One of India’s biggest running festivals and the World Athletics Elite Label Road Race, the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K, will be headlined by 10K world record-holder Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw in the women’s category and two-time world championship silver medallist Kenyan Daniel Simiyu Ebenyo in the men’s category. The event will witness some of the world’s best athletes take centre stage at the US $100,000 prize money race. The International Elite runners will be further incentivised by an Event Record Bonus of US $3,000. The current event record, in the Men’s category, stands in the name of Kenya’s Leonard Barsoton with a timing of 1:12:49 and the Women’s record in the name of Bahrain’s Desi Jisa with a timing of 1:21:04. His Kolkata appearance will be his debut at the 25K distance.

Source: Ethiopian News December 05, 2023 07:28 UTC