Brasov, Romania, 4 October: The tRUNsylvania 10K on Sunday 5 October – the only 2025 World Athletics Elite Label Road Race over 10km in Europe and the most prestigious 10km road race in southeast Europe – will be streamed live via the Brasov Running Festival website www.brasovrun.ro. The live stream is available free anywhere in the world and is without any geo-blocking. Expert English-language commentary will be provided by the renowned broadcaster and two-time World Cross Country Championships silver medallist Tim Hutchings. Guests include Kenya’s five-time world cross country champion and former 10,000m and marathon world record holder Paul Tergat, and Great Britain’s 1984 Olympic Games 3000m silver medallist and former 10km world champion Wendy Sly. The women’s race starts at 0930 local time (0830 CET / 0630 GMT) and the men’s race starts at 1015 local time (0915 CET / 0715 GMT). The women’s race sees Kenya’s multiple world record-breaker Joyciline Jepkosgei bidding to improve on her personal best and former world record of 29:43. Jepkosgei also has national pride at stake and will be looking to keep her country’s flag flying high in Brasov as Kenyan runners have won the women’s race in each of the previous four editions of the tRUNsylvania 10K. However, she is only one of three runners who have broken 30 minutes for 10km in their careers in an outstanding women’s field which oozes quality.The fastest woman on the start line in Brasov is the 2022 and 2024 world U20 5000m champion Medina Eisa who leads this year’s 10km world list with 29:25, which she clocked when winning in the Spanish town of Castellon back in February. The 20-year-old Ethiopian is undefeated in her three road race outings in 2025 and has also improved her 3000m best on the track to 8:23.08. Also on the start line in Brasov will be Eisa’s compatriot Asayech Ayichew, another 20-year.old, who has run a spate of personal bests this year including 29:43 at the Valencia 10km in January.The tRUNsylvania 10K women’s course record is 30:07 set by Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui in 2022.The men’s race features five Kenyan runners who have 10km personal bests faster than 27:30. The quintet is led Daniel Kosen although the mantle of favourite possibly rests jointly on the shoulders of his compatriots Vincent Kipkorir and Vincent Kiprono, with both in outstanding form on the roads during the first half of 2025. The trio, like many of the other leading runners on the start line in Brasov, have their sights set on improving the tRUNsylvania 10K course record of 26:51 which has been owned by another Kenyan, Nicolas Kipkorir Kimeli, since 2022. The leading runners in the 2025 tRUNsylvania 10K, with their 10km personal bests, are |
| MenDaniel Kosen (KEN)Vincent Kipkorir (KEN)Victor Kiprono (KEN)Amos Kipkemei (KEN)Amos Kipkirui Langat (KEN)Maxime Chaumeton (RSA)Cornelius Kibet Kemboi (KEN)Selemon Atakiti Kidanu (ETH)Robin Hendrix (BEL)Dan Kibet (UGA)Phil Sesemann (GBR)Samuel Barata (POR)Said Mechaal (ESP)Khairi Bejiga Dilgasu (ETH) Women Medina Eisa (ETH)Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) Asayiech Ayichew (ETH) Mariam Lufti Njoki (KEN)Faith Cherono (KEN)Samiyah Hassan Nour (DJI)Lidia Cheptarus Cheruyiot (KEN) Yasemin Can (TUR) Brenda Jepchirchir (KEN) 27:0127:0827:1027;1827:2527:3627:4027:4127:4627:5228:10 (2:08:04 marathon)28:12 (59:40 half marathon)debut (27:48.08 10,000m)debut (13:06.53 5000m) 29:25 29:43 29:43 30:14 30:3030:4031:1131:16 31:50 |
| “I believe we will see some very quick times in both the men’s and women’s races and the quality of tRUNsylvania 10K should once again capture the imagination of athletics fans around the world,” commented Race Director Daniel Santa. “Both races will be very competitive and the battles for supremacy should provide some thrilling racing. Predicting course records is always a dangerous pastime in our sport but it’s possible in both races, even more so in the women’s race with the calibre of runners that we have brought to Brasov. “It’s quite possible that we will see the first women’s 10km under 30 minutes in Romania, an achievement that is still very much a rarity and which would be quite a landmark for our event,” he added. The tRUNsylvania 10K is part of famous Brasov Running Festival. The two-day Brasov Running Festival also features a series of community and national-level races over distances from 800m to 5km as well as an innovative trail-to-road event. The Brasov Running Festival takes place against the backdrop of the spectacular Carpathian Mountains and close to the centre of the historic and picturesque Transylvanian city which can date its origins back to the 13th century. |