Kenyan athletes dominate Casablanca marathon
Monday - October 30, 2017 1:32 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Rabat Oct 30 (IANS) Kenyan athletes dominated Morocco s Casablanca International marathon sweeping the three medals in the men s race.
Evans Kipkoech won the gold medal after crossing the finish line with a time of 2:09:39 followed by Peter Kiptoo at 2:11:29. The other Kenyan John Kemboi came third at 2:13:03 on Sunday reports Xinhua news agency.
For their part Ethiopian athletes dominated women s category podium.
Yiman Mangistu won the title in 2:31:48 followed by Nedi Tadelich 2:32:25 and Getiso Tsehay in 2:32:54.
Over 5 000 athletes took part in the marathon.
--IANS
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