Flor Borelli made history in Seville: South American marathon record and ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics

Make history by running. Florence Borellithe best Argentine marathon runner of all time, reached this Sunday another milestone in her brilliant sporting career, obtaining a new South American record after completing the difficult Seville Marathon with a record of 2 hours, 24 minutes and 19 seconds which also allowed him to secure a place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The woman from Mar del Plata didn’t just improve on the Ecuadorian’s 2h24m50 Silvia Patrizia Ortiz (Valencia 3-12-23) setting a new continental record, but also broke his own national record, which he had achieved on the same Seville circuit two years ago with 2h26m54.

Borelli, who had already won the silver medal in the marathon Pan American Games in Santiago, Chilelast October, she achieved ninth place in the women’s ranking of one of the strongest races on the world circuit.

The Argentine also beat the South American records in the 25 and 30 kilometer partials with 1h24m56 and 1h41m42, leaving behind the mark of the Peruvian Gladys Tejeda obtained two years ago in Seville (1h25m48 and 1h42m50). Flor is the region’s great dominator in road races, including the 10 and 20 kilometers and the half marathon.

The winner among women was the Ethiopian Azmera Gebru (2h22m13), with the Kenyans Giuseppina Chepkoech (2m22s38) e Magdaline Masai (2’22’51) on the other two steps of the podium.

Among the men, the winner of this 39th edition of the Andalusian marathon was the Ethiopian Deresa Geleta with circuit record: 2h03m27. The Frenchman escorted him Morhad Amdouni (2h03m47) and the Israeli Gashau Ayele 2h04m53.

The progression of the Argentine marathon record

• 2h58m31 Nilda Iris Fernandez (Waldniel, Germany, 09.23.1979)
• 2h57m16 Graciela Bargas (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 05-07-1987)
• 2h54m20 Norma Fernandez (Los Angeles, United States, 06-03-1988)
• 2h48m48 Griselda Gonzalez (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 02-10-1988)
• 2h39m26 Ana Maria Nielsen (Santa Rosa, La Pampa, 04-01-1990)
• 2h37m21 Griselda Gonzalez (London, Great Britain, 04-12-1992)
• 2h31m44 Griselda Gonzalez (Turin, Italy, 04-23-1995)
• 2h30m32 Griselda Gonzalez (Turin, Italy, 05-11-1997)
• 2h28m58 Marcela Gomez (Seville, Spain, 02-23-2020)
• 2h26m54 Florence Borelli (Seville, Spain, 02-20-2022)
• 2h24m19 Florence Borelli (Seville, Spain, 02-18-2024)