January 2015
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1 JANUARY 2015: 11th NEUJAHRSMARATHON ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
The race took place amid beautiful white scenery. After 5 days of heavy snowfalls, the entire course was covered by 12cm of snow. Fast times were not possible but impressions were unforgettable for the 813 runners, a record number coming from 41 different countries. Frederic Ruberti made it a start-to-finish victory in the men's race.
MEN: 1 Frederic RUBERTI FRA 2:48:57 2 Philipp ARNOLD SUI 2:57:56 3 Manuel LAUB GER 3:01:43 4 Paul MOOG FRA 3:06:53 5 Manuel HUEGLI SUI 3:11:06 6 Dennis MEHLFELD GER 3:12:05 7 Wolfgang PFEIFFER GER 3:20:06 8 Peter KNOEDLER SUI 3:20:09 9 Marco WITZEL GER 3:21:36 10 Jiri KALA CZE 3:24:17 WOMEN: 1 Lina-Kristin SCHINK GER 3:29:33 2 Katrin GOTTSCHALK GER 3:29:57 3 Tatiana SVIRIDOVA RUS 3:32:48 4 Melissah GIBSON AUS 3:43:59 5 Melanie HITZ SUI 3:48:39 6 Tamara ADERNEUER GER 3:50:40 7 Christine FISCHER GER 3:58:49 8 Brigitta MATHYS SUI 4:03:06 9 Olga FIKAROVA CZE 4:07:38 10 Carmen HILDEBRAND GER 4:08:44 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Samir BAALA FRA 1:20:06 2 Daniel ZWIKER SUI 1:21:46 3 Henrik STADLER GER 1:22:51 WOMEN: 1 Ezgi AKDESIR TUR 1:31:47 2 Katja ZWIKER SUI 1:38:21 3 Caroline CEJKA SUI 1:45:20
3 JANUARY 2015: XIAMEN INT'L MARATHON, CHINA
Ethiopia's Mare Dibaba defended her title and improved her course record by one and a half minutes and became only the second woman in the last two years to dip under 2:20. Last year she won best Meseret Legesse by five minutes; this year her winning margin was eight. Legesse was about a minute slower than last year.
The men's race was more competitive. It was only in the last few kilometres that Moses Mosop broke away from Ethiopia's Tilahun Regassa to take more than a minute off the course record set in 2013 by Getachew Terfa Negari. Mosop's recorded the fastest marathon on Chinese soil, bettering the 2:06:32 set by the late Samuel Wanjiru when winning the 2008 Olympic title in Beijing. Regassa was also inside the previous course record.
In total, more than 43,000 runners competed in the marathon and half-marathon races.
MEN: 1 Moses MOSOP KEN 2:06:19 2 Tilahun REGASSA ETH 2:06:54 3 Abrha MILAW ETH 2:08:09 4 Robert KWAMBAI KEN 2:08:18 5 Tadese TOLA ETH 2:10:30 WOMEN: 1 Mare DIBABA ETH 2:19:52 2 Meseret LEGESSE ETH 2:27:38 3 Meriem WANGARI KEN 2:27:53 4 Meseret GODANA ETH 2:36:11 5 Cao MOJIE CHN 2:43:06
7 JANUARY 2015: SIBERIAN ICE HALF MARATHON, RUSSIA
Six hundred men and two hundred women completed the lap course, with 34 foreigners from 10 countries braving the comparatively mild conditions of -4°C
MEN: 1 Alexander BUTRAMEEV RUS 1:09:45 2 Denis RYCHKOV RUS 1:11:34 3 Konstantin DYAKOV RUS 1:12:43 4 Dmitry LYSIY RUS 1:13:04 5 Leonid TOLMANTSEV RUS 1:13:36 6 Denis PHILIPPOV RUS 1:15:36 7 Sergey YURCHENKO RUS 1:17:44 8 Rashid ISYUMBAEV RUS 1:18:44 9 Pyotr NAUMOV RUS 1:18:49 10 Valery KOSENKO RUS 1:19:23 WOMEN: 1 Marina KOVALEVA RUS 1:20:37 2 Natalia DZHOLY RUS 1:24:37 3 Natalia SEDYKH RUS 1:25:14 4 Elena ABASHOVA RUS 1:32:00 5 Lyudmyla DVORYANINOVA RUS 1:33:04 6 Yulduz ABDULLAEVA RUS 1:35:16 7 Tatiana NOVOSELTSEVA RUS 1:37:17 8 Yulia IVANOVA RUS 1:40:20 9 Inna GOLIKOVA RUS 1:43:01 10 Alena PETROVA RUS 1:43:30
9 JANUARY 2015: WINNER TIBERIAS MARATHON, ISRAEL
On a cold day varying from 6–10°C 1862 runners, including 293 women (a record for Israel) finished the 38th edition.
MEN: 1 Hailu MEKONNEN ETH 2:12:30 2 Teshome GELANA ETH 2:12:31 3 Botoru TSEGAYE ETH 2:12:31 4 Joel KOSITANY KEN 2:12:35 5 Thomas EKIRO KEN 2:13:04 6 Ezekiel KOECH KEN 2:14:11 7 Ayele TARIKU ETH 2:14:50 8 Zohar ZIMRU ISR 2:18:06 9 Tasma MOGES ISR 2:18:26 10 Roman FOSTI EST 2:20:23 WOMEN: 1 Riki SALEM ISR 2:54:00 2 Birhane MENGESHA ETH 2:55:19 3 Dikla DRORI ISR 3:05:51 4 Shiri FRIEDMAN ISR 3:09:11 5 Moran SHABTAI ISR 3:09:21 6 Sharon ALMAGOR ISR 3:09:29 7 Yael DANK ISR 3:11:36 8 Hila GERMAN ISR 3:13:57 9 Shimrit GUTMAN-IDAN ISR 3:14:34 10 Alona EVRIN ISR 3:17:00
11 JANUARY 2015: CEBU CITY MARATHON, PHILIPPINES
MEN: 1 Jackson CHIRCHIR KEN 2:27:16 2 Julius KIPTALAM KEN 2:31:31 3 John SAMOEI KEN 2:35:43 4 Noel TILLOR PHI 2:44:43 5 Paul James ZAFICO PHI 2:48:03 6 Jobert CAROLINO PHI 2:48:37 7 Eugene POSTRADO PHI 2:53:21 8 Willy TANUI KEN 2:58:17 9 Alvirg BUSA PHI 3:00:49 10 Michael LARGO PHI 3:02:54 WOMEN: 1 Irine Kipchumba KEN 3:12:04 2 Susan JEMUTAI KEN 3:15:03 3 Jennylyn NOBLEZA PHI 3:16:29 4 Mona Liza AMBASA PHI 3:24:31 5 Sandi ABAHAN PHI 3:32:09 6 Mereeis RAMIREZ PHI 3:44:16 7 Sandra SOLIANO PHI 3:48:49 8 Virginia PARAJINOG PHI 3:53:53 9 Rhodora OPORTO PHI 3:55:26 10 Odiza ABELLANA PHI 4:06:02
11 JANUARY 2015: KINMEN MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
MEN: 1 Samal Emanuel PLILAN KEN 2:21:01 2 Hassan Omanga MOKAYA KEN 2:24:02 3 Pei-Chang YO TPE 2:33:12 WOMEN: 1 Salina JEBET KEN 2:44:10 2 Ecler Chelimo LOYWAPEI KEN 2:44:13
16 JANUARY 2015: EGYPTIAN MARATHON, LUXOR
MEN: 1 Ahmed Elsayed GABER EGY 2:48:51 2 Qumar M ELYAMANIE EGY 2:51:37 3 Abd Alrahman ELZAMILI EGY 3:03:14 4 Ahmed Moatez ELSAYED EGY 3:11:16 5 Bernd ZECH GER 3:11:40 6 Mina EBRAHEM EGY 3:31:34 7 Albert THOENI SUI 3:53:50 8 Marco Antonio LOBERTO BRA 3:58:22 9 Martin BLOMQVIST SWE 3:59:55 10 Sami M KHATER EGY 4:17:30 WOMEN: 1 Yoshie OKAYAMA JPN 4:00:03 2 Fernanda MELO BRA 4:16:00 3 Gabi LUHN GER 4:42:45 4 Tuedon MORGAN GBR 4:46:40 5 Ryoko KUITAGAWA JPN 5:13:16 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Hanna Abou FARHAT LIB 1:27:23 2 Ahmed Mostafa TAHA EGY 1:28:59 3 Elias BAYDOUN LIB 1:31:45 WOMEN: 1 Julia PRESTIDGE GBR 2:02:20 2 Olga FUZESI GER 2:03:57 3 Kathryn CASSON GBR 2:11:47
18 JANUARY 2015: MARATHON BAHAMAS
MEN: 1 Julian GILETTE USA 2:44:17 2 Leigh SCHMIT USA 2:50:45 3 Cleber CASTILHANO ESP 2:59:03 4 Ronald ALBURY USA 3:10:59 5 Joshua KEATING USA 3:18:11 6 Christopher SALISBURY USA 3:24:20 7 Roman LESUEUR FRA 3:27:05 8 David HOLMEN USA 3:29:10 9 Alexandre AOKI 3:29:25 10 Adrian MASSIE USA 3:29:26 WOMEN: 1 Melissa GILETTE USA 3:11:47 2 Lauren FINELLI USA 3:30:15 3 Aliola MALOOLY USA 3:37:29 4 Chrystal BARTON USA 3:45:44 5 Lynne ROBINSON USA 3:53:03 6 Jane LANFORD USA 3:53:46 7 Amy TYLER USA 3:55:01 8 Christine BILICH USA 3:59:44 9 Staci HENDERSON USA 4:02:51 10 Gretchen CLARK USA 4:08:36 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Keithrell HANNA USA 1:17:27 2 Spencer WEST USA 1:20:26 3 Will FAIRBAIRN USA 1:31:12 WOMEN: 1 Kathy PROVENCHER USA 1:35:53 2 Christine MCDONALD USA 1:36:02 3 Crystal STRACHAN USA 1:37:38
18 JANUARY 2015: GAMMON CONSTRUCTION CHINA COAST MARATHON, HONG KONG
MEN: 1 Junichi FUJIWARA JPN 3:02:06 2 Isaac Wan Ho YUEN HKG 3:03:14 3 Wai Kin CHEUNG HKG 3:05:34 4 Peng Fei QI 3:06:35 5 Ka Wai WONG 3:07:06 6 Ping Chuen WONG 3:11:36 7 Chi Man FONG 3:11:42 8 Alex LITWINEK 3:11:58 9 Wai Kei CHEUNG 3:12:20 10 Chung Fai WU 3:20:13 WOMEN: 1 Marcia ZHOU HKG 3:38:09 2 Wen MENG 3:41:58 3 Ching Yee LAM 3:48:48 4 Siu Pik POON 3:56:21 5 De Ming CHEN 4:07:34 6 Ping Ting CHEUNG 4:12:59 7 Kerri SINGER 4:19:08 8 Poh Suan PUAH 4:24:27 9 Eunice Kam Lan HO 4:25:13 10 Maggie Yan Wah MA 4:26:16 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Adrian LOWTHER 1:17:26 2 Jason SKILLICORN 1:20:49 3 Seth FISCHER 1:22:06 WOMEN: 1 Claire CHAPMAN 1:33:46 2 Zein WILLIAMS 1:35:55 3 Yann Kai OH 1:36:47
18 JANUARY 2015: CHEVRON HOUSTON MARATHON
MEN: 1 Birhanu GEDEFA ETH 2:08:03 2 Gebo BURKA ETH 2:08:12 3 Debebe TOLOSSA ETH 2:09:07 4 Dominic ONDORO KEN 2:09:40 5 Silah LIMO KEN 2:10:37 6 Erick MOSE KEN 2:12:52 7 Aaron BRAUN USA 2:12:54 8 Gadisa SHUMIE ETH 2:14:03 9 Craig LEON USA 2:14:43 10 Pardon NDHOLVU USA 2:16:52 WOMEN: 1 Yebrgual ARAGE ETH 2:23:23 2 Guteni IMANA ETH 2:23:32 3 Biruktait DEGEFA ETH 2:23:51 4 Sechale DALASA ETH 2:27:12 5 Fatuma SADO ETH 2:28:27 6 Kellyn TAYLOR USA 2:28:40 7 Serena BURLA USA 2:31:46 8 Vianey DE LA ROSA MEX 2:32:01 9 Lindsay FLANAGAN USA 2:33:12 10 Taylor WARD USA 2:38:32 ARAMCO HALF MARATHON: US CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN: 1 Diego ESTRADA USA 1:00:51 2 Jared WARD USA 1:01:42 3 Girma MECHESO USA 1:02:16 WOMEN: 1 Kim CONLEY USA 1:09:44 2 Brianne NELSON USA 1:10:16 3 Janet BAWCOM USA 1:10:46 ARAMCO OPEN HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Lane BOYER USA 1:08:52 2 Roberto MORATILLA ESP 1:09:33 3 Maximo MENDOZA USA 1:10:20 WOMEN: 1 Angela SPADAFINO USA 1:16:20 2 Megan SALOOM USA 1:17:19 3 Colleen DE REUCK USA 1:17:56
18 JANUARY 2015: MAUI OCEANFRONT MARATHON, USA
MEN: 1 Saeki MAKINO JPN 2:22:11 2 Dylan WILLIAMS USA 2:47:44 3 Victor KOKTA CAN 2:50:26 4 Kengo YOSHIMOTO JPN 3:01:39 5 Dan SULLIVAN USA 3:02:36 6 Kim WIWCHAR CAN 3:05:38 7 Hiroyuki KURIHARA USA 3:07:32 8 Terry BAWCOM USA 3:07:50 9 Mark SAVAGE USA 3:11:30 10 Art KILGOUR CAN 3:14:16 WOMEN: 1 Christine SAVAGE USA 3:11:30 2 Yuko NAKAI JPN 3:14:25 3 Caitlin SCHULTHEISS USA 3:20:38 4 Yumi HIROSE JPN 3:30:25 5 Leah PIPER USA 3:32:36 6 Kristi HUNT USA 3:32:44 7 Kristen BALL USA 3:35:15 8 Kerstin HENKEL GER 3:37:27 9 Emi AKUTSU USA 3:37:54 10 Julia BENSON USA 3:39:33 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 George BJALKEMO GER 1:12:40 2 Kristopher SWYGERT USA 1:20:40 3 Gary KEITH USA 1:23:32 WOMEN: 1 Rachel JATEN USA 1:18:41 2 Liz ANIOS USA 1:29:32 3 Miki FUSAKO USA 1:32:39
18 JANUARY 2015: STANDARD CHARTERED MUMBAI MARATHON, INDIA
MEN: 1 Tesfaye ABERA ETH 2:09:46 2 Dereje DEBELE ETH 2:10:31 3 Luke KIBET KEN 2:10:57 4 Michael MUTAI KEN 2:14:31 5 Peter KOSGEI KEN 2:14:38 6 Shume HAILU ETH 2:15:04 7 Silas KIPRUTO KEN 2:15:37 8 Bernard ROTICH KEN 2:16:49 9 Bernard KIHANYA KEN 2:16:59 10 Evans RUTO KEN 2:18:17 WOMEN: 1 Dinknesh MEKASH ETH 2:30:00 2 Kumeshi SICHALA ETH 2:30:56 3 Marta MEGRA ETH 2:31:45 4 Halima HUSSEN ETH 2:35:36 5 Radiya ADLO ETH 2:37:06 6 Zeytuna ARBA ETH 2:37:26 7 O P JAISHA IND 2:37:29 8 Lalita BABAR IND 2:38:21 9 Monica WANGARI KEN 2:42:12 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Indrajeet PATEL IND 1:08:09 2 Atwa BHAGAT IND 1:08:11 3 Govind SINGH IND 1:08:14 WOMEN: 1 Kavita RAUT IND 1:19:50 2 Eve BUGLER IND 1:22:18 3 Supriya PATH IND 1:26:48
18 JANUARY 2015: MITJA MARATO VILA DE SANTA POLA, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Vincent YATOR KEN 1:00:15 2 Justus KANGOGO KEN 1:01:22 3 John Kipkorir MUTAI KEN 1:03:04 4 Tom Mutie MWENDWA KEN 1:03:16 5 Hassane AHOUCHAR MAR 1:06:33 6 Emmanuel LEJEUNE ESP 1:06:57 7 Mohamed BOUCETA ESP 1:07:00 8 Alberto SUAREZ ESP 1:07:07 9 Julio DEL VAL GONZALEZ ESP 1:07:11 10 Modestro ALVAREZ ESP 1:07:17 WOMEN: 1 Georgina RONO KEN 1:11:02 2 Ednah KIMAIYO KEN 1:11:59 3 Anasatsia KUSHNIRENKO RUS 1:16:56 4 Yamilka GONZALEZ ESP 1:21:31 5 Maria Angeles MAGAN ESP 1:22:17 6 Shiela SIMAO ESP 1:23:40 7 Brox SYNOVE NOR 1:23:44 8 Raqel LOPEZ ESP 1:23:55 9 Maria RAMIS ESP 1:24:45 10 Laura VILLAR ESP 1:24:51
20 JANUARY 2015: CORRIDA DE SAO SEBASTIAO, BRAZIL
MEN: 1 Giovani DOS SANTOS BRA 29:42 2 Fabiano JOSEPH TAN 29:45 3 Joseph Teofil PANGA KEN 29:56 4 Edwin Kipsang ROTICH KEN 30:08 5 Edwin Kiprop KIBET KEN 30:21 6 Robson Pereira DE LIMA BRA 30:31 7 Antonio Wilson Sosa LIMA BRA 30:34 8 Rafael Santos DE NOVAIS BRA 30:39 9 Cosme Ancelmo DE SOUSA BRA 30:47 10 Eliezer De Jesus SANTOS BRA 30:51 WOMEN: 1 Delvin Relin MELINGOR KEN 33:50 2 Nancy Jepkosgei KIPROP KEN 34:11 3 Joziane Cardoso DA SILVA BRA 34:24 4 Failuna Abdi MATANGA KEN 34:52 5 Natalia Elisante SULLE BRA 35:13 6 Adriana Aparecida DA SILVA BRA 35:34 7 Roselaine Souza Ramos BENITE BRA 36:55 8 Viviane Amorm FIGUEIREDO BRA 36:59 9 Rejane Ester Bispo DA SILVA BRA 37:12 10 Caroline Jepkemei KIMOSOP KEN 37:35 5km MEN: 1 Paulo Machado DOS SANTOS BRA 15:21 2 Adair Jose HENRIQUES BRA 15:56 3 Felipe Henrique FERNANDES BRA 16:06 WOMEN: 1 Solange Maria MARIANO BRA 19:31 2 Amanda Aparecida DE OLIVEIRA BRA 19:39 3 Maria De Lourdes DA SILVA BRA 20:44
25 JANUARY 2015: DISA GRAN CANARIA MARATHON, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Pahris KIMANI KEN 2:14:39 2 Julius KORIR KEN 2:14:56 3 Henry CHERONO KEN 2:22:51 4 Adislson Fortes SPENCER 2:27:10 5 Yari MUNYARADZI 2:30:26 6 Maciek MIERECZKO POL 2:30:28 7 Mulugeta SERBESSA ETH 2:31:21 8 Danilson Silva PEREIRA 2:33:22 9 Stefan VANDENBROECK NED 2:35:02 10 Miguel Angel VAQUERO ESP 2:36:45 WOMEN: 1 Sasho INSERMU ETH 2:34:56 2 Tanith MAXWELL RSA 2:39:43 3 Aroa Merino BETANCOR ESP 2:43:56 4 Beshadu BEKELE ETH 2:46:34 5 Philippa TAYLOR GBR 2:55:54 6 Johanna NILSSON SWE 3:01:21 7 Mari Del Pilar RAMOS ESP 3:14:23 8 Angela DE POI 3:17:33 9 Anita ERHARDT GER 3:20:12 10 Heini PAPINSAARI FIN 3:21:17 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jose Carlos HERNANDEZ ESP 1:04:32 2 Pablo VILALOBOS ESP 1:04:46 3 Nelson Epifano NIEVES ESP 1:06:29 WOMEN: 1 Daniela RYF ESP 1:18:20 2 Patricia DIAZ ESP 1:20:45 3 Tamara SANFABIO ESP 1:21:50
25 JANUARY 2015: MARATON INT'L DE CULIACAN, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Benjamin KIPLIMO KEN 2:19:00 2 Mathew Kipruto KANGOGO KEN 2:35:11 3 Candido AYALA MEX 2:36:46 4 Remmigio Angel CARERA MEX 2:38:23 5 Roman GARCIA MEX 2:38:40 6 Abel GARCIA MEX 2:40:14 7 Paul Alberto TREJO MEX 2:40:30 8 Daniel Pastrana HERNANDEZ MEX 2:46:09 9 Valentin GONZALEZ MEX 2:51:25 10 Desiderio XOCONTECATL MEX 2:52:39 WOMEN: 1 Hyvon NGETICH KEN 2:53:54 2 Maria Guadalupe SANTANA MEX 2:54:28 3 Agnes Jepchumba CHELEGAT KEN 2:59:01 4 Claudia JUAREZ MEX 3:00:19 5 Maria Luisa SANCHEZ MEX 3:05:44 6 Anahi RIVERA MEX 3:10:32 7 Margarita REYNOSO MEX 3:11:11 8 Irma PEREZNEGRON MEX 3:29:29 9 Maria Magdalena CASTREJON MEX 3:31:04 10 Blanca Estela ACOSTA MEX 3:34:19
25 JANUARY 2015: CORRIDA FIM DA EUROPA (16.??km), PORTGAL
MEN: 1 Bruno LORENCO POR 1:00:09 2 Mario FERREIRA POR 1:00:46 3 Tiago LOUSA POR 1:01:45 4 Vitor OLIVEIRA POR 1:03:14 5 Rodrigo NOIVO POR 1:04:19 6 Joao JORGE POR 1:04:29 7 Ricardo CABO POR 1:05:18 8 Enric GOMEZ ESP 1:05:50 9 Joao INNOCENCIO POR 1:05:59 10 Ricardo SILVA POR 1:05:59 WOMEN: 1 Sandra TEIXEIRA POR 1:11:46 2 Laura SANZBELLO ESP 1:13:01 3 Chantal XHERVELLE FRA 1:13:48 4 Patricia RIVOTTI ITA 1:14:58 5 Sheila MARQUES POR 1:16:45 6 Mariana MOREIRA POR 1:16:54 7 Teresa FARINA POR 1:16:54 8 Isabel SILVA POR 1:18:17 9 Ana DUARTE POR 1:18:34 10 Sara MARINHO POR 1:19:05
25 JANUARY 2015: STANDARD CHARTERED HONG KONG MARATHON
North Korea's Kim Hye Gyong beat the otherwise all-conquering East Africans, won the Asian championship being run concurrently and put herself in line for selection for the IAAF World Championships in Beijing this summer writes Pat Butcher. Once 22-year old Kim made a break at 30km on a relatively cool (15–18°C), but windy and humid morning, it became clear that no one was going to catch her. She went on to win by over two minutes.
The men's runaway leader, Shingo Igarashi of Japan was overtaken by the East African pack at 32km. Sentayehu Merga only got the better of Ethiopian compatriot, Fikre Assefa in the final kilometre. Former world junior cross and 10,000m champion Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba, who led the chase for Igarashi, couldn't hold the Ethiopians in the final stages but so tight was the pack then that the top 10 finished within 50 seconds. Igarashi, who makes a habit of leading early in marathons, finished outside the top ten, but his effort was good enough to win the Asian men's title.
The Pyongyang Marathon, held in the North Korean capital in April, serves as the selection race for the world championships. But North Korean team officials accompanying Kim in Hong Kong said that since she had won Pyongyang last year, and finished eighth in the previous world championships in Moscow in 2013, this victory might prove sufficient to warrant her pre-selection for Beijing.
Kim's twin sister Kim Hye Song, who was second in Pyongyang last year, was unable to compete because of a hamstring injury. The Kim twins originate from Sariwon City, in north Hwanghae province in the DPRK, and began running at middle school when they were 14. After showing early promise they transferred to Pyongyang two years later and have been part of the distance running squad since then.
MEN: 1 Senteyehu MERGA ETH 2:13:00 2 Fikre ASSEFA ETH 2:13:05 3 R Kipkorir KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:13:07 4 J Kiplimo MASEI KEN 2:13:13 5 Abdisa SORI ETH 2:13:16 6 Gosa GIRMA ETH 2:13:30 7 Tefera WEGAYEHU ETH 2:13:32 8 Felix KANGOGO KEN 2:13:36 9 Josphat CHOBEI KEN 2:13:37 10 Elias KEMBOI KEN 2:13:50 WOMEN: 1 Hye Gyong KIM PRK 2:31:46 2 Meskerem ASSEFA ETH 2:33:57 3 Tsehay DESALEGN ETH 2:34:06 4 Letebhran GEBRSELASEA ETH 2:34:11 5 Rael KIYARA KEN 2:34:22 6 Rehima KEDIR ETH 2:34:53 7 Serkalem TAYE ETH 2:35:13 8 Zehara KEDIR ETH 2:36:04 9 Mi Gyong KIM PRK 2:36:08 10 Fridah JEPKITE KEN 2:38:00 ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP MEN: 1 Shingo IGARASHI JPN 2:14:29 2 Chol PAK PRK 2:16:09 3 Olonbayar JAMSRAN MGL 2:22:49 WOMEN: 1 Hye Gyong KIM PRK 2:31:46 2 Mi Gyong KIM PRK 2:36:08 3 Gulzhanat ZHANATBEK KZK 2:38:36
25 JANUARY 2015: KHON KAEN INT'L MARATHON, THAILAND
MEN: 1 Alex MELLY KEN 2:22:42 2 Charles Kimutai KIGEN KEN 2:23:20 3 Gemechu Bedilu ALEMU ETH 2:24:17 4 John Kiprop SAMOEI KEN 2:25:32 5 Tadese Getu GUDISA ETH 2:25:35 6 Onesmus MUINDI KEN 2:27:17 7 Henrik JANNVBORG SWE 2:27:26 8 Hillary Kipkeny KOECH KEN 2:28:04 9 Daniel Negussie KASSAHUNE ETH 2:28:34 10 Bernard Mwendia MUTHONI KEN 2:28:46 WOMEN: 1 Rahel Kebede SHIFERAW ETH 2:49:12 2 Viola Jepchirchit KIMELI KEN 2:59:20 3 Gladys Jepchirchir CHERUIYOT KEN 3:00:11 4 Sally Chelagat KIPYEGO KEN 3:04:42 5 Dorcas Jebotip TARUS KEN 3:11:47 6 unknown THA 3:22:11 7 Kun KUSUWAN THA 3:26:42 HALF MARATHON: MEN: 1 Gideon KIPKEMBOI KEN 1:04:03 2 Zablon Kipngetich ROTICH KEN 1:04:37 3 Silas GICHOVI KEN 1:04:46 WOMEN: 1 Senayit Yirga WELDEMARYAM ETH 1:17:35 2 Mary KIGURU KEN 1:18:56 3 Jackline NZIVO KEN 1:19:45
25 JANUARY 2015: OSAKA INT'L WOMEN'S MARATHON, JAPAN
After passing 5km in 17:05, race favourite Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko, going for a hat-tick of victories in Osaka, started to push the pace and began to leave the pack behind writes Ken Nakamura. After 8km, while Yuko Watanabe drifted back, Risa Shigetomo started to bridge the gap and caught Gamera, both passing 10km in 33:41, with the chase pack nine seconds behind. With Shigetomo making the pace and Gamera on her shoulder, they passed 15km (50:37) 53 seconds up and had increased this to 1:08 at 20km. But after Halfway (1:11:15) Shigetomo started to drop back so that by 25km Gamera had a lead of 24 seconds with Jelena Prokopkuka in third and Chieko Kido in fourth. Prokopcuka caught Shigetomo just after 30km to go into second place. The only further change in top positions was when Watanabe, running strongly in the final stages, worked her way back up to fourth place.
WOMEN (ONLY): 1 Tetiana GAMERA-SCHMYRKO UKR 2:22:09 2 Jelena PROKOPCUKA LAT 2:24:07 3 Risa SHIGETOMO JPN 2:26:39 4 Yuko WATANABE JPN 2:28:36 5 Chieko KIDO JPN 2:29:08 6 Rika SHINTAKU JPN 2:29:27 7 Mari OZAKI JPN 2:29:56 8 Yukiko OKUNO JPN 2:32:41
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