{"id":206812,"date":"2018-12-28T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=206812"},"modified":"2019-06-30T16:54:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T19:54:51","slug":"two-time-bahraini-champion-in-st-silvester-race-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/two-time-bahraini-champion-in-st-silvester-race-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-time Bahraini champion in St. Silvester race again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 A two-time winner of the Saint Silvester International Road Race, the Ethiopian-born, Bahraini-naturalized Dawitt Admasu is joining the event\u2019s 94<sup>th<\/sup> edition. He will represent Bahrain as he strives for his third win. Admasu won the event in 2014 and 2017. The race will take place on December 31 in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n<p>Last year saw the Bahraini runner finish the race in 44 minutes and 15 seconds. Birhanu Balew, who was also representing Bahrain, placed 4<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206785\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/saosilvestre2017.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-206785 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/saosilvestre2017-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Em 2018, al\u00e9m de Admasu, o pelot\u00e3o de corredores de elite inclui atletas do Qu\u00eania, Uganda, Eti\u00f3pia, Tanz\u00e2nia, Argentina, Equador e Bol\u00edvia\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/saosilvestre2017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/saosilvestre2017-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/saosilvestre2017.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bahraini runner finished the race in 44 min, 15 sec last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2018, besides Admasu, the race will feature elite athletes from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia. They will race a 15-km course through streets and avenues in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n<p>The race begins at 8:20 am with the Wheelchair category. Elite women runners start at 8:40 am, and 9 am will see the elite male runners and general athletes go off. The traditional event includes some of the city\u2019s key tourist spots. The starting point is on Avenida Paulista, near number 2000, and the finish line is in front of the Funda\u00e7\u00e3o C\u00e1sper L\u00edbero building, on Avenida Paulista, 900.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-206783\">Sergio Barzaghi\/Gazeta Press<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-206785\">Sergio Barzaghi\/Gazeta Press<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethiopian-born, Bahraini-naturalized runner Dawitt Admasu will represent his country in the 94th edition of the Saint Silvester Road Race on the 31st in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":206783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[3971,6678,27133,6674,3851,6679,6680],"class_list":{"0":"post-206812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bahrain","9":"tag-bahraini","10":"tag-bahrein-en-2","11":"tag-dawitt-admasu","12":"tag-race","13":"tag-runner","14":"tag-st-silvester-international-road-race"},"wps_subtitle":"The Ethiopian-born, Bahraini-naturalized runner Dawitt Admasu will represent his country in the 94th edition of the Saint Silvester Road Race on the 31st in S\u00e3o Paulo. 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