World’s Top Runners Competing in the 2015 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K to Meet Media
| WHAT: |
2015 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K Official Pre-Race Media Availability Marathon and road-racing champions—including Wilson Kipsang, Ben True, and defending champions Stephen Sambu and Joyce Chepkirui—competing in the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K will each be presented with a race bib from NYRR Young Runners in the fifth grade at Manhattan’s P.S. 59, who will be competing in the Youth Running Series at the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K, a 1.7-mile run in Central Park for kids 7-18 years old following the adult race. Following the race bib presentation, athletes will be available to speak with media in advance of the deepest race in event history. |
| WHEN & WHERE: |
Friday, May 29, 10:00-11:00 a.m. New York Road Runners Office Manhattan Room 156 West 56th Street, Floor 3 New York, NY 10019 NOTE—Members of the media must RSVP to gain entry, and provide a photo ID in the lobby of the building |
| WHO: |
Top runners who will headline the field at the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday, May 30: Men Abdi Abdirahman, USA, four-time U.S. Olympian Wilson Kipsang, KEN, 2014 TCS New York City Marathon champion Leonard Korir, KEN, 2015 United Airlines NYC Half champion Geoffrey Mutai, KEN, 2011 and 2013 New York City Marathon champion Stephen Sambu, KEN, defending UAE Healthy Kidney 10K champion Ben True, USA, 5K American record-holder Women Joyce Chepkirui, KEN, defending UAE Healthy Kidney 10K champion Gladys Cherono, KEN, 2014 IAAF World Half-Marathon gold medalist Mary Wacera, KEN, 2014 2014 IAAF World Half-Marathon silver medalist Gemma Steel, GBR, 2015 European Cross Country champion 11 fifth-grade students in NYRR’s Young Runners youth running program from P.S. 59 in Manhattan who will be competing in the Youth Running Series at the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K |
| PRESS INFO: |
Members of the media who wish to attend please RSVP to Robert Molke for access to the building, rmolke@nyrr.org or 646-758-9711. Members of the media who would like to cover onsite on race day, please contact Robert Molke for more information, rmolke@nyrr.org or 646-758-9711. Additional information on the 2015 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K can be found here. |
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