Five-star performance for Kenyans in Germany as Daniel Ebenyo dazzles
8th April 2024
Kenyans swept all the top five positions in the Berlin Half Marathon.
- Daniel Ebenyo won the race as Kenyans took the top five places.
- Titus Kipkosgei won the 2024 Milan City Marathon in Italy.
- In the women’s category, Sophy Jepchirchir managed a second-place position in a lifetime best of 2:27.12.
10000m World Championship silver medalist Daniel Simiu
Ebenyo was in a class of his own on Sunday morning at the 2024 Generali Berlin
Half Marathon.
Ebenyo started the race well and by the 5km mark, his splits
were already inside the current world record of 57:31 that was set by Jacob
Kiplimo in 2021.
The Iten-based runner continued with his monstrous pace and
by the 15km mark, he had opened a considerable gap between him and the other
competitors.
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He passed the 15km mark in 41:35 which put him in a good
position of smashing the current course record of 58:42 that was set by Eric
Kiptanui in 2018.
However, Ebenyo slowed down in the final stages of the race
and went on to clinch the title in a time of 59:30.
The reigning Sirikwa Classic Cross Country champion was
followed by his fellow countryman Amos Kurgat who clocked 59:42.
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Lasoi, who is an employee of the Kenya Prisons Service,
settled for a third-place position in 59:47 to ensure Kenya swept the podium
places.
The 24-year-old was followed by other Kenyan road race
runners Bernard Biwott and Bravin Kiprop.
Elsewhere, Titus Kimutai Kipkosgei produced a superb
performance to win the 2024 Milan City Marathon in Italy.
Kipkosgei clocked a personal best time of 2:07.12 to beat
Raymond Kipchumba Choge who also hails from Kenya to the title.
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Choge crossed the finishing line 24 seconds later ahead of
Uganda’s Andrew Rotich Kwemoi, who timed 2:07.52.
In the women’s category, Kenya’s Sophy Jepchirchir managed a
second-place position in a lifetime best of 2:27.12.
The hotly contested race was won by Ethiopia’s Tigist Memuye Gebeyahu (2:26.32) with her fellow countrywoman Fantu Shugi Gelasa (2:30.52) completing the top three positions.
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