2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships [SEP] point in time
2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held in Kavarna, Bulgaria on 6 October 2012.
Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given.
Complete results were published for the men's race, for the women's race, for men's team, and for women's team.
Participation.
An unofficial count yields the participation of 146 athletes from 41 countries. Although announced, athletes from did not show.
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Beach Half Marathon before winning the Reims Half Marathon in a best of 69:45 minutes. Still a junior that year, she also ran at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and placed ninth in the junior race.
She made her marathon debut at the Rotterdam Marathon in 2010 and recorded a time of 2:34:07 hours for eighth. She was selected for the Ethiopian squad for the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and her sixth place finish helped her team mates Dire Tune and Feyse Tadese to the silver medals. After this point