Kandie and Klosterhalfen triumph in Valencia

In the women’s category, Konstanze Klosterhalfen won with a time of 1:05:41, a spectacular time by the German athlete, who was also making her debut, which is the third best time in the history of European women and which she celebrated with immense joy.

In addition, Yomif Kejelcha (58:32) and Daniel Mateiko (58:40), completed the men’s podium, and Tsigie Gebreselama (1:05:45) and Hawi Feysa (1:06:00), the women’s podium.

“I am very surprised and excited about what I have achieved today,” said Konstanze Klosterhalfen. “In the next half marathon I am striving to improve my time. I chose Valencia because I wanted to run a fast course and seeing the results of previous editions I decided for this city. I couldn’t have chosen a better race to start with.”

“I would have liked to repeat the last three kilometres to improve my time because I think they can be improved. In the next race I will work on that and hopefully I will be able to beat the German record.”

Kibiwott Kandie said: “I didn’t come to Valencia to break the record, just to run a great race and win it, and that’s what I achieved.”

“I was in a good rhythm but I felt too much humidity so I didn’t push myself to my limits because I preferred to arrive safely.”