Starred elite peloton generates much anticipation for the 2023 London Marathon

The third major of the year takes place this Sunday, April 23 and has an elite squad starring in both the men’s and women’s races

London traditionally brings top-class athletes to the race

the dust of boston marathon didn’t even download and we already have to focus on london marathon. But that’s okay because it was like this before the pandemic, which messed with test dates. Now everything is back to normal. On Monday, Boston Marathon, on Sunday, London Marathon.

At the press conference held yesterday, Mo Farah said that London will be his last marathon. Swear? Well, that kind of thing the entire Corinthians and Flamengo fans already knew, right? He said he trained well and let’s see what he can do. I hope he has a good time to end his career as a marathon runner with his head held high, since there is nothing to comment on about his overwhelming victories on the athletics tracks at World Cups and the Olympics.

In the male squad there is also the Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele, owner of the third best marathon mark in the world and with an equally successful career on athletics tracks, but we never know if he will run the 42 km well, as his appearances are inconstant. I sincerely hope he runs well and also completes the race well.

There are a number of very good athletes in the race like Geoffrey Kamworor, Vincent Kipchumba, Amos Kipruto (winner last year) Mosinet Geremew, Leul Gebresselassie It is Kinde Atanawbut all eyes will be on the kenyan boy Kelvin Kiptum, aged 23, who astounded the crowd when he debuted in the marathon with 2:01:53 in Valencia 2022 with the right to a negative split – the best debut in history and the fourth best mark in the world at 42 km. Will he be able to live up to expectations or will he feel the pressure of being the fastest athlete in the field? In Valencia people didn’t even know who he was but this time it will be different. How will he fare? We’ll see on Sunday. The men’s race record is 2:02:37 (Eliud Kipchoge2019).

The female elite is also a knockout. has the perer Jepchirchir (winner of Valencia 2020, New York 2021 and Olympic champion), Almaz Ayana (winner of Amsterdam 2022), Genzebe Dibaba (2nd place in Amsterdam 2022), Brigid Kosgei (world record holder and winner of London 2020), Yalemzerf Yehualaw (winner of London 2022) and the debut of the Dutch Sifan Hassan. There was also great anticipation for the British debut Ellish McColgan which was on an upward curve in preparation for London, including 1:05 in the Berlin Half Marathon earlier this month and was the great local hope for a good performance, but a pain in the knee that appeared earlier this week made the athlete decide to postpone her first participation in a marathon. The women’s race record is 2:15:25 (Paula Radcliffe2003)

A london marathon (April 23) will be broadcast on the ESPN2 subscription channel and or the Star+ app from 4:30 am, Brasilia time. More information here.