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Samuel Kalalei of Kenya runs to win the 35th Athens Marathon at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens on November 12, 2017. Kalalei won the marathon with time 2 h 12 min 17 sec. PHOTO | LOUISA GOULIAMAKI | AFP
Samuel Kalalei won the 35th Athens Classic Marathon on Sunday as Kenyan runners dominated the gruelling, largely uphill course by sweeping the top five places in the men's race.
The 23-year-old crossed the line in two hours, 12 minutes and 17 seconds, ahead of Milton Kiplagat Rotich, who clocked 2:14.18, with Jonathan Kiptoo Yego in third at 2:16.08.
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