Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir will be seeking to reclaim her TCS Newyork
marathon set this Sunday .
Jepchirchirc will be sapping the streets of America in a
marathon of titans which has attracted a strong field of elite athletes.
Jepchirchir will be returning to the marathon she won in
2021, she will be looking to improve on her third place finish in London
marathon.
Hellen obiri will seeking to her second victory in her
third career in marathon running.
Jepchirchir and Obiri
will face a stern test from Sharon Lokedi, who is the marathon's defending
champion, while Brigid Kosgei, an Olympic silver medallist and who was the
marathon world record holder until September, will also offer stiff
competition.
Obiri goes to the race
boosted by the fact that she and 2023 Tokyo Marathon winner Rosemary Wanjiru
are the only Kenyan women who have earned podium finishes at a World Marathon
Majors race in 2023.
Jepchirchir, 30, is
the only athlete to win the Olympic, New York City, and Boston Marathons, and
she has been unbeaten since winning her debut in Boston last year until Dutch
runner Sifan Hassan defeated her in London last April.
Kosgei, who is a
back-to-back London marathon winner and former world record holder, will also
race for the first time in New York. She pulled out of the London Marathon last
time, just four minutes into the race, with a hamstring concern. Kosgei's last
victory came at the 2022 Tokyo Marathon.
Lokedi, on the other
hand, is aiming to retain her title; “This year, I’m returning with a different
mindset, hungry to defend my title and race against the fastest women in the
world," the 2018 NCAA champion, who stunned the world with her marathon
debut last year, said.
Kenya's unit will also
be comprised of Edna Kiplagat, 43, a two-time world champion and Boston,
London, and New York City winner.