January 2013
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1 JANUARY 2013: NEUJAHRSMARATHON ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
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
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
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
7 JANUARY 2013: SIBERIAN ICE HALF-MARATHON, RUSSIA
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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