10月3日，在新德里举行的世界半程马拉松锦标赛中，中国女子长跑名将孙英杰以近乎完美的表现夺得女子组冠军，最终以1小时8分40秒的成绩率先结束21.1公里长的赛程。在同日进行的男子组比赛中，肯尼亚选手基鲁伊夺得冠军，成绩是1小时2分15秒。有外电对这两名冠军予以如下报道：More fancied racers were relegated to secondary positions as Paul Kirui of Kenya and Yingjie Sun of China won the men's and women's titles respectively in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships here in Delhi today.