Press Release - Olomouc Half Marathon - 6/12/14

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Another World Record Holder Joins the Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon Elite

Just when you thought the start line at RunCzech Running League races 
couldn't get any more impressive, it will.  Following the appearance of the 
half marathon world champion Geoffrey Kamworor at this year's Mattoni Ceské 
Budejovice Half Marahton it's Olomouc's turn to take to the limelight.

In addition to the previously announced entries of the marathon world 
record holder, Wilson Kipsang, and the two time women's World Marathon 
Champion, Edna Kiplagat the organizers of the Mattoni Olomouc Half 
Marathon, the fifth race of RunCzech Running League 2014, have just added 
another star to the start list for the June 21st race.  The two reigning 
Virgin Money London Marathon Champions will be joined by Dennis Kimetto, 
the reigning Bank of America Chicago Marathon Champion and the 25k world 
record holder who will be coming to Olomouc to challenge for the win.  
Kimetto's 2:03:45 time in the 2013 Chicago race put's him in some very 
exclusive company with only five men ever having run a sub 2:04 marathon on 
a record eligible course.

In the men's field promising results can also be expected from RunCzech 
Racing team members Nicholas Bor, and Wilfred Kigen, also from Kenya, and 
we can also look forward to competing runners from Japan, Switzerland, 
Poland and Ukraine.  The Czechs are expected to be led by Jirí Homolác.

When it comes to the women, other runners to watch out for include Betelhem 
Moges who just won the Mattoni Ceské Budejovice Half Marathon (7 June 2014) 
along with her compatriots Hirut Alemayehu, and 19-year old Mame Feyisa who 
won the Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon last year, along with a late 
entry, Leterbrhan Gebreslasea who won the Paderborn Half Marathon this 
year.  The four Ethiopians, British runner, Alyson Dixon, and the 
Belarusian Aliaksandra Duliba all have recorded times below 1:11. 

We can also look forward to seeing top runners from Japan and Ukraine at 
the start.  Meanwhile the eternal series of gripping duels is set to 
continue between Olomouc native Petra Kamínková and the Olympian Ivana 
Sekyrová who will both be eager to defeat Petra Pastorova, the winner in 
Ceské Budejovice, and secure the Czech title. Ivana already has one win 
under her belt from this year's Karlovy Vary race.

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