On August 19, Bekeler announced that he will participate in the New York Marathon on November 7, 2021. Adding to the Berlin Marathon, which will take place on September 26, means that Becquer will participate in 2 marathons in 6 weeks.
Regarding Bekeler’s consecutive entries, someone asked, is he doing this to earn bonuses? Bekeler’s agent Hermans gave a negative answer. However, Hermans also mentioned that after the outbreak, the cost of the event was cut, and the appearance fee was about half of the normal year.
Hermans believes there are three reasons why Becquer decided to participate in two marathons in six weeks. First, Bekeler will do his best when he has short-term goals. Participating in the New York Marathon helped Bekeler in two ways. After the Berlin Marathon, the New York Marathon allows him to quickly determine his goals. In addition, because the New York Marathon is the last six Grand Slam events in 2021, this means that the time to spring is even shorter.
Second, the route of the New York Marathon is very suitable for Bekele.
Third, high-tech running shoes not only enable Bekeler to run faster, but also enable athletes to recover faster.
Hermans said: “In the past, you would have seen athletes stand on the podium very hard. Now the athletes are more relaxed and recover better. And in the week after the marathon, you will find everyone’s The state is better than before.”
In the past three years, Bekele only ran one marathon, in Berlin in 2019, where he ran a time of 2 hours, 01 minutes and 41 seconds, almost breaking the world record. Hermans said that if there was no injury in subsequent training, Bekeler could have won the London Marathon last year.
As the six major slams of the epidemic have been postponed one after another, the six major slams have been held together. But even in a normal year, the Berlin Marathon and New York Marathon are near. In history, no one has won the Berlin and New York Marathon consecutively in the same year. In this regard, Bekeler said: “I have not participated in the competition for a whole year. It is difficult for an athlete. I want to seize this opportunity and see what is possible.”
The two games in Berlin and New York have the opportunity for Bekeler to show his strength. Before this, Bekeler was not selected for the Ethiopian Olympic team. If the Olympics are to be held in 2020, then Bekele, who ran 2 hours, 01 minutes and 41 seconds in 2019, can definitely be selected for the Olympic list. However, because of the epidemic, Ethiopia re-held the Olympic trials, and Bekeler did not participate, because the competition is approaching August, and participation will affect the state of the competition. Therefore, Bekele ultimately failed to stand on the Sapporo track.
When asked about this, Bekeler said with some disappointment that the Ethiopian Athletics Association was stupid. The three players who were finally selected retired in Sapporo.
Now Bekeler has not announced his retirement plan. Regarding whether he can participate in the Paris Olympics, Bekeler said that as long as he is fully prepared and healthy, it is certainly possible.Return to Sohu to see more
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