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1 JANUARY 2013: NEUJAHRSMARATHON ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

Zurich Marathon

In the first marathon to be held in 2013, starting at midnight, Astrid Mueller benefited from optimal weather conditions to beat her own course record by more than 15 minutes. Jan Fryc (CZE) achieved a start to finish victory in the men's race, although second-placed Christophe Scherno (FRA) started to reduce his 4-minute gap in the second half, but still finished 1:20 minutes behind. A total of 632 runners from 34 different countries participated in the various races between 6 km and 42.195 km. 226 of them ran the full marathon, a new record.

MEN:
1  Jan FRYC                       CZE 2:45:56
2  Christophe SCHERNO             FRA 2:47:16
3  Antonio Alegre GALBE           ESP 2:52:04
4  Philipp ARNOLD                 SUI 2:55:50
5  Roger GERBER                   SUI 3:00:35
6  Ralf ZACHARIAS                 GER 3:03:16
7  David ROSS                     GBR 3:05:10
8  Roman CASANOVAS                SUI 3:06:27
9  Markus VON GUNTEN              SUI 3:08:24
10 Virgilijus TIKUISIS            LTU 3:12:08

WOMEN:
1  Astrid MUELLER                 SUI 2:59:29
2  Abby KNIGHT                    USA 3:24:58
3  Micaela RACKY                  GER 3:27:38
4  Petra SCHOPLOCHER              GER 3:32:55
5  Nadia TOSI                     ITA 3:34:55
6  Caroline ROEHRL                GER 3:35:23
7  Andrea Kaeppeli                SUI 3:35:23
8  Rosi KNAEBLE                   GER 3:38:03
9  Konstanze HAHN                 SUI 3:39:02
10 Melissah GIBSON                AUS 3:45:15

18km
MEN:
1  Donnino ANDERHALDEN            SUI 1:05:25
2  Richard STOFFEL                SUI 1:08:30
3. Peter KELLER                   SUI 1:11:56

WOMEN:
1  Caroline STEINER               SUI 1:15:32
2  Tanja SONDEREGGER              SUI 1:16:21
3  Franziska ETTER                SUI 1:17:49

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5 JANUARY 2013: C&D XIAMEN INT'L MARATHON, CHINA

Ethiopians doubled in the 11th edition with Negari Terfa setting a men's course record writes Mirko Jalava.

The record was threatened from the start as 16 athletes passed through 10km in 30:01. Halfway passed uneventfully in 63:35, but by 25km it was down to 11 runners and at 31km Dickson Chumba made a short-lived break. By 33km a lead group of seven had overtaken him and begun to speed up. Debutant Paul Lonyangat broke clear next with only Terfa following his move. Terfa's 2:07 personal best dated back to 2009. In five successive starts at Xiamen he had twice finished second. Lonyangat pegged him back but Terfa redoubled his effort after 40km and quickly gained a clear lead. He came home in a personal best and course record, also the third fastest time in China behind the top two 2008 Olympic finishers.

The women's lead group was down to three after just 7km: Kenya's Eunice Jepkirui, fastest in the field with 2:21:41 and the Ethiopian duo of Fatuma Sado and Eyerusalem Kuma. Kuma was dropped after 16km, and Sado's only move came at 28km after which she quickly opening up a gap to finish more than two minutes ahead.

MEN:
1  Negari TERFA                   ETH  2:07:32
2  Paul LONYANGAT                 KEN  2:07:44
3  Sahle WARGA                    ETH  2:08:39
4  Gebretsadik ADHANA             ETH  2:09:00
5  Peter KAMAIS                   KEN  2:09:53
6  Solomon BUSHENDICH             KEN  2:10:18
7  Mariko KIPLAGAT                KEN  2:10:28
8  Jairus CHANCHIMA               KEN  2:10:37

WOMEN:
1  Fatuma SADO                    ETH  2:27:35
2  Eunice JEPKIRUI                KEN  2:30:00
3  Eyerusalem KUMA                ETH  2:34:31
4  Xueqin WANG                    CHN  2:34:56
5  Worknesh TOLA                  ETH  2:37:49

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6 JANUARY 2013: MIZUNO HONG KONG HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Kan-Ho Chan, winner in 2011, went into the lead after 4km on this out-back course alongside the Plover Cove Reservoir and was never headed. American Michelle Lowry defended her title as Kit-Ching Yiu kept pace to 11km and went on to record a personal best.

The Championships, in their 20th edition, made great efforts towards inclusiveness and among the 3000 entrants were more than a dozen unsighted runners. One of them was Galant Ng, guided over the course by the sighted but deaf runner Michael Ng.

MEN:
1  Ka-Ho CHAN                     HKG  1:13:24
2  Yiu-Cheong WUN                 HKG  1:14:09
3  Darren BENSON                       1:14:36

WOMEN:
1  Michelle LOWRY                 USA  1:20:10
2  Kit-Ching YIU                  HKG  1:20:28

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7 JANUARY 2013: SIBERIAN ICE HALF-MARATHON, RUSSIA

Siberian Ice Marathon   Siberian Ice Marathon

Over 350 runners, including 26 foreigners from 10 countries, braved a temperature of -26°C.

MEN:
1  Artem EKIMOV                   RUS  1:08:29
2  Vasily MINAEV                  RUS  1:09:01
3  Andrey LEYMENOV                RUS  1:10.23
4  Vadim ULIZHOV                  RUS  1:11:12             
5  Barkhat BAZARBAEV              RUS  1:12:50             
6  Nikita PROTSKIY                RUS  1:20:35
7  Bulat SHARYPOV                 RUS  1:21:09            
8  Mikhail GERASYN                RUS  1:21:14             
9  Gennadiy MOTYLEVICH            RUS  1:21:20                         
10 Nikolay SHLYKOV                RUS  1:21:42             

WOMEN:
1  Eugenia DANILOVA               RUS  1:22:07
2  Nina PODNEBESNOVA              RUS  1:22:33
3  Yulduz ABDULLAEVA              RUS  1:31:41
4  Larisa SHEVELEVA               RUS  1:36:44             
5  Sofia FILATOVA                 RUS  1:40:29             
6  Tatiana NOVOSELTSEVA           RUS  1:40:42             
7  Olga SHAPOVALOVA               RUS  1:44:25                        
8  Alisa DERYAGINA                RUS  1:44:49                         
9  Oksana ZHURAVSKAYA             RUS  1:46:11            
10 Heidi RIEPL                    AUS  1:46:46

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10 JANUARY 2013: TIBERIAS WINNER MARATHON, ISRAEL

MEN:
1  Dominic ONDORO                 KEN  2:08:00
2  Deribe Robi MELKA              ETH  2:08:10
3  Francis KIBIWOTT               KEN  2:08:31
4  Raya Dereje TADESSE            ETH  2:08:46
5  Sisay LEMMA                    ETH  2:09:08
6  Julius MURIUKI                 KEN  2:09:08
7  Edeo MAMO                      ETH  2:10:31
8  Senbeto GUTELI                 ETH  2:11:12
9  Kiprotich KIRUI                KEN  2:11:55
10 Patrick WACHIRA                KEN  2:12:15

WOMEN:
1  Ashete Bekere DIDO             ETH  2:40:22
2  Hadish Letay NEGASH            ETH  2:40:39
3  Zenebu Haftu ABAY              ETH  2:41:09
4  Bizuwork Getahun KASAYE        ETH  2:41:10
5  Aberash Tesfaye TOLLA          ETH  2:41:37
6  Megerta Ifu GELETU             ETH  2:41:42
7  Mihiret Anamo ANTONIOS         ETH  2:43:18
8  Tinbit Gidey WOLDEGEBRIEL      ETH  2:44:25
9  Frehiwot Goshu METIKA          ETH  2:47:10
10 ??                             ISR  2:54:31

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13 JANUARY 2013: GAMMON CHINA COAST MARATHON, HONG KONG

613 runners finished the Marathon and 1265 the Half. Pui Shan Chan won the women's Marathon for the fourth time.

MEN:
1  Yiu Cheong WUN                 HKG  2:44:47
2  Franky LEE                     HKG  2:52:46
3  Wai Kei CHEUNG                 HKG  2:55:00
4  Pavel TOROPOV                  RUS  2:58:49
5  Tung Hoi YIP                   HKG  2:59:05
6  Man Fai CHUNG                  HKG  3:05:14
7  Wai Kin CHEUNG                 HKG  3:05:22
8  Junichi FUJIWARA               JPN  3:06:40
9  Fat Keung CHAN                 HKG  3:07:14
10 Chong Yui WONG                 HKG  3:07:24
 
WOMEN:
1  Pui Shan CHAN                  HKG  3:21:02
2  Pui Yan CHOW                   HKG  3:26:47
3  Christine WANG                 HKG  3:26:58
4  Wing Yan LEUNG                 HKG  3:38:59
5  Choi Long NG                   HKG  3:42:42
6  Siu Pik POON                   HKG  3:44:46
7  Pui Yi LI                      HKG  3:51:10
8  Susan HLLAL                         3:57:25
9  Mei Lun YEUNG                  HKG  3:58:38
10 Lai Man LAM                    HKG  4:02:01

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Man Wai TANG                   HKG  1:18:36
2  Tat Ming CHOI                  HKG  1:20:39
3  Chung Hong LO                  HKG  1:20:53

WOMEN:
1  Claire CHAPMAN                      1:29:46
2  Angelina KONG                  HKG  1:31:00
3  Jane HODGSKIN                       1:31:57

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18 JANUARY 2013: EGYPTIAN MARATHON

MEN:
1  Yuki KAWAUCHI                  JPN  2:12:24
2  Yezine IMAD                    LIB  2:48:24
3  David METLER                   USA  3:14:38
4  Didier GASPAR                  FRA  3:17:12
5  Takaeyuki YAMAMOTO             JPN  3:21:59
6  Lars BERND                     GER  3:24:24
7  Jan KAWA                       POL  3:37:00
8  Fady BOULOS                    EGY  3:45:48
9  Tom BYRNE                      GBR  3:47:20
10 Patrick PERRY                  USA  3:52:15

WOMEN:
1  Gina ALASIR                    LIB  3:19:52
2  Jodi CHINNOCK                  USA  4:26:02
3  Brigitta BIERMANSKI            GER  4:59:00
4  Joanna MARSZALSKA              POL  5:21:59
5  Elizabeth DUNCAN-RICKS         USA  5:49:29

LUXOR RUN (22.3km)
MEN:
1  Hanna Abou FARHAT              LIB  1:25:56
2  Moustafa GRAYEB                LIB  1:35:51
3  Ousama RAAD                    LIB  1:39:18

WOMEN:
1  Madhusmita JENA-DAS            IND  1:41:16
2  Christina SCHATZ               GER  1:57:01
3  Julia PRESTRIDGE               GBR  1:58:39

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20 JANUARY 2013: SUNSHINE INSURANCE MARATHON BAHAMAS

MEN:
1  Clint WELLS                    USA  2:33:09
2  Daniel SMITH                   USA  2:41:40
3  Sidney COLLIE                  BAH  2:45:14
4  Keithlyn HANNA                 BAH  2:49:46
5  Delroy BOOTHE                  BAH  2:52:29
6  Justin RENZ                    USA  2:52:55
7  Jay PONTRELLI                  USA  3:08:18
8  Aaron BISHOP                   USA  3:17:47
9  William FAIRBAIRN                   3:21:10
10 Emmanuel GEORGES               FRA  3:23:40

WOMEN:
1  Angela COBB                    USA  2:54:44
2  Jessica COVER                  USA  3:38:09
3  Rachel BAIRD                   USA  3:51:07
4  Zoe BARFORD                    BAH  4:02:09
5  Gina RALL                      USA  4:03:34
6  Brittany STREUFERT             USA  4:03:37
7  Caitlin CONSTANTINE            USA  4:08:46
6  Megan BRODERICK-SMITH          USA  4:09:54
7  Laurence GEORGES               FRA  4:10:48
8  Eileen FANNON                  USA  4:17:33
9  Youlanda DEVEAUX               BAH  4:24:43
10 Cheryl ROLLE                        4:25:17

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Jonathan VOLPI                      1:11:36
2  Daniel MARTIN                       1:13:04
3  Jon WILLIAMS                   USA  1:19:53

WOMEN:
1  Alice HENLEY                        1:20:24
2  Alison STEELE                  USA  1:27:12
3  Kathy PROVENCHER               USA  1:38:00

20 JANUARY 2013: MARATON INT'L DE CULIACAN, MEXICO

MEN:
1  Philip TARUS                   KEN  2:26:22
2  Edgard KIPTUM                  KEN  2:27:34
3  Abel Garcia ARAMBURO           MEX  2:29:32
4  John Karobia KANYIRI           KEN  2:32:13
5  Roman Garcia RUIZ              MEX  2:35:47
6  Paul Alberto Trejo LOPEZ       MEX  2:37:18
7  Juan Duarte MORALES            MEX  2:48:33
8  Candido Ayala RUBIO            MEX  2:51:07
9  Miguel Bernal FIERRO           MEX  2:58:12
10 Ernesto Silva BRICENO          MEX  3:01:25

WOMEN:
1  Irene Vasquez LOPEZ            MEX  2:53:12
2  Agnes Jepchumba CHELEGAT       KEN  2:54:12
3  Emma Maldonado CARMONA         MEX  2:55:30
4  Sugey Perez CORONA             MEX  3:25:06
5  Maria Elena Carrera GARCIA     MEX  3:29:28
6  Christina Ruiz AGUILERA        MEX  3:40:44
7  Maria Luisa Echegaray IRIARTE  MEX  3:42:55
8  Evangelina Higuera MONTANO     MEX  3:43:20
9  Ana Trueba VALENZUELA          MEX  3:49:59
10 Maria Castrejon VASQUEZ        MEX  3:57:10

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Christopher KIPYEGO            KEN  1:04:32
2  Carlos Cordero GOMEZ           MEX  1:04:35
3  Mathew KANGOGO                 KEN  1:08:00

WOMEN:
1  Ruth Chepkoech KIMUTAI         KEN  1:18:21
2  Pauline Wanjiru GITHUKA        KEN  1:19:12
3  Ursula Sanchez GARCIA          MEX  1:22:08

20 JANUARY 2013: KINMEN MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI

MEN:
1  Collins KIBET                   KEN  2:22:45
2  Cosmas Koech KIMUTAI            KEN  2:23:15
 
WOMEN:
1  Mercy JEMUTAI                   KEN  2:39:08
2  Jane Jebiwott ROTICH            KEN  2:42:19

20 JANUARY 2013: MAUI OCEANFRONT MARATHON, USA

MEN:
1  Evan FOX                       USA  2:52:47
2  Thomas SANDS                   USA  2:58:20
3  Mark CALLEI                    USA  2:58:21
4  Samer SLIM                     LIB  3:07:37
5  Raymond TAM                    USA  3:08:36
6  Ryan MCCOMAS                   USA  3:09:38
7  Lindsey DYMOND                 USA  3:11:52
8  Rich MORRIS                    CAN  3:22:26
9  Gregorio MALDINI               USA  3:23:22
10 Jon MCGONAGLE                  USA  3:24:28

WOMEN:
1  Jill STEELE                    USA  3:27:07
2  Marie BENITO                   GUM  3:28:57
3  Diana JONES                    CAN  3:34:49
4  Jessica CLEARY                 USA  3:34:59
5  Theresa GERRY                  USA  3:35:00
6  Christine HESSE-WITHBROE       USA  3:36:48
7  Shannon LORBIECKI              USA  3:42:04
8  Malvina KROL                   USA  3:46:26
9  Christrine HELSBY              USA  3:47:49
10 Angela SY                      USA  3:48:27

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Brain PRUNTY                   USA  1:19:29
2  Stefan BAMBERGER               GER  1:23:57
3  David WURTZ                    USA  1:24:15

WOMEN:
1  Mary KELLY                     IRL  1:28:31
2  Dominique IGOE                 USA  1:32:52
3  Jennifer TOM                   USA  1:33:12

20 JANUARY 2013: MITJA MARATON SANTA POLA, SPAIN

MEN:
1  John MWANGANGI                 KEN  1:01:48
2  Abrha Milaw ASEFA              ETH  1:02:37
3  David KWEMOI                   KEN  1:02:41
4  Atalay Yirsaw TEGENE           ETH  1:03:45
5  Edwin Kibet KIPTOO             KEN  1:03:47
6  Charles NGOLEPUS               KEN  1:05:15
7  Emmanuel Kiprono KIPSANG       KEN  1:05:48
8  Gemechu KELU                   ETH  1:07:07
9  Frederik URBOHM                     1:07:18
10 David NILSSON                       1:07:46

WOMEN:
1  Georgina RONO                  KEN  1:10:00
2  Chalfu Tafa WAKA               ETH  1:12:39
3  Yebichi YATOR                  KEN  1:14:35
4  Natalya SLOVYOVA               RUS  1:14:46
5  Ester Hidalgo GARCIA           ESP  1:15:06
6  Estela Navascues PARRA         ESP  1:15:07
7  Eva Ruiz PIQUERAS              ESP  1:21:32
8  Wafia BENALI                   ESP  1:24:56
9  Carmen Sala FERRER             ESP  1:27:34
10 Pilar Igarza GARCIA            ESP  1:27:50

20 JANUARY 2013: STANDARD CHARTERED MUMBAI MARATHON, INDIA

Running only her second marathon Valentine Kipketer salvaged Kenyan pride in otherwise Ethiopian dominated territory as she clocked a course record to win the women's race in the 10th anniversary edition writes Ram Murali Krishnan.

Kipketer, just turned 20, ran a 2:28:02 debut in Hamburg but improved drastically on this tough course, under tough conditions — although this year's event was held in relatively cool weather. Her Ethiopian rivals kept pace to halfway but, after a brief showing by eventual runner-up Dinknesh Mekash, Kipketer went clear from 25km. On Marine Drive, with 5km to go, she was on her own but did not slow her tempo.

In the men's race four runners debuted, and one of them came out on top. Eritrean Mulue Andom paced five runners for a good part of the race, setting up Ugandan Jackson Kiprop, Kenyans Laban Moiben, Elijah Kemboi and Jacob Cheshari and Ethiopian Abraham Girma. Kiprop, Girma and Moiben moved away on the hill at 35km, and descending it a kilometre later Kiprop edged ahead.

Cheshari, a debutant like Kiprop, charged back to the leader but was unable to keep pace over the final kilometres. Kiprop came home with a new course record and Indian all-comers' record of 2:09:32. Kiprop, a training partner of London Olympic winner Stephen Kiprotich, had paced the group in the earlier stages.

Fauja Singh, who will turn 102 in April stepped up for the 4.3km senior citizens' race.

More than 38,000 runners took part in this year's Mumbai Marathon in different categories which now includes a 2.5 km race for Champions with Disability. As usual pledges have been raised for charity and are expected to reach $3.4 million.

MEN:
1  Jackson KIPROP                 UGA  2:09:32
2  Jacob CHESHARI                 KEN  2:09:43
3  Elijah KEMBOI                  KEN  2:10:03
4  Abraham GIRMA                  ETH  2:10:15
5  Laban MOIBEN                   KEN  2:10:55
6  Abay TADESSE                   ETH  2:14:14
7  Dese ENDRIS                    ETH  2:14:37
8  Ashenafi KETEMA                ETH  2:16:35
9  Desta GEBREHIWET               ETH  2:17:05
10 Argachew TOLA                  ETH  2:18:44

WOMEN:
1  Valentine KIPKETER             KEN  2:24:33
2  Dinknesh MEKASH                ETH  2:28:46
3  Aberu MERKURIA                 ETH  2:29:03
4  Fantu JIMMA                    ETH  2:30:22
5  Yeshimebet TADESSE             ETH  2:30:52
6  Megra MARTA                    ETH  2:31:01
7  Desta TADESSE                  ETH  2:31:44
8  Kidist FISEHA                  ETH  2:39:45
9  Sosena TEKLE                   ETH  2:39:45
10 Zeytuna ARBA                   ETH  2:40:03

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Nitender SINGH                 IND 1:06:16
2  Sachin PATIL                   IND 1:09:01
3  Atwa BHAJAT                    IND 1:09:32
 
WOMEN:
1  Sudha SINGH                    IND 1:17:24
2  Ritu PAL                       IND 1:19:19
3  Monika ATHARE                  IND 1:19:28

20 JANUARY 2013: CORRIDA DE SAO SEBASTIAO, BRAZIL

MEN:
1  Joseph APERUMOI                KEN  29:41
2  Gilmar Silvestre LOPES         BRA  30:01
3  Abubaka Hussein HAMISI         MAR  30:17
4  Luis Da Silva ANTUNES          BRA  30:20
5  Valerio De Souza FABIANO       BRA  30:23
6  Flavio Guimaraes ANDRADE       BRA  30:40
7  Jose Gutembergue FERREIRA      BRA  31:08
8  Marcos Coelho FERREIRA         BRA  31:46
9  Flavio Carvalho STUMPF         BRA  31:47
10 Paulo Braga GONCALVES          BRA  31:47

WOMEN:
1  Maurine Jelegat KIPCHUMBA      KEN  34:17
2  Rumokol Elizabeth CHAPKANAN    KEN  34:29
3  Jackline Juma SAKILU           TAN  35:01
4  Muriel Coneo PAREDES           BRA  36:06
5  Rosangela Pereira FARIA        BRA  36:35
6  Maria BALDAIA                  BRA  36:54
7  Mary SILVA                     BRA  36:56
8  Jessica Ladeira SOARES         BRA  37:49
9  Adriana DA COSTA               BRA  37:59
10 Joelma DE JESUS                BRA  38:17

5km
MEN:
1  Sebastiao CORDEIRO             BRA  16:00
2  Guilherme BUENO                BRA  16:02
3  Tiago Martins DA SILVA         BRA  16:06

WOMEN:
1  Ana Paula DE SOUZA             BRA  21:13
2  Irene Santos PEDRO             BRA  22:12
3  Mirna Pinheiro LOBO            BRA  22:13

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27 JANUARY 2013: KHON KAEN INT'L MARATHON, THAILAND

MEN:
1  Charles Kimutai KIGEN          KEN  2:19:29
2  Wilson Kipron KOSGEI           KEN  2:19:36
3  Joseph Mwangi NGARE            KEN  2:20:28
4  Sammy Korir KIBET              KEN  2:21:18
5  Peter Kipleteng KETER          KEN  2:21:38
6  Daniel Omori GEKARA            KEN  2:21:45
7  Solomon Kipyego KETER          KEN  2:22:34
8  Joel Kiplimo KEMBOI            KEN  2:23:06
9  Jonah KIPNGOK                  KEN  2:23:57
10 David NTHIGA NJAGI             KEN  2:23:57

WOMEN:
1  Immaculate CHEMUTAI            KEN  2:42:25
2  Everline ATANCHA               KEN  2:42:31
3  Winifridah KWAMBOKA            KEN  2:44:24
4  Fridah LODEPA                  KEN  2:45:33
5  Margaret Wangui NJUNGA         KEN  2:48:26
6  Risper Lagat CHELEGAT          KEN  2:56:00
7  Sunisa SAILOMYEN               THA  3:00:33
8  Olpher ORUKE                   KEN  3:00:49
9  Aregash Abate GUBAE            ETH  3:02:20
10 Mencho Habtamnesh GASHAW       ETH  3:02:56

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  Gideon Kipkemboi KOSGEI        KEN  1:05:21
2  Collins Kipkorir KIMOSOP       KEN  1:05:25
3  David MUTAI                    KEN  1:05:53

WOMEN:
1  Alganesh Mohamed KEMAL         ETH  1:18:33
2  Jackline Musyawa NZIVO         KEN  1:21:35
3  Regina Cherotich NGURIA        KEN  1:22:12

27 JANUARY 2013: MARATHON INT'L DE MARRAKECH, MOROCCO

MEN:
1  Stephen TUM                    KEN  2:06:35
2  Gezahagne GIRMA                ETH  2:07:41
3  Sammy KIBET                    KEN  2:08:50
4  Dereje Debele TULU             ETH  2:10:08
5  Roland KUNGAT                  KEN  2:12:55
6  Belachew Alemayehu AMETA       ETH  2:13:18
7  Edwin KIMAIYO                  KEN  2:15:21
8  Youssef Ait ALI                MAR  2:16:43
9  Mokraji LAHCEN                 MAR  2:18:37
10 Haile Yayi SISAY               ETH  2:19:10

WOMEN:
1  Gulume TOLLESA                 ETH  2:36:05
2  Abebech Tsegay BEKELE          ETH  2:36:11
3  Gulilat SERKALEM               ETH  2:36:15
4  Adhana Tsehay DESALEGN         ETH  2:36:25
5  Malika BELFAKIR                MAR  2:37:01
6  Tigist AYANU                   ETH  2:42:13
7  Khadija EL-AAREBI              MAR  2:42:17
8  Hafida IZEM                    MAR  2:47:10
9  Hanane EL-BAJAOUI              MAR  2:50:08
10 Kebira LAGMIRI                 MAR  2:50:45

HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1  El Abbasi EL HASSAN            MAR  1:01:09
2  Luka ROTICH                    KEN  1:01:10
3  Belay ABEBE                    ETH  1:01:12

WOMEN:
1  Waganesh MEKASHA               ETH  1:08:48
2  Malika ASSAHSSAH               MAR  1:10:11
3  Samira RAIF                    MAR  1:13:36

27 JANUARY 2012: OSAKA WOMEN'S MARATHON, JAPAN

Osaka Women's Marathon

Tatiana Gamera-Shmyrko came from behind to take longtime leader Kayoko Fukushi 900m from the finish writes Ken Nakamura. She inproved her personal best, set when finishing 5th in the London Olympic Marathon, by 24 seconds, but fell just short of a national record. Fukushi and third-placed Yuko Watanabe also set personal bests.

A group of five, including the top three, Mari Ozaki and Yoko Shibui, passed through 5km in 17:09, 10km in 33:59 and halfway in 1:11:36. Pacing finished at 30km after which Fukushi was out on her own, well ahead of Gamera Shmyrko. But approaching 40km her lead started to diminish and she struggled for the last 2km as Gamera-Shmyrko took 43 seconds out of her in the final 2195m. Fukushi fell short of her 2:24 target which would have gained her automatic selection for the World Championships Marathon in Moscow.

WOMEN:
1  Tatiana GAMERA-SCMYRKO         UKR  2:23:57
2  Kayoko FUKUSHI                 JPN  2:24:21
3  Yuko WATANABE                  JPN  2:25:56
4  Mari OZAKI                     JPN  2:26:41
5  Lisa WEIGHTMAN                 AUS  2:29:09
6  Karolina JARZYNSKA             POL  2:30:29
7  Noriko HIGUCHI                 JPN  2:32:16 
8  Yoko SHIBUI                    JPN  2:32:41
9  Shiori HAYASHIDA               JPN  2:39:36
10 Yui OUCHI                      JPN  2:39:39

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