Kenyan wins Limassol marathon
Runners from Kenya has won the marathon and half-marathon in Limassol, south Cyprus on Sunday.
Kiprugut Simon Kirui won the 42km race in
two hours, 18 minutes and 28 seconds. Sharing second place, were
Ukrainians, Sehii Popov and Anatoliy Bondarenko.
The first female runner to cross the finishing line was Olivera Jevtic from Serbia, with a time of 2:44.26.
Nelson Kipkogei from Kenya won the half
marathon, with Russian brothers Igor and Dmitry Polyanskiy finishing
second and third respectively.
Pavel Borodin and Ioulia Andreou, both
runners of the GSP sports club, were declared Cypriot marathon champions
for this year. Borodin finished fourth in the men’s race and Andreou
sixth in the women’s.
In total four races took place on Sunday, the second and final day of the 12th Opap Limassol Marathon. The marathon, half marathon, the Petrolina 10km energy race and the 5km city race.
Some 15,000 runners from over 60 countries
participated in the two-day event which was opened on Saturday morning
by President Nicos Anastasiades.
The 12th Opap Limassol Marathon GSO raised funds for the Karaiskakio Foundation and other charities.
It's their birth right, you can't take it away from them.
Cyprus Mail
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