VALENCIA : Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich will make her marathon debut at the Valencia Marathon on December 6, race organisers announced on Thursday.
The 25-year-old has enjoyed a remarkable year, winning the World Cross Country Championships in January before claiming the women’s half marathon title at the World Athletics Running Championships in September.
Ngetich also broke her own women-only half marathon world record by one second at the championships, underlining her status as one of the leading distance runners in the world.
She has enjoyed considerable success in Valencia, winning the city’s half marathon in both 2024 and 2025.
“She has already made history on our streets … now, she dreams of doing it again over a new distance,” the Valencia Marathon organisers said on Instagram.
The December 6 race will mark Ngetich’s first attempt at the 42.195-km marathon distance.
