Chebet Wins Third Amsterdam Marathon

Sunday, 20 October 2013

Kenya's Wilson Chebet won for the 3rd straight year Amsterdam Marathon title by setiing a new course record of 2:05:36 on Sunday (20). WATCH VIDEO HERE

The pacemakers set the early pace perfect to brake the previous course record of 2:05:41 as they passed the 10km mark at 29:27min, the second fastest Amsterdam10km split. A group of around 15 runners stayed together with a top man splitting 62:38 min.

In the final stages of the race it was Wilson Chebet who knew how to to win the race in Amsterdam as he cressed the finish line first with a new course record time of 2:05:36.

Wilson Chebet in 2011 won his first Amsterdam marathon in 2:05:53, last year he won the race in 2:05:41 and this year the Kenyan improved his time to 2:05:36. In fact all three times he managed to break the course record.

The women's race winner Valentine Kipketer of Kenya won the marathon race in 2:23:02. The 20 year old Kenyan improved her personal best mark by 1minute and 31 seconds.

Men Top 10 Results

Place	Name	City	Gross	Net
1	Wilson Chebet	Kenya	2:05:36	2:05:35
2	Birhanu Girma	Ethiopia	2:06:06	2:06:04
3	Bernard Koech	Kenya	2:06:29	2:06:27
4	Abdullah Shami Dawit	Ethiopia	2:08:02	2:08:01
5	Yekeber Bayabel	Ethiopia	2:09:39	2:09:39
6	Gilbert Yegon	Kenya	2:09:49	2:09:47
7	Franklin Chepkwony	Kenya	2:09:53	2:09:53
8	Dickson Chumba	Kenya	2:10:15	2:10:15
9	Mulue Andom	Eritrea	2:11:03	2:11:02
10	Luka Kanda	Kenya	2:11:24	2:11:24

Top 10 Women Results

Place	Name	City	Gross	Net
1	Valentine Kipketer	Kenya	2:23:02	2:23:02
2	Serena Burla	USA	2:28:01	2:27:59
3	Alice Timbilil	Kenya	2:28:36	2:28:34
4	Eyerusalem Kuma	Ethiopia	2:31:30	2:31:28
5	Isabella Ochichi		2:31:38	2:31:35
6	Miranda Boonstra	Netherland	2:31:49	2:31:47
7	Mestawet Tufa	Ethiopia	2:34:10	2:34:08
8	Nicola Duncan	Great Brittain	2:36:51	2:36:44
9	Mona Stockhecke	Germany	2:38:30	2:38:28
10	Guteni Schone	Ethiopia	2:42:25	2:42:23