ABU DHABI: Some of the world’s best long-distance athletes will be among a record 20,000 participants when the 2022 ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon gets underway tomorrow morning, Dec.
17, on a new course that snakes its way through the streets of the UAE capital. The Abu Dhabi Sports Council announced in a press conference at the ADNOC event village that Ethiopian Adeladlew Mamo, winner of this year’s Seville Marathon, joins the field alongside Kenyan pair Daniel Kibet, winner of the 2019 Istanbul Marathon, and Dickson Chumba, champion in Tokyo in 2015 and 2018, as well as Chicago in 2015.
Olympian Eunice Chumba has also been added to the elite runners lineup. She will be looking to add the Abu Dhabi title to a collection that includes the 2017 Beirut Marathon.
Chumba will face competition from, among others, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Mare Dibaba of Ethiopia and Kenya’s Angela Tanui, winner of the Amsterdam 2021 Marathon.