Tuesday 17 April 2012

Boston Marathon: Kenyans to beat the heat, the rest of the field

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Wesley Korir won the Boston Marathon on Monday, while Sharon Cherop was victorious in the women's race. Both runners are from Kenya, and the two of them showed the slowest winning time since 1985.

Both peak and off scanning of Kenya was not surprised. Temperatures have increased in the 80s during the race, leading to slower gaits for Korir, winner of the men of the 19th Kenyan in 22 years, and Cherop, winner of Kenyan women thirds over the past five years.

Last year, Geoffrey Mutai, also from Kenya, ran the fastest marathon in history (2 hours, three minutes, 2 seconds). This year he was forced to retire after about 18 miles because of cramps.

Korir made ​​no mention of his time to 2:12:40 this year, but it exceeded fellow Kenyans Matebo Levy (2:13:06) and Bernard Kipyego (2:13:13), who completed the top three .

Cherop had to sprint out fellow Kenyan Jemima Jelagat Sumgong win in a time of 2:31:50 unofficial. This was the fifth consecutive year that the race of women completed the sprint. Georgina Rono, also from Kenya, finished third in 2:33:09.

A person apparently not affected by heat, was in a wheelchair race winner Joshua Cassidy, Toronto, who set a world record time of 1:18:25.

Approximately 22,500 people attended the event this year, with an additional 4300 seems to take the race organizers on their offer to postpone their entry into the race because of the potentially dangerous heat next year.
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