Kenya’s Angela Tanui will be looking to improve her second place finish from last year’s edition when she returns to the 43rd edition of the Roma Ostia Half Marathon tomorrow. Tanui clocked a 1:07:16 personal best last year, finishing eight seconds behind winner Debele Degefa of Ethiopia. Mergia set her half marathon personal best with 1:07:21 in 2011 and clocked the fastest time of her career in the marathon with 2:19:31 in Dubai in 2015. The Roma Ostia has produced fast times in recent years and tomorrow’s race is set to continue that tradition. Lahbabi will be bidding to win the Roma Ostia for the second time, three years after clocking an impressive lifetime best of 59:25.

Source: The Star March 10, 2017 21:11 UTC