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01 JANUARY 2010: NEUJAHRSMARATHON ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Since 1 January 2005 the Neujahrsmarathon in Zurich has started with the very first second of the New Year. This time a record of more than 600 runners participated during the night, an increase of more than 50% compared to previously. Runners came from 33 different nations from all over the world to take part in the marathon, half marathon and quarter marathon. Dirk Joos, a 29-year old German, won his first ever marathon victory, while in the women's marathon the first three runners all beat the course record, led home by 37-year old Swiss Astrid Mueller.
MEN: 1 Dirk JOOS GER 2:47:09 2 Dietmar VEITH GER 2:53:41 3 Richard WIDMER GER 3:02:28 4 Markus VON GUNTEN SUI 3:03:38 5 Matthias KANNING GER 3:03:53 6 Patrick WILLCOCK RSA 3:07:44 7 Sven BLANCK SUI 3:09:24 8 Fredy KOSTER SUI 3:09:31 9 Pascal HAGENBACH FRA 3:11:36 10 Flavio REIDER SUI 3:12:12 WOMEN: 1 Astrid MUELLER SUI 3:15:21 2 Rosa MOREIRA POR 3:16:58 3 Andrea HUSER SUI 3:23:53 4 Denise LINGUA SUI 3:30:08 5 Elisabeth RONDEAU FRA 3:30:47 6 Katja GEHRUNG GER 3:31:12 7 Christina D'IGNAZIO SUI 3:34:41 8 Hargrit KALTENREIDER SUI 3:44:55 9 Isabelle BLASER SUI 3:46:08 10 Yvonne HUGELSHOFER SUI 3:46:35 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Franck MORIAUX SUI 1:19:25 2 Richard STOFFEL SUI 1:19:43 3 Daniel BOUZON SUI 1:20:03 WOMEN: 1 Christiane BOUQUET SUI 1:30:19 2 Nicole FROHLICH SUI 1:30:56 3 Esther ROETER SUI 1:33:34
2 JANUARY 2009: XIAMEN INT'L MARATHON, CHINA
Photos: Sasa Kralj/Jiwafoto
Rising star Feyisa Lilesa won in a new course record ahead of compatriot Negari Getachew Terfa and beating defending champion Samuel Muturi Mugo into third writes Cyrille Cartier. Atsede Bayisa became the first foreign athlete to win the women's race.
Lilesa, running only his second international marathon and his first in China, broke free of a tight-knit group at 38km. He beat Mugo's previous course record by four seconds, and his personal best by 25 seconds.
About 50,000 runners from 32 countries participated in the 5km, 10km, half-marathon, and marathon in dry conditions at about 11°C.
Ethiopian Berga Bekele and Kenyan David Kemboi Kiyeng paced together for most of the race. By 25km(1:16:30), the group was down to eight but it thinned further at 30km with Mugo, Terfa and Alemyehu Shumye one second ahead of Berga Bekele and Lilesa. By 35km Mugo, Terfa and Lilesa were away together, but at 38km Lilesa surged, leaving Mugo and in the 41st kilometre going ahead of Terfa.
In the women's race Atsede Bayisa, Paris Marathon winner last year, foreged ahead for a 5-minute winning margin over Sun Juan. Bayisa, 22, was running unchallenged by 27km. Sun was a second behind Bayisa for the first half but fell six seconds behind by 25km and 50 seconds by 30km. Five kilometres later Bayisa had built a two-minute lead.
MEN: 1 Feyisa LILESA ETH 2:08:47 2 Negari Getachew TERFA ETH 2:09:40 3 Samuel Muturi MUGO KEN 2:10:11 4 Kiprotich KENEI ETH 2:10:46 5 Alemyehu SHUMYE ETH 2:11:20 6 Berga BEKELE ETH 2:13:45 7 Abebe NGEWO ETH 2:14:11 8 Shunjin YIN CHN 2:14:16 WOMEN: 1 Atsede BAYISA ETH 2:28:53 2 Juan SUN CHN 2:34:12 3 Lingling JIN CHN 2:36:00 4 Junli ZHANG CHN 2:37:04 5 Chao YUE CHN 2:42:23 6 Junliang XU CHN 2:43:32 7 Yuan Yuan YIN CHN 2:48:37 8 Meng YANG CHN 2:51:17
7 JANUARY 2010: ZAYED INT'L HALF MARATHON, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Photo: Abdul Rahman/Gulf News
MEN: 1 Tilahun REGASSA ETH 59:15 2 Sammy KITWARA KEN 59:34 3 Lelisa DESILD ETH 59:59 WOMEN: 1 Mary KEITANY KEN 1:07:14 2 Philes ONGORI KEN 1:09:16 3 Dire TUNE ETH 1:09:19
7 JANUARY 2010: TIBERIAS MARATHON, ISRAEL
In very hot weather 1300 people finished the 33rd edition of the Marathon, and 2000 the associated 10km event writes Chelsea McCullough. The champion from 2007 and runner-up last year, Leonard Muchera, bolted through halfway in a world record-pace 1:01:49 but could not maintain such a ferocious pace. He led to 34km but then faded to finish in 11th place, in 2:18:55. His halfway split is an Israeli all-comers record for the half marathon, but he started to slow after 30km.
MEN: 1 Simon NJOROGE KEN 2:11:10 WOMEN: 1 Emily SAMOEI KEN 2:36:41
10 JANUARY 2010: MIZUNO HONG KONG HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEN: 1 Stefano PASSAROLLO ITA 1:13:02 2 Gi Ka MAN 1:13:54 3 Ka Ho CHAN 1:14:41 4 Jonny Hok Lau YAI 1:14:59 5 Yin Tik QUE 1:15:07 6 Wun Yiu CHEONG 1:15:12 7 Tat Ming CHOI 1:16:20 8 Anson Kwok Cheung CHAN 1:16:31 9 Kit Chan CHAN 1:16:45 10 Jacky Chap Man WANG 1:17:19 WOMEN: 1 Rebecca YAU 1:23:30 2 Kit Ching YIU 1:24:40 3 Ying Suet LEUNG 1:27:21 4 Sui Ping FAN 1:28:01 5 Angelina Fun Sing KONG 1:28:54 6 Mandy Mun Tse CHOI 1:29:36 7 Kit Yee CHAN 1:30:26 8 Noriko ENDO JPN 1:31:05 9 Pui Shan CHAN 1:31:19 10 Jane HODGSKIN 1:31:47
16 JANUARY 2010: KINMEN INT'L MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
MEN: 1 Chih-Ping HO TPE 2:23:08 2 Shih-Cheng HUANG TPE 2:36:27 3 Chun-Wei TSAO TPE 2:38:36 WOMEN: 1 Viola Chepketing BOR KEN 2:44:34 2 Hsiao-Yu LI TPE 2:54:04 3 Rose Jepkemboi CHESIRE KEN 3:00:04
17 JANUARY 2009: STANDARD CHARTERED MUMBAI MARATHON, INDIA
Running on a new course and on a relatively hot day, the defending champions were swept aside as new faces took over writes Ram Murali Krishnan. Last year's runner-up David Tarus led briefly but had problem in keeping contact as the group passed 11km. Pacemaker Simon Munyutu gave way at 15km leaving Simon Kasimli to lead compatriot Denis Ndiso and Ethiopians Gebo Burka and Haile Demissie at halfway, before dropping back. A second group included Kenyans Samson Limareng, Matthew Kibowen and Jonathan Kibet along with Ethiopians Siraj Amda Bene and Fekadu Kedir. As the runners approached the 4km-long newly opened Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link at 25km, only Ndiso and Burka were together and on the Sea Link, Ndiso kicked for home. He went on to record his first marathon win and a personal best as Amda Bene came from behind to take the second place. "I could have achieved better timing had there been cool weather," Ndiso said immediately after the race, adding that the last 5km was very hot.
Ethiopian women ruled the roads of Mumbai for the third year in succession, filling the top-10 places. Three-time winner Mulu Seboka and defending champion Haile Kebebush led a group of dozen Ethiopian from the start. The women offered better hopes than men of a course record but the heat and humidity slowed them. The leading group included Bizunesh Mohammed Urgesa, the world junior silver medalist in 3000m in 2008,who held off the challenge from her senior compatriots and remained in the bunch throughout. Firehiwot Dado Tufa, last year's Rome Marathon champion along with Azalech Masresha made up a group of five as they approached half-way, but Seboka and Tufa tired as the heat took its toll. Bizunesh and Kebebush were running shoulder to shoulder in the final stages and Bizunesh left it to the last 200m before kicking ahead to reach the tape just two seconds ahead. Bizunesh won the Eurasia Istanbul marathon last year, but set a personal best in Mumbai.
A Veterans' race, a 6km Dream Run a Wheelchair event and a half marathon were all held simultaneously with the Marathon. The Dream Run had 20,541 participants and included many Bollywood celebrities.
MEN: 1 Denis NDISO KEN 2:12:34 2 Siraj GENA ETH 2:13:58 3 Samson LIMARENG KEN 2:14:24 4 Jonathan KIBET KEN 2:14:29 5 Matthew BOWEN KEN 2:14:55 6 Fekadu KEDIR ETH 2:15:27 7 John MUTAI KEN 2:16:38 8 Gezahagne GIRMA ETH 2:17:32 9 Simon TONUI KEN 2:17:41 10 Haile DEMISSIE ETH 2:19:29 WOMEN: 1 Bizunesh MOHAMED ETH 2:31:09 2 Haile KEBEBUSH ETH 2:31:11 3 Azalech MASRESHMA ETH 2:32:12 4 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:32:46 5 Firewot DADO ETH 2:33:38 6 Tirework LEMMA ETH 2:36:52 7 Marta MARCOS ETH 2:38:18 8 Merima HASAN ETH 2:42:40 9 Seada Kedir ADILO ETH 2:43:20 10 Ayelew LEMMA ETH 2:50:32 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Sandeep KUMAR IND 1:06:18 2 Athew SOJI IND 1:06:22 3 Irappa AKKI IND 1:06:59 WOMEN: 1 Jayshree BOARGE IND 1:26:06 2 Nilam KADAM IND 1:26:24
17 JANUARY 2010: CHINA COAST MARATHON, HONG KONG
MEN: 1 Darren BENSON AUS 2:44:26 2 Martin KENNARD 2:46:13 3 William DAVIES 2:52:28 4 Wai Kei CHUNG 2:52:45 5 Tung Hoi YIP 2:55:14 6 Adrian HORVATH 2:56:59 7 Eric LAHAIE 2:58:12 8 Cheung Leung LEE 2:59:41 9 Man Fai CHUNG 3:02:20 10 Wai Kin CHEUNG 3:02:59 WOMEN: 1 Angelina KONG HKG 3:13:54 2 Pui Shan CHAN HKG 3:15:06 3 Chun Hing CHAN HKG 3:22:29 4 Mui Ying May CHONG HKG 3:26:35 5 Catherine LEONARD HKG 3:43:35 6 Wai Chan NG 3:44:44 7 Anna PILLINGER 3:45:53 8 Pauline TSE 3:52:15 9 Yuko IZUTA JPN 3:53:25 10 Malia HIRSCHMANN 3:54:29 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Eric FELBABEL FRA 1:19:32 2 Kam Tai NG HKG 1:20:17 WOMEN: 1 Kit Yee CHAN HKG 1:30:46 2 Brigitte NIEDERBERGER SUI 1:32:19
17 JANUARY 2010: MARATON INT'L DE CULIACAN, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Hilary KIMAIYO KEN 2:14:17 2 Mark Kipkosgei CHEPSES KEN 2:16:41 3 Jose Ascencion ARREDONDO MEX 2:17:51 4 George OKWORO KEN 2:25:52 5 Israel Avila ACOSTA MEX 2:28:22 6 Faniel Camacho MEDINA MEX 2:29:56 7 Bob ONYANCHA KEN 2:32:57 8 Luis Daniel Cardenas MIRANDA MEX 2:35:36 9 David LIMO KEN 2:37:52 10 Arturo Martinez RAMIREZ MEX 2:38:32 WOMEN: 1 Monica MUTHONI KEN 2:38:42 2 Janet Jelegat RONO KEN 2:38:52 3 Judith Ramirez HERNANDEZ MEX 2:43:24 4 Rose JEBET KEN 2:47:36 5 Sara Cedilo SANCHEZ MEX 2:54:54 6 Rosalva Gudino GONZALEZ MEX 3:03:01 7 Guadalupe Garcia GONZALEZ MEX 3:05:04 8 Margarita Huerta RAMIREZ MEX 3:05:27 9 Maria Rodriguez FONSECA MEX 3:07:30 10 Margarita Reynoso VAZQUEZ MEX 3:08:19 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jacob Ptuyot CHARMER KEN 1:02:27 2 Shadrack KIYAI KEN 1:02:46 3 Isaac Kemboi KIMAYO KEN 1:02:57 WOMEN: 1 Adriana Fernandez MIRANDA MEX 1:14:27 2 Philles MORITI KEN 1:17:25 3 Corina Aldaba GUZMAN MEX 1:20:35
20 JANUARY 2010: CORRIDA INT'L DE SAO SEBASTIANO, BRAZIL
MEN: 1 Giovani DOS SANTOS BRA 30:17 2 Kipkemei MUTAI KEN 30:23 3 Gilberto Silvestre LOPES BRA 30:33 4 Jose Gutembergue FERREIRA BRA 30:43 5 Cosme Ancelmo DE SOUZA BRA 31:07 6 Watila Fernandez SALES BRA 31:18 7 William Salgado GOMES BRA 31:22 8 Jose Sarvaia FRAZAO BRA 31:38 9 Adair Jose Enrique DOS SANTOS BRA 31:41 10 Eder Gomes DE MATOS BRA 21:48 WOMEN: 1 Rosangela Raimunda P FARIA BRA 36:07 2 Vianca Pereira NATLALY BRA 37:47 3 Camila Aparecida FOS SANTOS BRA 38:12 4 Gisele LISBOA BRA 38:40 5 Raimunda Maria Brito DA FONSECA BRA 40:45 6 Viviane Amorim FIGUEIREDO BRA 40:46 7 Lorilda do N F LORETI BRA 41:33 8 Lorena ROSA BRA 44:44 9 Paula Cristina S DA SILVA BRA 46:57 10 Ivani Gomes DOS SANTOS BRA 48:07 5km MEN: 1 Luis Henrique Dos Santos ALVES BRA 16:02 2 Luis Henrique Da Silva FONSECA BRA 16:06 3 Jayme Almeida CORDEIRO BRA 17:16 WOMEN: 1 Arlete Soares ADAO BRA 20:03 2 Ana Paula DE SOUZA BRA 21:23 3 Maria Jose DO NASCIMENTO BRA 23:36
22 JANUARY 2010: STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Haile Gebrselassie won for the third time in a row again pocketing $250,000, the richest prize in road running writes Pat Butcher. A back problem had ruled out a world record attempt from the start, but when Chala Dechase and Eshetu Wendimu caught him in the final stages he had a real race on his hands. He drew on 20 years of experience to pull through to his eighth victory in 10 completed marathons, with an average time of 2:05:40, easily the most consistently marathoner ever. Dechase improved his personal best by two minutes, and Wendimu, repeating his third placing of last year, also ran two minutes faster. "When the pacemakers dropped at 30km I tried to go but I couldn't change gear" said Gebreselassie. "I waited for the second group, and just tried to win."
The upset was reserved for the women's race, where Mametu Daska upset the favourites, Bezunesh Bekele and Askale Magarsa. A group of eight reached halfway together but then began to break up with only Daska, debutante Aberu Shewaye and last year's third placer, Helena Kirop, still left in contention at 35km. Kirop dropped back a kilometre later, and Daska and Shewaye continued their struggle until after 40km. Despite being violently sick in the finishing straight, Daska held onto the 50m lead she had forged in the last kilometre, to collapse across the finish line, in another personal best. Kirop was again third, also in a personal best.
Conditions were better than expected, with the humidity dropping as the race progressed and the temperature only rising from 17-18°C between start and finish.
MEN: 1 Haile GEBRSELASSIE ETH 2:06:09 2 Chala DECHASE ETH 2:06:33 3 Eshetu WENDIMU ETH 2:06:46 4 Abiyote GUTA ETH 2:09:03 5 Debele TULU ETH 2:09:43 6 Abraham CHELANGA KEN 2:10:28 7 Dejene YIRDAW ETH 2:10:50 8 Leonard MUCHERU KEN 2:11:08 9 Japhet KOSGEI KEN 2:11:20 10 Yimane MEKONNEN ETH 2:12:39 WOMEN: 1 Mametu DASKA ETH 2:24:18 2 Aberu SHEWAYE ETH 2:24:26 3 Helena KIROP KEN 2:24:54 4 Bezunesh BEKELE ETH 2:26:05 5 Isobella ANDERSSON SWE 2:26:52 6 Askale MAGARSA ETH 2:27:29 7 Tedesse YESHIMEBET ETH 2:27:45 8 Genet GETANEH ETH 2:30:23 9 Woyshinet TAFA ETH 2:32:06 10 Shuru DIRIBA ETH 2:32:36
24 JANUARY 2010: MEDIO MARATON INT'L DE SANTA POLA, SPAIN
With record participation of 6947 starters and 5941 finishers this year's race saw a course record in both the men's event and the women's, with husband-and-wife winners Erick Kibet and Joyce Chepkirui. The organizers of this race, in a small tourist town of no more than 30,000 inhabitants close to Alicante, were more than happy with the success of the event, which returns better performances year by year.
MEN: 1 Erick KIBET KEN 1:01:10 2 Stephen TUM KEN 1:01:28 3 Bernard ROTICH KEN 1:01:58 4 Hassan BELKHANOUCH MAR 1:03:52 5 Mohammed BLAL 1:03:54 6 Javier Diaz CARRETERO ESP 1:05:04 7 Abdelaziz DAHHAOUI 1:05:26 8 Mico MARTINEZ ESP 1:07:18 9 Luis del Aguila PEREZ ESP 1:08:09 10 Tiahui EL HASSAN 1:08:54 WOMEN: 1 Joyce CHEPKIRUI KEN 1:10:27 2 Helah KIPROP KEN 1:15:24 3 Gladys JEBET KEN 1:15:52 4 Wafiya BENALI 1:16:06 5 Ricarda LISK ESP 1:21:33 6 Ma.Raquel Miras COSTA ESP 1:23:15 7 Ma.Angeles Tetuan ALBELDA 1:24:47 8 Marta JIMENEZ ESP 1:26:26 9 Sabrina Rico CAMPILLO ESP 1:26:55 10 Marta Cambra PORCEL ESP 1:26:57
24 JANUARY 2010: KHON KAEN INT'L MARATHON, THAILAND
MEN: 1 Kennedy Kiptoo LILAN KEN 2:17:21 2 Julius Kiplomo MAISEI KEN 2:17:46 3 Joel Kiplimo KEMBOI KEN 2:19:52 4 Edward Kiplagat KIPROP KEN 2:21:12 5 Tewodros Zewde ASFAW ETH 2:22:23 6 Elly Kipyego BETT KEN 2:26:33 7 Hillary LAGAT KEN 2:26:45 8 Amoz Kipchirchir BORE KEN 2:28:31 9 Paul Kiptum KIGEN KEN 2:28:33 10 Mesele MASEBO ETH 2:33:00 WOMEN: 1 Fridah Jepkite LODEPA TOO KEN 2:54:59 2 Pamela Jemeli KIPCHOGE KEN 2:55:50 3 Leah KUSAR KEN 2:57:15 4 Bornes Jepkirui KITUR KEN 2:57:16 5 Sunisa SAILOMYEN THA 3:02:16 6 Lucy Karimi MUGAMBI KEN 3:06:25 7 Nazzha EZZANI MAR 3:14:23 8 Amnuay KIAM-NGULEUAM THA 3:17:09 9 Ketmanee SENAPHAN THA 3:18:11 10 Thanyathorn SAMUTNOI THA 3:20:43 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Willy TANUI KEN 1:07:48 2 Anthony Kosgei CHEPTOO KEN 1:07:50 3 Sila Kipruto SEMATEI KEN 1:08:23 WOMEN: 1 Saifon BOONJANG THA 1:23:08 2 Suwaree DEENAK THA 1:28:06 3 Thanaporn ASSWAWONGCHAROEN THA 1:28:56
24 JANUARY 2010: MAUI OCEANFRONT MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Jon MCGONAGLE USA 2:55:43 2 Dylan RIST USA 2:58:44 3 Matt WEST USA 3:04:40 4 Ronald LITTLE USA 3:08:21 5 Aaron BRYANT CAN 3:12:41 6 Peter MURCHIE USA 3:21:52 7 James DEAN CAN 3:27:09 8 Doug ANDREWS USA 3:28:40 9 Stanley HUP USA 3:29:30 10 Vincent HO USA 3:31:12 WOMEN: 1 Jamie SNOWHILL USA 3:40:06 2 Miriam SCHUMAN USA 3:44:36 3 Brigette SCHEISS USA 3:44:59 4 Angela SY USA 3:47:31 5 Tomoko FUKUSHIMA JPN 3:48:28 6 Erin HALL USA 3:50:50 7 Pamela GABORSKI USA 3:51:24 8 Connie KILLAM CAN 3:55:28 9 Mandy BISCOE USA 3:55:55 10 Kristin DROST USA 3:56:42
31 JANUARY 2010: OSAKA INT'L LADIES MARATHON, JAPAN
Photo: Yohei Kamiyami/Agence SHOT
Surging away from Marisa Barros with less than 4km to go Amane Gobena scored Ethiopia's first ever victory in the race since it started in 1982 writes Ken Nakamura.
Gobena's previous best was 2:26:53 from the 2009 Los Angeles Marathon. Barros also recorded a personal best, while Mari Ozaki, running for the fourth time in this race, was third. "It was very fast from the start. I felt like running an ekiden," Ozaki said. "I was not watching the time though. Perhaps because of high pace at the beginning, I felt really cold in the later part of the race." Previous winner Lidia Simon fell back at 22km, but ran her own race to pick off runners and finish a very respectable fourth. In fifth Kayoko Obata, running the final marathon of her long career (26 starts with no DNFs), ran the fourth fastest time of her career. Debutantes Ryoko Kizaki and former cross country skier Azusa Noriji finished sixth and eighth.
In cold conditions with and an occasional drizzle, the race started at 12:10 from Nagai stadium, the venue of 2007 IAAF World Championships. The first kilometre passed in 3:22, immediately reducing the lead group to about 13 runners. With the relatively fast pace the lead pack was reduced to nine before 10km (33:46) and by 15km (50:22) the lead pack of six started to stretch out.
With pre-race favourite Yukiko Akaba still in front, the six reached halfway in 1:10:44, just 20 seconds behind record pace. Then Simon started to lose contact and soon after Kizaki also bagan to lag. Approaching 25km Barros began to drift behind but on the steep downhill near 26km, she went to the front followed by Gobena and Ozaki, while Akaba dropped to fourth. The gap gradually widened between Akaba and the three leaders.
With Barros leading, three runners passed 30km in 1:40:57 after which Ozaki fell back. At 31km Kizaki caught Akaba, who looked like she was in pain, to move into fourth. Just before 39km Akaba's coach and husband pulled her out of the race.
Under steady rain, the pace continued to slow. Barros and Gobena passed 35km in 1:58:08, followed by Ozaki 26 seconds later. Gobena took the lead at 38.5km, and the gap between her and Barros gradually widened. With an eight-second lead at 40km, the Ethiopian slowed considerably in the final stages but still took a convincing victory.
WOMEN (ONLY): 1 Amane GOBENA ETH 2:25:14 2 Marisa BARROS POR 2:25:45 3 Mari OZAKI JPN 2:26:27 4 Lidia SIMON ROM 2:27:11 5 Kyoko OBATA JPN 2:27:19 6 Ryoko KIZAKI JPN 2:27:34 7 Chika HORIE JPN 2:28:29 8 Azusa NOJIRI JPN 2:29:12 9 Ayumi NAKAYAMA JPN 2:32:43 10 Seika IWAMURA JPN 2:33:15
31 JANUARY 2010: MARRAKECH INT'L MARATHON, MOROCCO
MEN: 1 Yared Daganwe SHAREW ETH 2:10:20 2 Gebrselassie Tsegaye REDA ETH 2:10:32 3 Ahmed BADAY MAR 2:10:58 4 David TONIOK KEN 2:11:26 5 Khalid BOUMILI MAR 2:11:56 6 Chelimo Luka KIPKEMBOI KEN 2:12:29 7 Mourad MAAROUFIT MAR 2:12:35 8 Siyoum Debele LEMMA ETH 2:13:10 9 Elias Kiptum MAINDI KEN 2:14:31 10 Hillary KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:14:42 WOMEN: 1 Gelaw TSEGA ETH 2:32:09 2 Georgina RONO KEN 2:34:53 3 Zebenay Moges GEBRE ETH 2:39:16 4 Asrat Ekebede ADDIS ETH 2:39:38 5 Malika ASSHSSAH MAR 2:46:48 6 Mariam KHALI MAR 2:49:17 7 Fatima BIDAYA MAR 2:54:08 8 Eunice KORIR KEN 2:54:09 9 Oksana KUZMICHEVA RUS 2:55:39 10 Khadija LARIBI MAR 3:00:50
31 JANUARY 2010: TAINAN ANCIENT CAPITAL MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
MEN: 1 Elijah Muturi KARANJA KEN 2:16:39 2 Bernard MUTAI KEN 2:18:21 3 Chieh-Wen CHIANG TPE 2:24:26 4 James Cheruiyot MELI KEN 2:36:22 5 Tzu-Chien CHENG TPE 2:36:58 WOMEN: 1 Caroline Chemutai KOMEN KEN 2:49:06 2 Hsiao-Yau LI TPE 3:04:04 3 Yu-Fang HSU (II) TPE 3:14:23 4 Hsiu-Yu TAI TPE 3:20:51 5 Ka Wei LAI HKG 3:22:41 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Wen-Chien WU TPE 1:07:26 2 Chin-Pin HO TPE 1:09:58 3 Ying-Chan LIN TPE 1:14:40 WOMEN: 1 Yu-Fang HSU (I) TPE 1:21:51 2 Shu-Hua CHEN TPE 1:23:55 3 Chi-Huei CHEN TPE 1:29:14
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