via IAAFBreaking away from Deriba Merga after the 38th kilometre, Kenyan Wilson Kipsang won the 66th annual Lake Biwa Marathon on Sunday (6), an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, clocking 2:06:13.
Although it was not the 2:05 performance he had hoped for, it shattered the previous course record of 2:07:34 and was also the fastest marathon in the month of March (previous record was 2:06:49). It was also the third fastest time on Japanese soil behind 2:05:18 and 2:06:10 Tsegaye Kebede recorded in Fukuoka. Kipsang’s move was decisive, covering kilometre 38 to 39 in an incredible 2:48.
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1) Wilson Kipsang (KEN) 2:06:13
2) Deriba Merga (ETH) 2:09:13
3) Hiroyuki Horibata 2:09:25
4) Kentaro Nakamoto 2:09:31
5) Moses Kangogo (KEN) 2:09:48
6) Masato Imai 2:10:41
7) Satoshi Yoshii 2:10:45
8) Satoru Kasuya 2:11:17
9) Masashi Hayashi 2:11:19
10) Koji Gokaya 2:12:07
11) Hironori Arai 2:12:27
12) Seiji Kobayashi 2:12:35
13) Mohammed El Hashimi (MAR) 2:12:36
14) Satoru Sasaki 2:12:42
15) Yohanes Abera (ETH) 2:12:44
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