Raymond Bett led 6 fellow Kenyan countrymen among 9,500 runners to win the top 6 places of the 30th edition of the Athens Classic Marathon in a new course record time of 2:11:35 beating the previous record of 2:11:40 set by Abdelkrim Boubker of Morocco. He was the winner here 2 years ago.
Another Kenyan Chemtai Yadaa won the women's title in 2:40:00 (CR 2:31:06 Rasa Drazdauskaite (LTU) 2010)
There were a total of 26,000 participants in all races
The hilly route of Athens Classic Marathon is the original marathon course created for the inaugural 1896 modern Olympics
Top finishers:
Men
1) 2:11:35 (CR) - Raymond Bett (KEN)
2) 2:12:20 - Paul Kosgei (KEN)
3) 2:12:26 - Alex Kirui (KEN)
Women
1) 2:40:0 - Chemtai Yadaa (KEN)
2) 2:40:07 - Svitlana Stanko (UKR)
3) 2:40:28 - Viola Chelangat Kimetto (KEN)
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