Kenyans set course records in weekend meets
Athletics
By
Joan Letting
| Oct 16, 2018
2017 Krakow Marathon champion Cosmas Mutuku Kyeva shattered the course record at the PKO Poznan Marathon IAAF Bronze Label road race on Sunday.
With a PB of 2:09:57 from Debno in Poland, Kyeva crossed the line 2:11:45.
By the 30km mark, the pack had been separated and Kyeeva led a team of four which included fellow Kenyan Silas Sang and Ethiopian duo Abayneh Endale and Getachew Tufa.
Ethiopia’s Endale denied Sang the silver medal clocking 2:11:51. Sang was third.
In the women’s category, Ethiopians swept the podium led by Tesfanesh Merga who set a PB in 2:32:31, followed closely by Tsgereda Girma and Alemitu Ajema.
In Romania, Hosea Kipkemboi ran an all-comers’ record at the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon.
Kipkemboi in his marathon debut crushed the record in 2:11:32 at the IAAF Bronze Label road race.
His compatriot Joel Kimutai was second in 2:11:59 while Ethiopia’s Kaleb Kashebo was third in 2:13:22.