World Leader Biwott Tops Bogota Half Marathon Fields

Published by IAAF on July 24, 2015

Kenya’s Stanley Biwott and Ethiopia’s Berhane Dibaba are set to be the headline acts on Sunday (26) at the Bogota International Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.

Biwott, a fourth-place finisher at this year’s London Marathon, stands out in a men’s field of considerable depth. The 29-year-old holds a personal best of 58:56, which was run at the RAK Half Marathon in United Arab Emirates in 2013.

Earlier this year, he took victory at the City Pier Half Marathon in the Hague, running 59:20 in windy conditions, which still tops the world list in 2015. That run gives him top billing in Sunday’s race, which will be held at a challenging altitude of 2600m and begins in Bogota’s famous Bolivar Square.

Biwott, though, is unlikely to have it all his own way on the streets of the Colombian capital with Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Mekonnen, among several other established half-marathon runners, in opposition.