Sunday, March 17, 2013

Top finishers at the 2013 Seoul,Rome and Barcelona marathons this morning


Top finishers at the following two marathons held this morning 17 March 2013:

The 84th Seoul International Marathon, also known as the Dong-A Ilbo Seoul Marathon :

Men [CR 2:05:37 Wilson Loyanae (KEN) 2012]
 
1) 2:06:59 Frankline Chepkwony (KEN)
2) 2:07:12 (PB) Leche Shumi Dechase (E
TH)
3) 2:07:27 Seboka Dibaba Tola (ETH)
4) 2:08:15 (PB) Kawauchi Yuki (JPN)


Women
1) 2:25:43 Flomena Chepchirchir Chumba (KEN)
2) 2:25:53 (PB) Emebt Etea Bedada (ETH)
3) 2:26:18 (PB) Yeshimebet Tadesse Bifa (ETH)
4) 2:27:21 (PB) Kim Sung-eunKim (KOR)


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The 19th Rome Marathon :


 Men [CR - 2:07:17 - Benjamin Kiptoo (KEN) 2009]
1) 2:07:56 - Getachew Terfa Negari (ETH)
2) 2:08:11 - Girmy Birhanu Gebru (ETH)
3) 2:08:30 - Stephen Chemlany (KEN)






Women
1) 2:24:40 - Helena Kirop (KEN)
2) 2:25:15 - Kassa Getnet Selomie (ETH)
3) 2:27:10 - Sultan Haydar (TUR)


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 The  35th Zurich Barcelona Marathon 2013 

Men  [CR 2:07:30 (fastest ever run in Spain) - Jackson Kipkoech Kotut (KEN) 2010]
1) 2:10:17 Geahegn Abera Hunde (ETH)
2) 2:10:48 Abraham Keter (KEN)
3) 2:11:34 Linus Maiyo (KEN)

 
Women
1) 2:34:39 Lemelem Bertha Yachem (ETH)
2) 2:35:53 Bosho Amelework Fikadu (ETH)
3) 2:38:46 Irene Mogaka (KEN)



 

Saturday, March 9, 2013

2:23:34 Ryoko Kizaki wins the Nagoya Women’s Marathon this morning in 2nd fastest WL time



Local 27-year old  Ryoko Kizaki won the 2013 Nagoya Women's Marathon , an IAAF Gold Label Road Race this morning 10 March  in her personal best time of 2:23:34 and making her the second fastest female marathon runner of the year after Tirfi Tsegaye of Ethiopia who ran the World Leading time of 2:23:23 in Dubai on 25 January.
With this superb time she qualified for a berth in the IAAF World Championship Moscow coming August.






Top finishers : [CR 2:22:19 Naoko Takahashi (JPN) 2000]
1) 2:23:34 (PB) - Ryoko Kizaki (JPN)
2) 2:23:51 (PB) - Berhane Dibaba (ETH) 
3) 2:24:05 - Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 
4) 2:25:46 - Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 
5) 2:26:17 (PB) - Eri Hayakawa (JPN)