Gideon Kipketer wins Mumbai Marathon

Monday, 18 January 2016

Kenya's Gideon Kipketer with a dominant performance took the 2016 Mumbai marathon crown on Sunday, January 17.

Kipketer took the lead passing the 21km marker and from there he increased his lead over the pack. The 23-year-old Kenyan crossed the line first in 2:08:35 braking the prevoius course record of 2:09:32 set by Uganda's Jackson Kiprop in 2013.

The second place took Ethiopia's Seboka Dibaba in 2:09:20 while third place went to Marius Kimutai of Kenya (2:09:39).

Kipketer also won a prize money of USD 56,000 - USD 41,000 for the win and USD 15,000 for setting a course record.

Meanwhile, the women's crown was clinched by Ethiopian Shuko Genemo with a timing of 2:27:50.

See Mumbai Marathon Results Here.

TOP 5 : MARATHON ELITE WOMEN

BIB	NAME	GUN TIME
1	Shuko Genemo	02:27:50
2	Bornes Kitur	02:32:00
3	Valentine Kipketer	02:34:07
4	Rebecca Korir	02:34:31
5	Tesfanesh Merga	02:36:16

TOP 5 : MARATHON ELITE MEN

BIB	NAME	GUN TIME
1	Gideon Kipketer	02:08:35
2	Seboka Dibaba	02:09:20
3	Marius Kimutai	02:09:39
4	Herpasa Negasa	02:10:17
5	Jacob Cheshari	02:11:59

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