Winner: Ebenyo clocked 1:11:13 to say his second title in India.
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Kenyan Daniel Ebenyo and Ethiopian Sutume Kebede ran quick in excellent situations to clinch the boys’s and girls’s titles with new World Best times for standalone occasions within the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K right here on Sunday.
Each received the winner’s purse of $7,500 and a bonus of $3,000.
Overwhelming favorite Ebenyo, who took silver medals in 10,000m within the Budapest World championships and half-marathon within the Riga World highway working championships this yr, clocked 1:11:13 to say his second title in India after his Delhi half-marathon victory two months in the past. He set the World Best mark for a standalone 25K race, bettering Dennis Kimeto’s 2012 time of 1:11:18.
Ebenyo ran again to encourage compatriot Victor Togom, who threw a robust problem on the midway stage, to get under the course file of 1:12:49 (by Kenyan Leonard Barsoton) earlier than crying out of pleasure.
The legendary Eliud Kipchoge formally timed 1:11:08 at 25K en route his victory within the Berlin Marathon final yr the place he set the marathon world file (2:01:09).
Sutume, a Berlin 25K winner and a podium finisher in Tokyo and Seoul marathons in earlier years, ran most of her race within the firm of one other Ethiopian, Valencia 10K winner Yalemzerf Yehualaw, earlier than going solo and crossing the road with 1:18:47. It was higher than Mary Keitany’s 1:19:53 in 2010. Yalemzerf additionally bettered the course file of 1:21:04 (by Bahrain’s Desi Jisa).
Sawan Barwal (1:17:49) and Reshma Kevate (1:30:38) recorded convincing wins amongst Indians.
The outcomes:
International: Elite Men: 1. Daniel Ebenyo (Ken) 1:11:13, 2. Victor Togom (Ken) 1:12:26, 3. Tesfaye Demeke (Eth) 1:13:36; Elite Women: 1. Sutume Kebede (Eth) 1:18:47, 2. Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Eth) 1:19:26, 3. Betty Kibet (Ken) 1:21:43.
Indian: Elite Men: 1. Sawan Barwal 1:17:49 (Overall ninth), 2. Gaurav Mathur 1:20:33 (tenth), 3. Mohd. Aseem 1:42:08; Elite girls: 1. Reshma Kevate 1:30:38 (ninth), 2. Seema 1:32:07 (tenth), 3. Nirmaben Bharatjee 1:32:40.
