Kenya turned out to be magical as per its slogan, the magical Kenya! Did you the Kenyans who on Sunday monopolised both men’s and women’s podium positions at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon where more than 50,000 participants took part?
Well, Kenyans not only swept the podium elite race categories at the Marathon but did an unprecedented 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17 clean sweep in the men’s race.
Congratulation to team Kenya at Singapore Marathon (2018)! this is super dominance with men grabing the first 17 position and the women the first 5. @moscakenya https://t.co/e1N52wy2iI pic.twitter.com/kQqVDBZQSO
— Athletics Kenya (AK) (@athletics_kenya) December 10, 2018
Joshua Kipkorir clocked 2 hours 12 minutes and 12 seconds to win the race ahead of compatriots Felix Kirwa and Andrew Kimtai who came in second (2:13:42)and third (2:14:29) respectively.
Cosmas Matolo Muteti crossed the finish line fourth in 2:15:42 to lead Gilbert Yegon and Kibet Collins to top five sweep before Dominic Ruto, Paul Matheka and Benson Kinutai closed in on the 10 extraordinary sweep.
Here is the full list of Kenyans who dominated the marathon.
SINGAPORE MARATHON 2018
Position NAME/NATIONALITY
1KIPKORIR
2KIRWA
3KIMTAI
4MUTETI
5KIPROTICH
6YEGON
7KIBET
8RUTO
9MATHEKA
10CHERUIYOT
11KOGO
12KELAI
13OLOISUNGA
15LOSIKE
16MUGI
19KEMBOI
21KIPSANG— Robert Njang’iru (@RobertNjangiru) December 10, 2018
