Kenyan athletes dominate Casablanca Marathon

Source: Xinhua| 2017-10-30 10:55:00|Editor: Mengjie
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RABAT, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan athletes dominated Morocco's Casablanca International Marathon as they swept the three medals in the men's race on Sunday.

Evans Kipkoech won the gold medal after crossing the finish line with a time of 2:09:39, followed by Peter Kiptoo at 2:11:29. The other Kenyan, John Kemboi, came third at 2:13:03.

For their part, Ethiopian athletes dominated women's category podium.

Yiman Mangistu won the title in 2:31:48, followed by Nedi Tadelich 2:32:25 and Getiso Tsehay in 2:32:54.

Over 5,000 athletes took part in the marathon.

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