Dubai
Marathon
|
2nd
|
2:04:02
|
||
2018
|
World
Championships Half Marathon
|
10th
|
61:07
|
||
2017
|
Valencia
Half Marathon
|
2nd
|
59:18
|
||
2017
|
Ottawa
10km
|
1st
|
28:43
|
||
2016
|
Olympic
Trials 10.000m
|
6th
|
27:26.69
|
||
2016
|
Adidas
Meeting 10.000m
|
1st
|
27:19.71
|
||
2015
|
Rennes
10km
|
1st
|
28:12
|
||
2015
|
Ethiopian
Championships 10.000m
|
7th
|
27:22.89
|
||
2015
|
All
African Games 5.000m
|
2nd
|
13:22.13
|
||
7.
|
Edwin Kiptoo
|
KEN/1993
|
28:20
|
|
|
Edwin Kiptoo is a typical road runner, as he
runs 10km, half marathons and paces full marathons. Edwin is a familiar face
to the PROCAM events having paced in Mumbai Marathon in 2017 and competed in
Bangalore and Delhi several times finishing top 3 on a number of occasions.
He distinguish himself by being a front runner not shy to push the pace which
has lead him to success on several occasions.
|
|||||
2018
|
RAK
Half Marathon
|
7th
|
59:54
|
||
2017
|
Airtel
Delhi Half Marathon
|
7th
|
60:06
|
||
2017
|
TCS
Bangalore 10km
|
2nd
|
28:26
|
||
2017
|
Dam
tot Damloop 10EM
|
4th
|
45:53
|
||
2017
|
CPC
Half Marathon
|
3rd
|
59:35
|
||
2016
|
Dam
tot Damloop 10EM
|
1st
|
45:25
|
||
2016
|
World
Championships Half Marathon
|
9th
|
61:21
|
||
2016
|
RAK
Half Marathon
|
7th
|
61:00
|
||
2015
|
New
Delhi Half Marathon
|
4th
|
59:26
|
||
2015
|
TCS
Bangalore 10km
|
3rd
|
28:20
|
||
2015
|
Dam
tot Damloop 10EM
|
1st
|
45:19
|
||
2015
|
CPC
Half Marathon
|
3rd
|
59:35
|
||
2015
|
RAK
Half Marathon
|
4th
|
60:11
|
||
8.
|
Brett Robinson
|
AUS/1991
|
28:29
|
Nike
|
|
Brett is originally from Canberra but moved
to Melbourne in 2013 to train with Melbourne Track Club, under coach Nic
Bideau. He was 8th in the World Junior 1500m in Moncton, Canada in 2010.
Tried the steeple in 2011 and ran his pb 8.52.47. In 2012 he ran his 1500m pb
of 3.38.94 so in 2013 he decided another change in events, this time to
5000m. He ran his pb of 13.18.96 that year in Ostrava and qualified for the
final at the World Championships in Moscow where he placed 15th.
He has also been a finalist at the World
Indoors over 3000m in Portland in 2016 where he was 11th and in the Olympic
Gamwes 5000m in Rio where he was 14th. Brett has often had great success on
the roads. In 2016 and 17 he has won the Australian road championship over
12km in Adelaide, the Melbourne half marathon both years and has twice won
other prominent road races on the Australian calendar, the Burnie Ten and the
Noosa Bolt. He is now looking to move to the marathon over the next 2 years.
"I have never been to India so this 10k
race presents an exciting opportunity to test myself against international
competition in a road race after winning quite a few road events in Australia
over the last few years so I am looking forward to it."
|
|||||
2017
|
Zatopek
10.000m
|
4th
|
28:59.09
|
||
2017
|
Australian
Championships 12km
|
1st
|
35:40
|
||
2017
|
Australian
Cross Championships
|
1st
|
|
||
2017
|
Auckland
Track Challenge 5.000m
|
1st
|
13:22.93
|
||
2016
|
Olympic
Games 5.000m
|
14th
|
13:32.30
|
||
2016
|
World
Indoor Championships 3.000m
|
11th
|
8:11.11
|
||
2016
|
FBK
Games Hengelo 5.000m
|
12th
|
13:19.29
|
||
2015
|
Zatopek
10.000m
|
2nd
|
28:24.49
|
||
2015
|
World
Cross Championships
|
28th
|
|
||
2013
|
World
Championships 5.000m
|
15th
|
14:03.77
|
||
2013
|
Ostrava
Golden Spike 5.000m
|
8th
|
13:18.96
|
||
2013
|
World
Cross Championships
|
29th
|
|
||
9.
|
Bashir Abdi
|
BEL/1989
|
28:31
|
Nike
|
|
Belgium long distance runner who started his
sporting career as a street footballer in Mogadishu. He only discovered
running once he moved to Belgium. He’s one of Mo Farah’s training partners
and they spent a lot of time together training in Ethiopia. Bashir
represented Belgium at various European, World and Olympic Games. He
currently holds the 4th position in the European Marathon rankings
after making his debut last month at the Rotterdam Marathon.
|
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2018
|
Rotterdam
Marathon
|
8th
|
2:10:46
|
||
2017
|
Lille
Half Marathon
|
9th
|
61:50
|
||
2017
|
KBC
Nacht van de Atletiek 5.000m
|
5th
|
13:11.87
|
||
2016
|
Utrecht
10km
|
1st
|
28:31
|
||
2016
|
Olympic
Games 10.000m
|
20th
|
28:01.49
|
||
2015
|
Stanford
10.000m
|
6th
|
27:47.55
|
||
2015
|
KBC Nacht van de Atletiek 5.000m
|
2nd
|
13:06.10
|
||
2014
|
European
Championships 10.000m
|
5th
|
28:13.61
|
||
2014
|
Stanford
10.000m
|
3rd
|
27:36.40
|
||
10.
|
Ryan Vail
|
USA/1986
|
29:06
|
Brooks
|
|
Ryan’s love for running began during his
junior year of high school after giving up football and wrestling to focus on
cross country and track. This decision led him to a full-ride at Oklahoma
State University where he became a 5-time All-American and led the OSU cross
country team to an NCAA National Championship in 2009. While Ryan continues
to compete on the track (3rd in the 2014 USA Championships –
10km), his true passion has been cross country running and road running. This
resulted in representing Team USA on 4 different occasions at the IAAF World
Cross Country Championships. The highlight of his cross country career came
at the 2013 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland where he placed 17th
overall, and the US Team earned the team Silver medal, beating Kenya and
losing only to Ethiopia.
|
|||||
2018
|
USA
Championships 15km
|
6th
|
44:12
|
||
2017
|
Berlin
Marathon
|
8th
|
2:12:40
|
||
2015
|
World
Cross Championships
|
34th
|
|
||
2015
|
USA
Championships Cross
|
4th
|
|
||
2015
|
USA
Championships 10.000m
|
5th
|
28:22.21
|
||
2015
|
USA
Championships 15km
|
5th
|
44:54
|
||
2014
|
New
York Marathon
|
9th
|
2:15:08
|
||
2014
|
USA
Championships 10.000m
|
3rd
|
28:26.02
|
||
2014
|
London
Marathon
|
10th
|
2:10:57
|
||
2013
|
World
Cross Championships
|
17th
|
|
||
2013
|
USA
Championships 15km
|
3rd
|
43:43
|
||
2013
|
Stanford
10.000m
|
6th
|
27:44.05
|
||
11.
|
Moses Kurong
|
UGA/1994
|
Debut
|
Nike
|
|
The Ugandan record holder for Half Marathon,
trains and lives in Kapchorwa (Uganda). The home of Ugandan distance running.
Moses is a police officer besides professional runner.
|
|||||
2018
|
Barcelona
Half Marathon
|
3rd
|
60:10
|
||
2017
|
Copenhagen
Half Marathon
|
6th
|
59:50
NR
|
||
2017
|
World Championships 10.000m
|
18th
|
27:50.71
|
||
2017
|
FBK
Games Hengelo 10.000m
|
6th
|
27:22.33
|
||
2016
|
Tilburg
Ten Miles
|
3rd
|
46:05
|
||
2016
|
Olympic
Games 10.000m
|
22nd
|
28:03.38
|
||
2016
|
Gouden Spike Leiden 10.000m
|
2nd
|
27:27.43
|
||
2016
|
Africa
Cross Championships
|
11th
|
|
||
2013
|
African
Junior Championships 10.000m
|
1st
|
28:31.8
|
||
2013
|
African
Junior Championships 5.000m
|
3rd
|
13:56.39
|
||
2012
|
World
Junior Championships 10.000m
|
5th
|
29:06.87
|
||
WOMEN ELITE ATHLETES TCS WORLD 10K
BANGALORE 2018
51.
|
Netsanet Gudeta
|
ETH/1991
|
31:35
|
Adidas
|
|
Reigning World Champion and World Record
holder for Half Marathon, Netsanet made her breakthrough in 2013 by winning
the competitive Great Ethiopian Run. A few months later she made her half
marathon debut and she was chosen to represent Ethiopia at the World Half
Marathon Championships where she won the silver team medal. Last year she got
another chance to represent her country at the World Cross Country
Championships, where she took the third place.
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|||||
2018
|
World
Championships Half Marathon
|
1st
|
66:11
WR
|
||
2017
|
Airtel
Delhi Half Marathon
|
3rd
|
67:26
|
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2017
|
Ottawa
10km
|
1st
|
31:35
|
||
2016
|
Airtel
Delhi Half Marathon
|
8th
|
70:05
|
||
2016
|
Ethiopian
Trials 10.000m
|
4th
|
30:36.75
|
||
2016
|
World
Half Marathon Championships
|
4th
|
68:01
|
||
2015
|
Valencia
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
67:31
|
||
2015
|
Ethiopian
10.000m trials
|
6th
|
31:06.53
|
||
2015
|
World
Cross Country Championships
|
3rd
|
|
||
2014
|
World
Half Marathon Championships
|
6th
|
68:45
|
||
2013
|
Great
Ethiopian Run
|
1st
|
33:24
|
||
52.
|
Caroline Kipkirui
|
KEN/1994
|
30:28
|
Adidas
|
|
Born in Kericho (area famous because of its
tea plantations), she is the younger sister of fellow distance runner Mercy
Cherono. In 2017 she paced the first half of the women’s only race during the
London Marathon where Mary Keitany set the women’s only marathon record.
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|||||
2018
|
Prague
Half Marathon
|
2nd
|
66:09
|
||
2018
|
RAK
Half Marathon
|
3rd
|
65:07
|
||
2017
|
Great
North Run
|
3rd
|
69:52
|
||
2017
|
Brussels
Diamond League 5.000m
|
2nd
|
14:27.55
|
||
2017
|
Birmingham
10km
|
1st
|
30:45
|
||
2016
|
Beach
to Beacon 10km
|
3rd
|
32:03
|
||
2016
|
Stanford
10.000m
|
2nd
|
31:16.38
|
||
2013
|
World
Junior Cross Championships
|
4th
|
|
||
2012
|
World
Junior Championships 5.000m
|
5th
|
15:58.10
|
||
2011
|
African
Junior Championships Cross
|
1st
|
|
||
2011
|
African
Junior Championships 5.000m
|
1st
|
15:24.66
|
||
2011
|
World
Youth Championships 3.000m
|
3rd
|
8:58.63
|
||
53.
|
Senbere Teferi
|
ETH/1995
|
30:38
|
Adidas
|
|
Senberi is a big soccer fan. Her husband is a
former 100m/200m sprinter from Ethiopia. At the moment Senberi is building
her dream home in Addis Ababa, a project which is hopefully done in the next
two years.
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|||||
2018
|
Dubai
Marathon
|
9th
|
2:24:11
|
||
2017
|
Tilburg
Ladies 10km
|
1st
|
30:38
|
||
2017
|
FBK
Games Hengelo
|
2nd
|
30:41.68
|
||
2017
|
World
Championships 5.000m
|
4th
|
14:47.45
|
||
2016
|
Olympic
Games Rio 5.000m
|
5th
|
14:43.75
|
||
2016
|
Ethiopian
Olympic Trials 10.000m
|
6th
|
30:40.59
|
||
2015
|
World
Cross Country Championships
|
2nd
|
|
||
2015
|
World
Championships 5.000m
|
2nd
|
14:44.07
|
||
2012
|
World
Junior Championships 1.500m
|
3rd
|
4:08.28
|
||
2011
|
World
Youth Championships 1.500m
|
2nd
|
4:10.54
|
||
54.
|
Agnes Tirop
|
KEN/1995
|
31:00
|
Adidas
|
|
Agnes Tirop only competes internationally
since 2012 and has already won four championships medals. She won two bronze
medals at the World Junior Championships and silver at the World Junior Cross
Country Championships in 2013. But her best victory came in 2015 when she won
the World Cross Country Championships as a senior! She confirmed her status
by winning bronze last year at the IAAF World Championships 10.000m in
London.
|
|||||
2018
|
African
Cross Championships
|
4th
|
|
||
2017
|
Tilburg
Ladies 10km
|
2nd
|
31:00
|
||
2017
|
World
Championships 10.000m
|
3rd
|
31:03.50
|
||
2017
|
World
Cross Country Championships
|
5th
|
|
||
2016
|
Brussels
Diamond League 5.000m
|
9th
|
15:02.67
|
||
2015
|
All
African Games 10.000m
|
5th
|
32:55.41
|
||
2015
|
World
Cross Country Championships
|
1st
|
|
||
2014
|
World
Junior Championships 5000m
|
3rd
|
|
||
2013
|
World
Junior Cross Country Championships
|
2nd
|
|
||
2012
|
World
Junior Championships 5000m
|
3rd
|
|
||
55.
|
Darya Maslova
|
KGZ/1995
|
31:36
|
|
|
Darya holds various Kirgizian National
Records and represented her country on various occasions during international
Championships such as World University Games, Asian Games, Asian
Championships, World Championships and Olympic Games. Her biggest triumph to
date is the double Gold she took during the 2017 Asian Championships in
5.000m and 10.000m.
|
|||||
2017
|
Airtel
Delhi Half Marathon
|
9th
|
71:29
|
||
2017
|
World
University Games 10.000m
|
1st
|
33:19.27
|
||
2017
|
World
Championships 10.000m
|
17th
|
31:57.23
|
||
2017
|
Asian
Championships 10.000m
|
1st
|
32:21.21
|
||
2017
|
Asian
Championships 5.000m
|
1st
|
15:57.95
|
||
2016
|
Olympic
Games 10.000m
|
19th
|
31:36.90
NR
|
||
2015
|
World
University Games 5.000m
|
3rd
|
16:04.09
|
||
2015
|
Asian
Championships 5.000m
|
3rd
|
15:42.82
|
||
56.
|
Stella Chesang
|
UGA/1996
|
31:54
|
Nike
|
|
One of few Ugandan women who set foot in long
distance. Born in Serere Village, Kween district, she started running. During
her primary school days, she won all athletic races she competed in. She was
awarded a full academic scholarship. Coming from a large family, nine siblings,
she attended Benet Primary school before being transferred to Chemwania High
School. The Ugandan Police Force recruited her as a police officer and member
of the Ugandan Police Athletic Club. Following her win at the Gold Coast,
Commonwealth Games 10.000m in 2018, she promoted from the rank of Special
Police Constable (SPC) to the rank of Inspector of Police. In 2015 she won
the World Mountain Running Championships.
|
|||||
2018
|
Commonwealth
Games 10.000m
|
1st
|
31:45.30
|
||
2018
|
African
Cross Championships
|
5th
|
|
||
2018
|
UAF
Trail 10.000m
|
2nd
|
31:39.0
|
||
2018
|
Ugandan
Championships Cross
|
1st
|
|
||
2017
|
ASICS
Grand 10km Berlin
|
2nd
|
31:54
|
||
2017
|
World
Championships Cross
|
18th
|
|
||
2016
|
African
Cross Championships
|
10th
|
|
||
2015
|
African
Junior Championships 5.000m
|
3rd
|
17:04.91
|
||
2015
|
World
Mountain Running Championships
|
1st
|
|
||
2015
|
World
Junior Championships Cross
|
11th
|
|
||
2014
|
World
Junior Championships 5.000m
|
4th
|
15:53.85
|
||
2014
|
African
Junior Championships Cross
|
10th
|
|
||
2013
|
World
Youth Championships 3.000m
|
4th
|
9:11.03
|
||
57.
|
Ines Melchor
|
PER/1986
|
33:24
|
ASICS
|
|
Former South American Champion and current
National Record holder of the 5.000m and 10.000m for Peru, Ines Melchor, will
be the first South American elite to participate in the TCS Bangalore 10km
this year. Ines also holds the South American record for marathon which she
set in Berlin in 2014. She won numerous youth and junior medals at the
continental level and also won several golds at the South American
Championships on senior level.
Ines also has bachelor of laws from Los Andes
Peruvian University.
|
|||||
2018
|
World
Championships Half Marathon
|
32nd
|
71:55
|
||
2017
|
World
Championships Marathon
|
26th
|
2:35:34
|
||
2017
|
Santiago
de Chile Marathon
|
1st
|
2:34:12
|
||
2016
|
Daegu
Marathon
|
2nd
|
2:27:40
|
||
2016
|
Payton
Jordan Stanford 10.000m
|
22nd
|
32:10.99
|
||
2015
|
Santiago
de Chile Marathon
|
1st
|
2:28:18
|
||
2015
|
Pan
American Games 10.000m
|
5th
|
33:07.66
|
||
2015
|
South
American Championships 10.000m
|
1st
|
32:28.87
|
||
2015
|
Payton
Jordan Stanford 10.000m
|
1st
|
31:56.62
NR
|
||
2014
|
Berlin
Marathon
|
8th
|
2:26:48
|
||
2012
|
Olympic
Games Marathon
|
24th
|
2:28:54
|
||
2009
|
South
American Championships 10.000m
|
1st
|
33:11.79
|
||
2007
|
South
American Championships 10.000m
|
2nd
|
34:13.23
|
||
58.
|
Camille Buscomb
|
NZL/1990
|
33:39
|
New Balance
|
|
Camille is from Hamilton same place as
Robertson twins. After missing Rio Olympics she made the decision to train in
Australia with Melbourne Track Club. Since then she has represented New
Zealand at the 5000m and 10,000m at the World Championships in London and at
the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast and improved her 10,000m time by
over 30 sec to 31.45. Her boyfriend Cameron French ran the 400m hurdles at
this year's Commonwealth Games.
"I am working to improve my track tines
in Europe this year and the 10k in Bangalore will be a good opporrunity to
test myself ahead of some European track races."
|
|||||
2018
|
Commonwealth
Games 10.000m
|
14th
|
32:23.91
|
||
2018
|
Commonwealth
Games 5.000m
|
12th
|
15:55.45
|
||
2017
|
World
Championships 10.000m
|
30th
|
33:07.53
|
||
2017
|
Stanford
10.000m
|
9th
|
31:45.02
|
||
2017
|
Nijmegen
Global Athletics 5.000m
|
3rd
|
15:19.81
|
||
2017
|
Hobart
10km
|
2nd
|
33:39
|
||
2016
|
Zatopek
10.000m
|
1st
|
32:34.41
|
||
2015
|
New
Zealand Championships 10km
|
1st
|
33:55
|
||
2015
|
Zatopek
10.000m
|
2nd
|
32:26.36
|
||
2015
|
World
University Games 5.000m
|
2nd
|
16:03.72
|
||
2007
|
World
Youth Championships 3.000m
|
13th
|
9:54.31
|
||
59.
|
Salome Nyirarukundo
|
RWA/1997
|
Debut
|
Nike
|
|
Front runner and pro-active Salome had a
break through run during the 2016 African Championships. She then took her
chances and started training for periods in Kaptagat under renown coach
Patrick Sang who also coaches the likes of Eliud Kipchoge and Geoffrey
Kamworor.
|
|||||
2018
|
Commonwealth
Games 10.000m
|
11th
|
32:13.74
|
||
2018
|
Barcelona
Half Marathon
|
3rd
|
68:48
NR
|
||
2017
|
Sylvesterlauf
Trier 5km
|
2nd
|
15:50
|
||
2017
|
World
Championships 10.000m
|
25th
|
32:45.95
|
||
2017
|
Nijmegen
Global Athletics 5.000m
|
5th
|
15:34.91
NR
|
||
2016
|
Sylvesterlauf
Trier 5km
|
3rd
|
16:14
|
||
2016
|
Olympic
Games 10.000m
|
27th
|
32:07.80
|
||
2016
|
African
Championships 10.000m
|
4th
|
31:45.82
NR
|
||
2016
|
World
Junior Championships 5.000m
|
13th
|
15:57.68
|
||
2016
|
East
African Junior Championships 5.000m
|
4th
|
16:42.1
|
||
2015
|
African
Junior Championships 3.000m
|
4th
|
10:02.83
|
||
60.
|
Pauline Kamulu
|
KEN/1995
|
Debut
|
Nike
|
|
Training, living and competing in Japan,
Pauline is one of the Kenyan athletes who made the decision to go abroad and
live in the Asian country. Kamulu won the Pune Half Marathon at the age of
seventeen setting a CR of 68:37 some years ago. Following her 11th
place in World Junior Cross Championships in 2013 she began to compete in
Japan for the Route Inn Hotels Corporate running team.
|
|||||
2018
|
World
Half Marathon Championships
|
3rd
|
66:56
|
||
2018
|
Yamaguchi
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
69:40
|
||
2017
|
Okayama
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
68:04
|
||
2017
|
Yuwa
10.000m
|
2nd
|
31:47.13
|
||
2016
|
African
Cross Championships
|
7th
|
|
||
2016
|
Fukagawa
10.000m
|
1st
|
31:56.70
|
||
2015
|
Okayama
Half Marathon
|
3rd
|
69:44
|
||
2013
|
World
Junior Cross Championships
|
11th
|
|
||
61.
|
Zeineba Yimer
|
ETH/1998
|
Debut
|
Nike
|
|
Zeineba
comes from Wollo, a place 400km north of Addis Abeba. Zeineba started running
at the age of 5 and later, after moving to Addis, further developed as an
elite runner. Like many Ethiopian athletes Zeineba was inspired by Kenenisa
Bekele to start running. After winning the Ethiopian trials in January 2018,
Zeineba went on to take a fifth place at the World Half Marathon
Championships in a new PB of 1:08:07.
|
|||||
2018
|
World
Championships Half Marathon
|
5th
|
68:07
|
||
2018
|
Ethiopian
Championships Half Marathon
|
1st
|
70:24
|
||
2018
|
Egmond
Half Marathon
|
1st
|
72:19
|
||
2017
|
Cardiff
Half Marathon
|
4th
|
71:31
|
||
2017
|
World
Junior Championships Cross
|
10th
|
|
||
62.
|
Ancuta Bobocel
|
ROM/1987
|
Debut
|
Nike
|
|
The Romanian distance star is known in Europe
for a long time due to her high level steeple and cross country performances.
She won various medals at various European and World Junior Championships.
She competed in steeple for many years till 2017 when she started to change
to longer distances and road running. It was the 208 World Half Marathon
Championships where she prevailed and decided this is her new career. Ancuta
currently trains in Colorado Springs, USA, under coach Scott Simmons. She
delivered a baby girl in 2014, Eva Maria. Bobocel currently holds the 3rd
position in the European half marathon rankings, she was the first European
finisher at the World Half Marathon Championships.
|
|||||
2018
|
World
Half Marathon Championships
|
15th
|
70:21
|
||
2017
|
European
Cross Championships
|
11th
|
|
||
2017
|
Maia
10.000m
|
2nd
|
32:18.93
|
||
2016
|
European
Cross Championships
|
4th
|
|
||
2015
|
European
Cross Championships
|
5th
|
|
||
2013
|
World
Championships 3000mst
|
13th
|
9:53.35
|
||
2009
|
World
University Games 3000mst
|
2nd
|
9:38.14
|
||
2009
|
European
U23 Championships 3000mst
|
1st
|
9:47.40
|
||
2008
|
European
U23 Cross Championships
|
5th
|
|
||
2007
|
European
U23 Cross Championships
|
1st
|
|
||
2007
|
European
U23 Championships 3000mst
|
2nd
|
9:41.84
|
||
2006
|
European
Junior Cross Championships
|
3rd
|
|
||
2006
|
World
Junior Championships 3000mst
|
2nd
|
9:46.19
|
||
2005
|
European
Junior Cross Championships
|
1st
|
|
||
2005
|
European
Junior Championships 3000mst
|
2nd
|
10:14.29
|
||
2004
|
European
Junior Cross Championships
|
2nd
|
|
||
2004
|
World
Junior Championships 3000mst
|
2nd
|
9:49.03
|
||
2003
|
European
Junior Championships 2000mst
|
2nd
|
6:32.03
|
||
Approximately 27,000 runners will take to the roads for five different races in what has become one of Bengaluru’s most high-profile sporting events.
In addition to the TCS World 10K for elite runners, there is an Open 10K, the Majja Run (6km) the Senior Citizens’ Race and Champions with Disability Race (both 4km).
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