Kenya`s Denis Ndiso wins Mumbai Marathon
Kenyans continued their domination in the Mumbai Marathon as Denis Ndiso won the seventh edition.
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Mumbai: Kenyans continued their domination in the Mumbai Marathon as Denis Ndiso won the seventh edition of the USD 3,10,000 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon here
on Sunday.
Ndiso finished the 42.1km race with a timing of 2 hours
12 minutes 34 seconds, comfortably ahead of the runner-up
Siraj Gena of Ethiopia who clocked 2 hours 13 minutes 58
seconds.
Kenya`s Samson, who completed the race in 2 hours 14
minutes 24 seconds came third.Frenchman Simon Munyutu, who was the early pace setter
and was marginally ahead at the 10-km stretch, later ran out
of steam and at the half-way mark it was Simon Kasmili who
surged ahead.
The scene again changed at the entrance of the Mumbai`s
engineering marvel ?- Rajiv Gandhi Bandra-Worli Sea Link and
the newest addition to the Marathon route, with Ndiso surging
ahead of rest of the pack.
During the run on the 5.6-km stretch over the sea, he
kept his pace to ensure a comfortable win for himself.
With the formidable lead, the Kenyan was the only thing
of interest as it was to see whether he could break the course
record set by last year`s winner compatriot Kenneth Mungara,
who covered the distance in 2 hours 11 minutes 51 seconds.
However, Ndiso missed the mark by 44 seconds.
Meanwhile, Binning Lymgkhoi finished first among the
Indians, clocking 2:20:12. He was followed by Ram Singh Yadav
(2:21:02) and Arvind Yadav (2:22:50), respectively.
In the women`s category, it was Ethiopians who dominated
all the way and claimed all the top-10 positions, with
Bizunesh Mohammed finishing first (2:31:09).
Bizunesh was followed by Haile Kebebush (2:31:11) and
Azalech Masrecha (2:32:12), respectively.
Shastri Devi (3:10:03) and Jyoti Gawate (3:12:03) were
the fastest Indian women finishing 13th and 14th respectively.
Winners in both the men`s and women`s categories will
receive prize money of USD 35,000 each, while the Indian
toppers will receive a prize money of USD 6,000 each.
India`s Kumar Sandeep, finished first among in the half
marathon with a timing of 1:06:18, while compatriots Soji
Matthew (1:06: 22) and Akki Irrapa D (1:06:59) finished second
and third respectively.
India`s Jayshree Shivshankar Boarge (1:26:06) was the
fastest woman in the half-marathon, followed by compatriot
Nilam Kadam (1:26:24) and Australia`s Amanda Harper (1:30:30).
PTI
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