Some of the world’s best long-distance runners will compete at the NYC Half-Marathon on August 16.The New York Road Runners, which organizes the race, announced Thursday that the male runners will include defending champion Tadese Tola of Ethiopia, two-time IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships silver medalist Patrick Makau of Kenya, three-time 10,000-meter Olympian Abdi Abdirahman of the United States, ING New York City Marathon 2004 winner Hendrick Ramaala of South Africa, and 2008 Olympic marathon silver medalist and two-time World Championships marathon winner Jaouad Gharib of Morocco.
Top American marathoner and 2008 Olympian Ryan Hall, 26 announced last week that he will make his NYC Half-Marathon debut.
Headliners in the women’s field include champion and two-time Olympic medalist Catherine Ndereba of Kenya, 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor of the U.S., and half-marathon world record-holder Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands.
“This is a glittering lineup of the world’s best emerging stars like Tola, Makau, and Hall, side by side with ageless veterans like Ramaala, Abdi, and Gharib,” said NYRR CEO Mary Wittenberg.
A one-hour same-day highlights show of the race will air from 11:35 p.m. until 12:35 a.m. on WABC-TV, Channel 7, in New York City.
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