MANCHESTER, Conn. — Manchester Road Race record-holder and former champion Buze Diriba has withdrawn her entry at this year’s event, the race committee announced Tuesday morning.
Diriba said she is unable to compete due to health reasons.
The 27-year-old runner from Ethiopia set the course mark of 23:57 in 2017 when she edged Molly Huddle by a step at the finish line.
The 85th annual Manchester Road Race will be held at 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. The race starts and finishes on Main Street in Manchester. Further details about the road race and online entries are available at www.manchesterroadrace.com.
FOX61 will air and live stream the race from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The race will be rebroadcast in its entirety on CW20 at 4 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
The Manchester Road Race is back to an in-person, spectators-allowed event after last year’s pandemic-forced virtual race. More than 8,000 registered runners and walkers are expected to participate.
FOX61’s live coverage from the Manchester Road Race begins on Thanksgiving Day at 4 a.m. on The FOX61 Morning News, Connecticut’s only all-local all-morning newscast. The race broadcast is hosted by FOX61 News anchors Tim Lammers and Erika Arias, along with race analyst Ian Brooks. FOX61 News anchor Keith McGilvery and reporters Jim Altman and Julia LeBlanc will provide live coverage from the course, with FOX 61 meteorologists Matt Scott and Dan Amarante providing detailed weather forecasts in the hours leading up to the race.
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Tune in at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day for FOX61's full coverage of the Manchester Road Race. The race will be broadcast live on FOX61, fox61.com, FOX61's news, ROKU and Amazon FireTV apps and on FOX61’s YouTube page.
The two-hour show will be re-broadcast on CW20 at 4 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
Doug Stewart is a digital content producer at FOX61 News. He can be reached at dstewart@fox61.com.
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