FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wilson Kipsang Presented With the AIMS World Record Award
The world running organization the Association of International Marathons
and Distance Races (AIMS) is delighted to announce that the Kenyan athlete
Wilson Kipsang has been awarded the AIMS World Record Award in recognition
of his World Record breaking time of 2:03:23 set in the BMW Berlin Marathon
in September 2013.
Today (Thursday 13 February 2014) in Ras Al Khaimah, the United Arab
Emirates, Wilson's achievement was given global recognition during a
presentation at the Race Village of the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Half Marathon.
Wilson was presented with his award on the eve of the RAK Half Marathon,
where he is a guest of honour. The presentation was made by Race Director
of the RAK Half Marathon and AIMS Continental PR Manager for Asia Nathan
Clayton.
Kipsang (31) broke the World Record at the BMW Berlin Marathon on 29
September 2013, recording a time 15 seconds faster than the previous World
Record set by his compatriot Patrick Makau in the same event in 2011.
Wilson's victory in the BMW Berlin Marathon in 2013 was the seventh
marathon win of his career.
Wilson's time of 2.03.23 has been officially recognised as the World Record
by the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) and by
AIMS (Association of International Marathons and Distance Races which
represents over 350 distance running events in 103 countries and
territories) the organisation that set the first world record criteria for
performances on the road later adopted by the IAAF.
AIMS have been awarding athletes in recognition of World Record breaking
performances since 1985. This is the second time that Wilson has been given
an award by AIMS. His outstanding performances throughout 2013 were
recognised with the AIMS Best Marathon Runner Award in November 2013 at the
AIMS Gala Dinner sponsored by OPAP in the city of Athens, Greece. In
addition to winning the BMW Berlin Marathon in September, Wilson started
the year by winning the New York Half Marathon in March.
Race Director of the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon and AIMS Continental PR
Manager for Asia Nathan Clayton comments: "I am delighted to be able to
present this award to Wilson on the occasion of the Ras Al Khaimah Half
Marathon, where Wilson set his personal best in the half marathon. We are
honoured that AIMS has chosen our event to host this prestigious ceremony."
AIMS President Paco Borao comments: "We are delighted to present Wilson
with this award on behalf of the 350 AIMS members in 103 countries and
territories throughout the World. Wilson is an excellent athlete and we are
pleased to recognise his great achievement with this award."
Wilson Kipsang comments: "It is a great honour to be recognised by AIMS and
their members around the world with this award. I would like to thank AIMS
and their sponsors for presenting me with this award."
AIMS proposed the technical criteria for World Records on the road that the
IAAF has adopted for prescribed distances.
The full conditions to be satisfied are:
a) The event must be sanctioned either by the IAAF and/or the
National Federation and conducted under IAAF Rules.
b) The athlete achieving the IAAF Road World Record must be
eligible to compete under IAAF Rules.
c) The course must be measured by an "A" or "B" IAAF/AIMS approved
measurer as defined in IAAF Rule 240.3.
d) The start and finish points on a course, measured along a
straight line between them, shall not be further apart than 50% of the race
distance.
e) The decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not
exceed an average of one in a thousand, i.e. 1m per km.
f) Either the course measurer that certified the course or another
"A" or "B" measurer in possession of the complete measurement data and maps
must validate that the course measured was the course run by riding in the
lead vehicle.
g) The course must be verified on site (i.e. within two weeks
before, on the day of the race or as soon as practical after the race),
preferably by a different IAAF/AIMS "A" measurer from the one that did the
original measurement.
h) The athlete must undergo a doping control on the date of the
race.
i) For the Road Relay, the race should be run in stages of 5km,
10km, 5km, 10km, 5km, 7.195km.
Road World Records set at intermediate distances within a race must comply
with the above conditions and be timed according to IAAF Rules. The
intermediate distances must have been measured and marked during the course
measurement.
It is recommended that Member Federations adopt the Rules of the IAAF for
the conduct of their own athletic competitions.
About AIMS
AIMS is a member based organisation and since being established in 1982 has
grown to a membership of more than 350 of the world's leading distance
races, from over 100 countries and territories. AIMS Members come from
every continent on the planet and include the Athens Classic Marathon,
formed on the legend of Pheidippides, the Greek soldier-runner who ran from
the town of Marathon to Athens in 490 BC to announce the Persians had been
defeated in the 'Battle of Marathon'. Other AIMS members include many of
the world's greatest distance races in history such as the Boston and the
Berlin Marathons. The three key objectives of AIMS are:
1. To foster and promote distance running throughout the world
2. To work with the International Association of Athletic Federations
(IAAF) on all matters relating to international road races.
3. To exchange information, knowledge and expertise among members of
the association
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