On a wet Friday night time, Canadian distance star Cam Levins put a racing bib on for the primary time since November, taking sixth in a speedy 10K on the Asics Pageant of Operating in Paris, clocking 28:11—tying the nationwide file, set by in 2022 Kitchener, Ont.’s Ben Flanagan on the B.A.A 10K occasion in Boston. “Actually nice environment attending to race on the streets of Paris,” Levins wrote on Instagram post-race.
Levins, from Black Creek, B.C., at present holds each the Canadian marathon file and half marathon mark of 60:18, which he ran on the Vancouver First Half in February 2023. A month later, he hit the 2024 Paris Olympic marathon commonplace on the Tokyo Marathon, the place he clocked a private finest and North American space file of two:05:36.
This was Levins’s first race for the reason that New York Metropolis Marathon in November, when he dropped out earlier than the midway mark. He had opted to race New York in preparation for the hilly Paris Olympic marathon, which he had already certified for. The 34-year-old had excessive expectations heading into NYC however ended his race close to the 20 km level, later disclosing that he was not injured however didn’t really feel effectively firstly of the race, and issues didn’t enhance.
🇹🇷 Istanbul #HalfMarathon (28 Apr) elite fields:
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Solomon Berihu 🇪🇹 PB 59:17
Edmond Kipngetich 🇰🇪 PB 59:25
Dinkalem Ayele 🇪🇹 PB 59:30
Solomon Kipchoge 🇰🇪 PB 59:37@CamLevins 🇨🇦 PB 1:00:18
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Gladys Chepkurui 🇰🇪 PB 1:05:46@FtawZeray 🇪🇹 PB 1:06:04
Sheila Chelangat 🇰🇪 PB 1:09:38 https://t.co/XQyGvFecnG— Marathon Information (@Marathon_N) March 26, 2024
Levins just lately introduced that he’ll run the Istanbul Half Marathon on April 28 in Turkey. The Istanbul Half Marathon attracts a few of the quickest distance runners on this planet, and has featured 4 sub-one-hour males’s champions within the final 5 years.
Levins is one in all two Canadian males to have hit the Olympic commonplace within the marathon, and has acquired early nomination for Workforce Canada on the Paris Olympics.”Can’t wait to be again right here this summer season for the @paris2024 Olympics,” Levins wrote on social media after the 10K.
Ethiopian runners prime the 10K podium
Ethiopian runner Jemal Yimer received the 10K occasion in 27:43, recent off a 2:06:08 win on the Seoul Marathon in March. He was adopted by Kenya’s Hillary Kipkoech in 27:44 and compatriot Vincent Kibet in 27:48.
The ladies’s race was additionally tight, with Ethiopia’s Likina Amebaw taking a win (and a PB by greater than a minute) in 29:56. Compatriot Loice Chemnung took silver in 29:57, additionally a PB, and Kenyan star Miriam Chebet from Kenya took third in 30:51.
For full outcomes of the Asics Pageant of Operating, which featured the Paris Marathon on Sunday morning, click right here.
