sentences:  Following a successful sponsorship of the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Cardiff University was confirmed as the race's title sponsor, changing its name to Cardiff University/Cardiff Half Marathon.The 2016 edition received IAAF Bronze Label Road status and nearly 22,000 runners took part in the race confirming Cardiff’s place as the UK’s second-biggest half marathon and the third-largest road race behind the Great North Run and the London Marathon.The event saw Kenyans Shadrack Korir and Violah Jepchumba set course records in the men's and women's elite races.