Kenya wins elite men and women title at TCS 10K Run 2024

Kenya: The African sprinters Peter Mwaniki and Lilian Kasait won the elite TCS 10K Run 2024 at Bengaluru, on Sunday, April 28, 2024.

The Kenyan runner Peter Mwaniki won the title of elite men and his compatriot Lilian Kasait won the women’s title. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 10K Run was a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race event.

Peter Mwaniki emerged out to be as a hot favourite in the race and made a conservative start. At the mark of 7.5km the athlete matched the level with his Kenyan peer Hillary Chepkwony. However, he surged forward in the final stretch to finish comfortably at the timing of 28:15 whereas, Hillary Chepkwony finished behind him at 28:33 and came second.

Reportedly, a resounded performance of a 17-year-old debutant runner, Hagos Eyob form Ethiopia was seen. Eyob reached at an impressive time of 28:39 and finished the race to come at third position.

The international elite women’s 10K race took place early in the run. As the world’s second fastest 10,000 runners Emmaculate Achol seemed to lead the pack from the get-go.

While, Kenya’s Lilian Kasait followed the mark of 7.1km and seized the opportunity to power ahead of Achol and left her behind to emerged out to be as first.

Kenyan runner Lilian Kasait finished her run just in short of the event by recording the clock time as 30:56.

Commenting on her win, Lilian Kasait said, “It was a very aggressive race, we were fast from the beginning. Emmaculate was really pushing everyone, and I just tried to keep up with her. At the mark of 7km, I felt I could push myself further and decided to go for it.”

“I feel that I could have broken the course record today. At the end of the race, I felt that I still had a lot of energy in me,” said Kasait.

The top-10 winners of the World 10K Bengaluru elite women are:

The top-10 winners of the World 10K Bengaluru elite men are: