Canadian marathon file holder Cam Levins will likely be tackling the TCS New York Metropolis Marathon on Nov. 5, when the 34-year-old will go toe to toe towards a very deep subject that features defending champion Evans Chebet of Kenya.
This would be the first time Levins, who ran 2:05:36 on the Tokyo Marathon in March to interrupt each the nationwide and North American marathon information, takes on the 42.2-km distance in New York. The Black Creek, B.C., runner, who additionally holds the Canadan half-marathon file (60:18), ran the 2019 New York Half Marathon in 65:10 to put 18th. Levins has damaged the Canadian marathon file thrice: first in 2018, then on the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Ore., and once more in Tokyo this yr. Earlier this yr he hinted he would plan on a hilly fall marathon as preparation for his overarching aim: the Paris Olympics.
This time he’ll be going through Kenya’s Chebet, who gained the TCS New York Metropolis Marathon final yr in 2:08:41, seven months after profitable the Boston Marathon. He grew to become the eighth man in historical past to win each races in the identical yr, and the primary since 2011. Chebet already defended his Boston title earlier this yr and has completed first or second in 13 marathons.
“I really feel very assured as I start my preparations to defend my TCS New York Metropolis Marathon title,” Chebet mentioned. “I perceive that no person has gained Boston and New York in back-to-back years since Invoice Rodgers within the 1970’s, so making historical past will likely be my goal.”
Additionally difficult Levins will likely be Geoffrey Kamworor, a Kenyan Olympian and three-time half marathon world champion who is trying to grow to be solely the third athlete to win three TCS New York Metropolis Marathon males’s open division titles. He gained in each 2019 and 2017, and has made the rostrum in all 4 of his appearances.
Others toeing the road may even embody the 2023 World Athletics Championships marathon silver medallist Maru Teferi, two-time World Championships silver medallist Mosinet Geremew of Ethiopia, Olympic silver medallist Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands (who completed third in New York final yr), 2021 TCS New York Metropolis Marathon champion Albert Korir of Kenya, two-time TCS New York Metropolis Marathon runner-up Shura Kitata of Ethiopia and 2023 United Airways NYC Half podium finisher Zouhair Talbi of Morocco.
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Kenya’s Edward Cheserek–a former New Jersey highschool phenom and essentially the most embellished athlete in NCAA historical past–will make his 42.2-km debut, whereas the American contingent will likely be led by 2022 USATF marathon champion Futsum Zienasellaissie and 2021 TCS New York Metropolis Marathon fourth-place finisher Elkanah Kibet.
