Press Release – Christchurch Marathon
Two former champions will revive their long-standing rivalry at this weekend’s ASB Christchurch Marathon.
While the national marathon championship will take centre stage at the 40th anniversary ASB Christchurch Marathon this Sunday, it is the Half Marathon that could produce the hardest fought race of the day.
In a race of champions amongst men, 2019 half marathon champion, Daniel Balchin, and 2016 champion, Oska Baynes, will line up together yet again. Balchin (30) and Baynes (29) have gone head-to-head in races all over the country for more than a decade, but it is in Christchurch where their rivalry has been keenest.
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Dame Valerie Adams.
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Dame Valerie added almost one metre on to her season s best and four times surpassed the 19m mark with her best effort matching the world indoor lead of Portugal s Auriol Dongmo.
She has shown small incremental improvements in her three previous competitions this year but on Saturday she took a giant leap forward.
The 36-year-old mother-of-two matched her season s best of 18.68m with her first effort before launching the 4kg metal ball to 19.65m in round two - her best effort since she threw 19.75m in August of 2016 in Germany.
In the zone, Adams then powered the shot out to 19.31m in round three.