Hellen Obiri won the Istanbul Half Marathon

Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner Hellen Obiri won the Istanbul Half Marathon yesterday, March 27th.

Two-time world champion in the 5,000m Hellen Obiri did not give any chance to her rivals, covering the distance in 1:04:48 hours. This is the 10th result of all time in the discipline. The Ethiopian Tsehay Gemechu was more than a minute away – 1:05:52 hours. The third place was also for the representative of Ethiopia – Bekelech Gudeta with 1:06:35 hours.

Hellen Obiri took the lead from the start and did not give any chance to its opponents.

Hellen Obiri is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. She is a two-time world champion after winning the 5,000m in 2017 and again in 2019 when she set a new championship record. Hellen Obiri is a two-time Olympic 5,000m silver medallist from the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she also placed fourth over the 10,000m. She won the 3,000m race at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, took silver in 2014, and placed fourth in 2018. She holds the Kenyan national records for the mile, 3,000m both out and indoors, and 5,000m events.

In March 2019, Hellen Obiri won the women’s senior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championship. She places fifth in the half marathon on the world’s all-time list.