New Delhi, Sep 12: Kenya's 10,000m World Championships silver medalist Daniel Ebenyo and Ethiopia's 2016 Olympic 10,000m champion Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) headline the preliminary elite athletes list in the men's and women's categories at the 18th Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon.

The USD 268, 000 prize money will see tens of thousands of amateurs join the world’s best elites on one of the fastest courses in the world.

The International Elite winners in the men’s and women’s categories will take home USD 27, 000 each and the prize money includes the top 10 finishers in both. In addition to this, there is an Event Record Bonus of USD 12, 000.

Almaz Ayana, the 2016 Olympic 10, 000m champion who won two back-to-back World titles in 2015 (5, 000m) and 2017 (10, 000m) ran an excellent race on the roads of Delhi to triumph in the 13th edition of the annual sporting extravaganza which commenced in 2005.

The Ethiopian, who clocked a personal best 1:05:30 earlier this year to win in Lisbon and finished seventh at the full distance in the London Marathon thereafter, is now eying for the Delhi course record of 1:04:46 held by country-mate Yalemzerf Yehualaw since 2020.