Athletics-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

Nov 12 (Reuters) - ⁠World half marathon ⁠champion Agnes Ngetich is set ‌to make her marathon debut in Valencia on December 6, ​raceorganisers 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

(Reporting by Chiranjit ​Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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