Kiprotich Becomes World Marathon Champ

Sunday, 18 August 2013

The 2012 London Olympics marathon champion, Stephen Kiprotich, of Uganda won world marathon title on Saturday afternoon on the winding Moscow streets.

Like in London Olympics, Ugandan again defeated favorites from Ethiopia and Kanya. Kiprotich clocked (2:09.51) and was the only men in the race to brake 2.10 barrier.

Ethiopians Lelisa Desisa (2:10.12) and Tadese Tola (2:10.23) took silver and bronze respectively.

"I'm very happy the race was competitive," said Kiprotich. "I realised I could win after 40km. Then I just kept pushing.

"I decided to break off but my competitors were strong and I had to apply some tactics."

Kiprotich won the second gold medal for Uganda since the great steeplechaser Dorcus Inzikuru won the 3000m steeplechase at the 2005 worlds in Helsinki.

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Men Marathon Results (Courtesy IAAF.ORG)

Place	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	NATION	MARK
1	1080	Stephen Kiprotich	UGA	2:09:51
2	417	Lelisa Desisa	ETH	2:10:12
3	430	Tadese Tola	ETH	2:10:23
4	425	Tsegay Kebede	ETH	2:10:47
5	680	Kentaro Nakamoto	JPN	2:10:50
6	214	Solonei da Silva	BRA	2:11:40
7	222	Paulo Roberto Paula	BRA	2:11:40
8	431	Yemane Tsegay	ETH	2:11:43
9	723	Peter Kimeli Some	KEN	2:11:47
10	1079	Jackson Kiprop	UGA	2:12:12
11	364	Beraki Beyene	ERI	2:13:40
12	713	Bernard Kiprop Kipyego	KEN	2:14:01
13	1124	Jeff Eggleston	USA	2:14:23
14	662	Masakazu Fujiwara	JPN	2:14:29
15	383	Javier Guerra	ESP	2:14:33
16	370	Samuel Tsegay	ERI	2:14:41
17	676	Kazuhiro Maeda	JPN	2:15:25
18	675	Yuki Kawauchi	JPN	2:15:35
19	1078	Abraham Kiplimo	UGA	2:16:25
20	261	Rob Watson	CAN	2:16:28
21	599	Paul Pollock	IRL	2:16:42
22	1029	Mustafa Mohamed	SWE	2:17:09
23	134	Martin Dent	AUS	2:17:11
24	971	Aleksey Sokolov	RUS	2:17:12
25	714	Michael Kipkorir Kipyego	KEN	2:17:47
26	903	Marius Ionescu	ROU	2:18:31
27	1171	Daniel Tapia	USA	2:18:32
28	461	Benjamin Malaty	FRA	2:19:21
29	1204	Jordan Chipangama	ZAM	2:19:47
30	350	Miguel Ángel Almachi	ECU	2:19:48
31	369	Kiflom Sium	ERI	2:20:01
32	1043	Chia-Che Chang	TPE	2:20:02
33	564	Jeremías Saloj	GUA	2:20:40
34	1036	Faustine Mussa	TAN	2:20:51
35	1010	Christian Kreienbühl	SUI	2:21:17
36	797	Ser-Od Bat-Ochir	MGL	2:21:55
37	1175	Carlos Trujillo	USA	2:23:13
38	149	Tilahun Aliyev	AZE	2:23:32
39	1035	Mohamed Ikoki Msandeki	TAN	2:24:20
40	601	Zohar Zemiro	ISR	2:25:23
41	1011	Michael Ott	SUI	2:26:02
42	1097	Vasyl Matviychuk	UKR	2:26:21
43	919	Sibusiso Nzima	RSA	2:26:32
44	739	Jihun Sung	KOR	2:26:43
45	290	Shujin Yin	CHN	2:27:19
46	785	Roman Prodius	MDA	2:29:08
47	922	Hendrick Ramaala	RSA	2:30:23
48	783	Sergiu Ciobanu	MDA	2:34:17
49	731	Youngjin Kim	KOR	2:35:53
50	136	Shawn Forrest	AUS	2:39:09
51	694	Mihail Krassilov	KAZ	2:44:31
	707	Nicholas Kipkemboi	KEN	DNF
	715	Bernard Kiprop Koech	KEN	DNF
	759	Jobo Khatoane	LES	DNF
	761	Tsepo Ramonene	LES	DNF
	768	Mohamed Bilal	MAR	DNF
	770	Hafid Chani	MAR	DNF
	663	Hiroyuki Horibata	JPN	DNF
	427	Feyisa Lilesa	ETH	DNF
	105	Tayeb Filali	ALG	DNF
	385	Ayad Lamdassem	ESP	DNF
	363	Yared Asmerom	ERI	DNF
	366	Yonas Kifle	ERI	DNF
	795	José Antonio Uribe	MEX	DNF
	812	Michel Butter	NED	DNF
	887	Hermano Ferreira	POR	DNF
	980	Jean Pierre Mvuyekure	RWA	DNF
	227	Aadam Ismaeel Khamis	BRN	DNF
	1067	Wissem Hosni	TUN	DNF
	1207	Cephas Pasipamiri	ZIM	DNS