Icyegeranyo cy’amakuru y’imikino yaranze icyumweru kuva taliki 03-05 Gashyantare 2023, kanda hano.
Generation of Champions
Rwandan strikes silver at Athens Marathon 2019.
Rwanda’s long distance runner Felicien Muhitira has won a silver medal at the 37th Athens Classic Marathon after finishing second on Sunday, in Greece.
Muhitira, 25, led the race from the off and was in command until the 600 metres mark to the line when Kenya’s John Kipkorir Komen sprinted past him to strike gold.
Komen won the 42km marathon in two hours, 16 minutes and 34 seconds, nine seconds ahead of Muhitira who was the only Rwandan in the race. Greek Konstantinos Gkelaouzos (2:19:02) finished third to settle for bronze.
In the women’s event, home athlete Eleftheria Petroulaki was the champion after using two hours, 45 minutes and 50 seconds.
Regarded as one of the finest distance athletes has had over the last decade, Muhitira is a household name at French half-marathon race Marvejols-Mende following his third consecutive victory in July.
This year’s Athens Classic attracted about 20,000 participants from across the world.
[Article Source: The New Times].
Rwandan trio set for inaugural Commonwealth Half Marathon.
Rwanda’s leading middle and long distance runners Felicien Muhitira, Noel Hitimana and Salome Nyirarukundo will make their debut at the inaugural edition of Commonwealth Half Marathon championship due on October 7 in Cardiff city in the United Kingdom.
The inaugural championship will be incorporated within the existing IAAF silver label Cardiff Half Marathon and it is reported that twenty-six of the Commonwealth Nations have expressed interest in sending teams to Cardiff, making it a highly anticipated and hard-fought competition.
Each invited nation has been allocated up to eight sports – four male and four female – in the one-day race but Rwanda intends to send only three athletes, two for men and one for women, according to Rwanda Athletics Federation President, Fidele Mubiligi.
“We have also been invited to compete at the inaugural edition of this championship as Commonwealth members and we will be sending only three athletes. All of them have already started preparations,” said Mubuligi.
According to Mubiligi, the three athletes were selected based on their recent performances in various competitions.
Both Hitimana and Nyirarukundo won the 2018 Kigali International Peace Half Marathon that staged in May in the men and women categories, respectively.
Muhitira in July won the French race Marvejols-Mende half marathon for a second consecutive time.
A month later, he – along with Hitimana – dominated this year’s 15th edition of Semi-Marathon International de Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo as they scooped gold and silver medals, respectively.
Source: The New Times