Monday 25 January 2010

Africans dominate in Gran Canaria Marathon

Kipkosgei Kutto James (Kenya) and Ture Chatumoha (Ethiopia) win the new edition of the Gran Canaria Marathon.



Las Palmas lived up to its high standard in sports event organising yesterday by hosting the new edition of the Gran Canaria Marathon. Over 3000 competitors from 23 countries hit the historic streets of Las Palmas, cheered on by thousands of spectators which lined the entire route.
Kutta could not get close to his PB (two hours and eight minutes), however he ran a very respectable time of 2:17:40. Behind him was the Spanish veteran Miguel Angel Vaquero with an amazing time of 2:18:30 and Swede Kristoffer Ă–sterlund, who crossed the line in third place (2:28:53).


The women´s race followed a similar story with the Africa runner, Chatumoha winning in a time of 2:40:31 followed by Aroa Merino in second (2:50:08), and Heike Angel in third (3:19:46).

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