Nairobi (AFP)
Kenya's Mary Keitany, four-time winner of the New York marathon and three-time winner of the London marathon, ends her career at 39 after a hip injury that has deprived her of competition for the past two years, said we learned on Wednesday.
Keitany is one of the greatest marathoners in history, and holds the women's distance record, set without a male hare in the 2017 London Marathon in 2:17:01.
Kenyan Brigid Kosgei who ran the 42.195 km in 2:14:04 in the 2019 Chicago Marathon had benefited from two male hares.
"I looked for myself a lot, and we decided with my Italian manager Gianni Demadonna that it was better for me to stop," said Keitany, who had only started cross-country races after the birth of his first. child in 2008.
“I sustained a hip injury after my last London Marathon in 2019 which took away from my ability to train and I haven't been able to compete effectively since. I believe I have been successful in this. career and it's the best decision I can make, ”she continued.
In ten years of career, Keitany also seized the records in 10 miles, 20km, half-marathon and 25km.
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