How to watch the 2022 Antrim Coast Half Marathon?

The 2022 Antrim Coast Half Marathon will take place on Sunday 28 August and the live coverage will take place on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport Northern Ireland website. The race has attracted several top runners, including YalemzAMerf Ye hualaw, who returns a year after a course measuring error robbed her of a world record. Click here for more live streaming information. Also Check out the YouTube channel for updates.

Venue: Larne Date: Sunday, 28 August Start: 04:00 AM EST

At the end of the 2021 Antrim Coast Half Marathon race, Yehualaw appeared to have set a new world record, but it was later revealed that the course had been 54 meters short so World Athletics, rightfully so, did not ratify the winning time. Read more: Keira D’Amato, Ben Flanagan win ASICS Falmouth Road Race 2022 titles; Top 20 results

This year, the Ethiopian returns and she is hoping to produce another fast time, while race director James McIlroy revealed that there will not be a repeat of last year’s mishap, assuring that the “course is ratified and measured correctly” for this year’s race.

“You don’t want to blame Covid but it certainly was a factor,” said McIlroy on the BBC website. “The protocol is to measure the course twice but we were unable to do that.

“We couldn’t get anyone to fly here before the race to do the measurement [because of the Covid situation] so we had to do it post the race.

“The frustration is that with 50 meters short, if you add 10 seconds on, 65% of the elite race would still have run a personal best and Yalemzerf would still have been the first woman to run under 64 minutes. 

“But she’s back again in good shape and the course is ratified and measured correctly.”

On the men’s side, 2021 winner Jemal Yimer is also back in the Larne field to defend his crown and will start as the man to beat. The Ethiopian ran 1:00:30 to win last year’s race, while his personal best is a very quick 58:33, set in Valencia in 2018.

Yimer’s compatriot Tesfahun Akalnew, who was second last year, is also back to challenge him again this year and he comes in with a season’s best of 1:02:16. Last year’s third placer Shadrack Kimining of Kenya is also back in the Antrim Coast Half Marathon field and will be aiming to improve on the 1:00:32 he clocked a year ago.

Watch is the 2022 Antrim Coast Half Marathon route?

We were told that there were some adjustments made to this year’s race course which could lead to even faster time, so what is the 2022 Antrim Coast Half Marathon route? Per Nothern Ireland World: The runners will follow a course of Chaine Memorial Road- Tower Road- Curran Road- Coastguard Road- Fleet Street- Olderfleet Road- Redlands Road- Harbour Highway- Circular Road-Main Street- Upper Main Street- High Street- Pound Street- Victoria Road- Glenarm Road- A2 Coast Road- Grace Avenue- Grace Avenue North- Croft Road- Cairncastle Road- A2 Coast Road- Glenarm Road- Curran Road- Tower Road, finishing at Chaine Memorial Road.

Watch 2021 Antrim Coast Half Marathon Replay Here

Women’s Elite Entry List

No.	Gender	Individual	P.B.	Region	BIB
26	M	Roy Hoornweg	PACE	NLD	PACE
27	M	Genetu Molalign	PACE		PACE
28	M	John Craig	PACE	NIR	PACE
1	W	Yalemzerf Yehualaw	63:44	ETH	YEHUALAW
2	W	Tsehay Gemechu	65:08	ETH	GEMECHU
3	W	Gete Alemayehu	66:37	ETH	ALEMAYEHU
4	W	Beatrice Chepkemoi Mutai	67:29	KEN	MUTAI
5	W	Emma Mitchell	72:28	NI & ULSTER	MITCHELL
6	W	Fionnuala Ross	73:08	NI & ULSTER	ROSS
7	W	Hannah Irwin	73:23	NI & ULSTER	IRWIN
8	W	Chloe Richardson	73:47	ENG	RICHARDSON
9	W	Jane Bareikis	74:05	USA	BAREIKIS
10	W	Mollie Williams	74:19	ENG	WILLIAMS
11	W	Kate Drew	74:36	ENG	DREW
12	W	Jessica Craig	74:47	NI & ULSTER	CRAIG
13	W	Ali Lavender	75:18	ENG	LAVENDER
14	W	Kirsty Longley	75:27	ENG	LONGLEY
15	W	Victoria Kenny	76:16	ENG	KENNY
16	W	Megan Ryan	76:24	IRE	RYAN
17	W	Aoife Kilgallon	75:07	IRE	KILGALLON
18	W	Ciara Hickey	75:43	IRE	HICKEY
19	W	Kerry O’Flaherty*	73:35*	IRE	O’FLAHERTY
20	W	Rebecca Burns	77:28	SCO	BURNS
21	W	Virginie Barrand	77:42	SCO	BARRAND
22	W	Clare Bruce	77:55	SCO	BRUCE
23	W	Cecilia Mobuchon	74:16	FRANCE	MOBUCHON
24	W	Karen Mulrooney*	75:19*	IRE	MULROONEY
25	W	Emeline Delanis	74:25	FRA	DELANIS

Men’s Elite Entry List

No.	Gender	Individual	P.B.	Region	Bib

77	PACE	Bethwell Birgen		KEN	PACE
1	M	Jemal Yimer	58:33	ETH	YIMER
2	M	Tesfahun Akalnew	59:22	ETH	AKALNEW
3	M	Shadrack Kimining	59:27	KEN	KIMINING
4	M	Huseydin Mohamed	59:32	ETH	MOHAMED
5	M	Gizealew Ayana	59:39	KEN	AYANA
6	M	Callum Hawkins	60:00	UK	C. HAWKINS
7	M	Marc Scott	60:35	UK	SCOTT
8	M	Evans Mayaka	60:37	KEN	MAYAKA
9	M	Alfred Ngeno	61:02	KEN	NGENO
10	M	Stephen Scullion	61:09	NIR	SCULLION
11	M	Omar Ahmed	62:14	Birchfield/ETH	AHMED
12	M	Richard Douma	62:23	NED	DOUMA
13	M	Mo Ali	63:09	NED	ALI
14	M	Jack Gray	63:15	ENG	GRAY
15	M	Nigel Martin	63:21	ENG	MARTIN
16	M	David Mansfield	63:23	IRE	MANSFIELD
17	M	Paul O’Donnell	63:37	IRE	O’DONNELL
18	M	Derek Hawkins	63:53	UK	D. HAWKINS
19	M	Jonathan Escalante- Phillips	64:14	Cambridge Uni	ESCALANTE- PHILLIPS
20	M	Jake O’ Reegan	64:16	IRE	O’REEGAN
21	M	Sean Chalmers	64:22	SCO	CHALMERS
22	M	Norman Shreeve	64:34	Cambridge Uni	SHREEVE
23	M	Finn Brodie	64:39	Morpeth	BRODIE
24	M	Joe Morwood	64:53	ENG	MORWOOD
25	M	Daniel Stone	64:59	IRE	STONE
26	M	Steven McAlary	65:01	NI & ULSTER	MCALARY
27	M	John Borjesson	65:03	SWE	BORJESSON
28		Tim O Donoghue	65:04	East Cork AC	O’DONOGHUE
29	M	Jonny Cornish	65:16	ENG	CORNISH
30	M	Lewis Rodgers	65:24	SCO	L. RODGERS
31	M	Matthew Crehan	65:28	St.Helen’s	CREHAN
32	M	Flynn Jennings	65:31	Bideford AC	JENNINGS
33	M	William Maunsell*	65:36	IRE	MAUNSELL
34	M	Michael Christoforou	65:41	SCO	CHRISTOFOROU
35	M	Gary O’Hanlon	66:26	IRE	O’HANLON
36	M	Ross Braden	66:30	Blackheath	BRADEN
37	M	Daryl Reid*	66:35	East Kilbride	REID
38	M	Fraser Stewart	66:40	SCO	STEWART
39	M	Matthew Neill	66:44	Strive Racing	NEILL
40	M	Paul Rodgers	67:07	Aldershot	P. RODGERS
41	M	Conor Gallagher	67:13	NI & ULSTER	GALLAGHER
42	M	Nicholas Barry	67:14	Sale Harriers	BARRY
43	M	Jordan Skelly	67:14	Lincolnshire	SKELLY
44	M	Mo’ath Alkhawaldeh	67:15	Princeton Uni	ALKHAWALDEH
45	M	Gary Heggarty	67:20	NI & ULSTER	HEGGARTY
46	M	Chris McGarrity	67:29	Shettleston	MCGARRITY
47	M	Declan Reed	67:36	NI & ULSTER	REED
48	M	Arturs Bareikis	67:44	LATVIA	BAREIKIS
49	M	Eoin Mullan	67:47	Omagh	MULLAN
50	M	Kyle Doherty	68:22	City of Derry	DOHERTY
51	M	Emmett Jennings	68:30	Dundrum	JENNINGS
52	M	James Reeder	68:32	Ipswich	REEDER
53	M	Gary Slevin	68:41	Foyle Valley	SLEVIN
54	M	Callum Rowlinson	68:47	Salford	ROWLINSON
55	M	Brian McElvanna	68:56	Armagh AC	MCELVANNA
56	M	Chris Prior	69:00	Cardiff AC	PRIOR
57	M	David Troy	69:03	UCD	TROY
58	M	Stephen Connolly	69:11	Belfast/NIR	CONNOLLY
59	M	John Black	69:12	North Belfast Harriers	BLACK
60	M	James Douglas	69:15	Borders AC	DOUGLAS
61	M	Matt Welsh*	69:15	Belgrave Harriers	WELSH
62	M	Mark Jenkin	69:29	Bideford AC	JENKIN
63	M	Bradley Courtney -Pinn	69:29	Belgrave Harriers	COURTNEY-PINN
64	M	Mark Doherty	69:33	Edinburgh	DOHERTY
65	M	Callum Reid	69:37	SCO	REID
66	M	John Gordon*	69:42	Loughborough Uni	GORDON
67	M	Dan Mapp	69:44	St. Mary’s Uni	MAPP
68	M	Michael Ellis	69:46	Tonbridge	ELLIS
69	M	Vinny Castronuovo	70:00	North Eastern UNI	CASTRONUOVO
70	M	Michael Fox	70:12	Armagh AC	FOX
71	M	Paul Coon	70:13	Salford	COON
72	M	Luca Fanatolli	70:16	ITALY	FANATOLLI
73	M	Ciaran Ferris	70:20	NIR	FERRIS
74	M	Craig Halsey	70:48	Brighton & Hove	HALSEY
75	M	Andrew Carey	71:18	Glasgow Uni	CAREY
76	M	Brendan Heaney	71:26	Armagh	HEANEY