Kenya celebrated a dual victory at the 51st Berlin Marathon on Sunday, who finished first in both men and women’s race.
Men’s race was won by 2:02:15 time by men’s race. , Five months after his victory in London marathon , While the women’s race was won by Rosemary Vanjiru with time of 2:21:05.
Despite Berlin’s reputation as the fastest marathon route on the world circuit, both times the world records were far from time (SO 1:40 slow, Vanjiru 11:49 slow).
This may probably be attributed to unusually humid late summer conditions in the German capital as Berlin enjoyed late summer temperatures of Betty 23–29 ° C (73–84 ° F).
“It was hard, but I gave my best and I am happy about my performance,” Saw told the RTL network of Germany after overtaking Akira Akasaki of Japan (2:06:15) and Ethiopia’s Chimndesa Debel (2:06:57).
“I liked it,” Saw continued. “You cannot definitely change the weather. I was well ready and I am just happy. I enjoyed the atmosphere in Berlin. I am happy to come here and come back next year. I hope I can go a little better.”
From women, Vanjiru, who finished second in Berlin in 2022, became the first Kenyan woman to win the race since 2018 after 25 kilometers.
He had a 36 second gain on a 40 -kilometer (24.85 mi) mark, but slightly slowed down, allowing the chaser to cut margin. As the Dera Dida of Ethiopia closed with the Brandenberg Gate, Vanjiru dug deeply, pushed to finish just three seconds before his opponent.
Harry Styles among Celebrity Participants
The elite runners in front of the pack were made with different objectives by more than 55,000 OTH athletes , Some serious runners are looking to get the best, and others are just expecting to eliminate a way or another.
Participant celebrities included former footballer Andre Shurley (a German World Cup winner in 2014) and Felix Cross (troubled by former real Madrid star Tony) as well as pop star Harry Styles. 31 -year -old former forest direction singer attended the Tokyo Marathon in March.
Berlin City Mayor Kai Wagner (CDU) after removing the initial gun as a large red button, the runners were happy with the route by hundreds of thousands of spectators, while hundreds of volunteers distributed 120,000 bananas, 80,000 apple runners and hydrated by hundreds of volunteers.
Starting near the prestigious Brandenberg Gate, the runners moved west through the famous Tierrton of Berlin before going to a clockwise loop around the city center, which passed through the districts of Moabit, Pranzalaur Berg, Frederickshen, Kreauzburg and Nucleon.
The second half of the marathon saw the route to the south of Shineberg and Steglitz, before returning to the middle via Charlotanberg and finished back to the Brandenburg Gate at the end of the Lindon Boleward.
Edited by: dmytro hubenko