Elite Female Athlete, Roza Dereje competing for Ethiopia in the 2019 London Marathon. She finished 3rd, in a time of 02:20:51
Roza Dereje Bekele from Ethiopia announced her participation in the Barcelona Half Marathon, which will be held in Barcelona on February 10, with the aim of breaking the world record. The current record is held by the Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei, with a time of 1:04:51, achieved in Valencia on October 22, 2017. The young Ethiopian runner, only 21 years old, has run 1:07:00, achieved April 2018 in Istanbul. She had surprised most everyone clocking 2:19:17 for the marathon in Dubai on January 26, 2018. The Ethiopian runner who is training very well has decided to try to beat the half marathon world record and then run the Marathon in London. "I have chosen Barcelona because it is one of the fastest races in the world and has an excellent organization," Bekele explained through a statement from the organizers of the Barcelona event. posted Tuesday January 29th
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