{"id":6120,"date":"2016-04-03T22:56:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T02:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=6120"},"modified":"2016-04-03T22:57:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T02:57:40","slug":"kotut-jepkesho-victorious-in-paris-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-athletics-news-3\/kotut-jepkesho-victorious-in-paris-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotut, Jepkesho victorious in Paris Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jepkesho on the podium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Visiline Jepkesho was in a class of her own as she left the field trailing by over 20 seconds to win the Paris Marathon with an impressive time of 2:25:52.\u00a0 Jepkesho who has also won the Lisbon and Milan marathons, was running with the leading pack until the 30km mark. Thats when she made her move, shifting to a higher gear. Ethiopians Gulume Tollesa and Dinknesh Mekasha tried to keep up but could not handle the pace. They finished second third respectively in 2:26:14\u00a0 and 2:28:12.<\/p>\n

Jepkesho, 28 was happy despite not reaching her goal.<\/p>\n

“My goal was to improve my PB (2:24:44),\u201d said Jepkesho. \u201cUnfortunately I didn\u2019t succeed but I\u2019m very happy to win. During the race, I was expecting someone to move. But when I saw no one did, I decided to move”\u00a0 she said.<\/p>\n

In the men’s race, Kenyans occupied the top three positions. Cyprian Kotut was first in 2:07:11 ahead of Kenyan compatriots Laban Korir (2:07:29) and Stephen Chemlany (2:07:37).<\/p>\n

Kotut is a younger brother of Martin Lel who won the London marathon three times.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bit surprising,\u201d said Kotut, \u201cbut not so much as some of my training teammates ran well like Mike Kigen, who was second in Seoul in 2:05. But it\u2019s my second experience at the marathon and I had that fear that I wouldn\u2019t have so much experience. My objective was to run my personal best (2:08:55), so it\u2019s perfect.\u201d said Kotut<\/p>\n

Leading results<\/h3>\n

Men<\/strong>
\n1 Cyprian Kotut (KEN) 2:07:11
\n2 Laban Korir (KEN) 2:07:29
\n3 Stephen Chemlany (KEN) 2:07:37
\n4 Micah Kogo (KEN) 2:08:03
\n5 Gebretsadik Abraha (ETH) 2:08:18<\/p>\n

Women<\/strong>
\n1 Visiline Jepkesho (KEN) 2:25:53
\n2 Gulume Tollesa (ETH) 2:26:14
\n3 Dinknesh Mekasha (ETH) 2:28:12
\n4 Rebecca Chesire (KEN) 2:31:29
\n5 Yebrgual Melese (ETH) 2:32:05<\/p>\n

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