Rwanda runner Florence Niyonkuru says she is proud to have represented Rwanda once more after successful bronze within the ladies’s half marathon on the World Athletics Highway Working Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The 25-year-old clocked 1:06:05 to complete third on the second version of the championships, including one other worldwide medal to her rising assortment.
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Reflecting on her achievement, Niyonkuru mentioned she was delighted to have one other alternative to signify Rwanda on the worldwide stage, simply weeks after claiming a historic bronze medal on the 2026 Commonwealth Video games in Glasgow.
“I’m so completely satisfied for the chance to signify my nation once more. It’s such a tremendous journey, from claiming bronze on the Commonwealth Video games to successful one other bronze on the World Championships,” Niyonkuru instructed the press.
The Sina Gérard Athletics Group runner was amongst almost 500 athletes from 85 nations who gathered in Copenhagen for the two-day occasion.
Niyonkuru completed 50 seconds behind Kenyan Agnes Ngetich, who gained gold in 1:05:15. Fellow Kenyan Veronica Loleo took silver, ending 50 seconds behind the champion.
“I hope this may even encourage athletes in Rwanda to work laborious to allow them to additionally step onto the rostrum. I additionally thank the ministry that made all this attainable,” she added.
Niyonkuru has constructed a status for consistency since successful gold within the ladies’s half marathon on the 2025 Kigali Worldwide Peace Marathon.
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She later gained gold within the ladies’s 10,000m on the nationwide observe and subject championships in Kigali earlier than making her mark internationally with one other gold medal on the fortieth version of the Lion Races in France.
In April, she continued her sturdy run of type by successful gold within the elite ladies’s 10,000m on the TCS World 10K Bengaluru.
Her newest bronze in Copenhagen provides one other main achievement to a breakthrough yr, additional establishing her as one in every of Rwanda’s main distance runners.
The 2027 World Athletics Highway Working Championships are anticipated to be held in Yangzhou, China.
