{"id":32837,"date":"2017-02-26T07:40:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T07:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/six-appeal-as-kenyan-kipsang-wins-tokyo-marathon\/"},"modified":"2017-02-26T07:34:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T07:34:59","slug":"six-appeal-as-kenyan-kipsang-wins-tokyo-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/six-appeal-as-kenyan-kipsang-wins-tokyo-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Six appeal as Kenyan Kipsang wins Tokyo Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Kenya&#8217;s Wilson Kipsang stormed to victory in the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday in the fastest race ever run in Japan.}<\/p>\n<p>The former world record holder clocked 2hr 3min 58sec over a flatter course than in previous years as he added the Tokyo title to victories in London, New York and Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Chepchirchir won the women&#8217;s race in a personal best 2:19:47 \u2014 the first sub-2:20 in Japan \u2014 to complete a perfect day for Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>The top six men&#8217;s finishers were all Kenyans with Gideon Kipketer runner-up in 2:05:51 and former winner Dickson Chumba third in 2:06:25.<\/p>\n<p>Evans Chebet (2:06:42), Alfers Lagat (2:07:39) and Bernard Kipyego (2:08:10) all finished ahead of Eritrean Yohanes Gebregergish, who clocked 2:08:14 to edge out Japan&#8217;s Hiroto Inoue.Kipsang had targeted countryman Dennis Kimetto&#8217;s world record of 2:02:57.<\/p>\n<p>Kipsang had targeted countryman Dennis Kimetto&#8217;s world record of 2:02:57 and he got off to a quick start in the Tokyo sunshine.<\/p>\n<p>However, the tough running conditions were not favourable for a fast race.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old&#8217;s pace dropped over the final 10 kilometres running into a slight breeze but still ran a fourth sub-2:04.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt good today and I was trying to go for a world record,&#8221; said Kipsang, who held the world mark with a 2:03:23 run at the Berlin Marathon in 2013 before Kimetto surpassed that a year later.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a little bit windy,&#8221; added the London Olympic bronze medallist. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I couldn&#8217;t run that time, but I look forward to coming back and hope to compete at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chepchirchir left a quality field in her wake, former champion Birhane Dibaba of Ethiopia finishing second over a minute and a half behind in her bid to win a second Tokyo title in three years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-18482 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kipsangpic.jpg\" alt=\"Kenya&#039;s Wilson Kipsang shows his target time of 2:02:50 during a press conference for this weekend&#039;s Tokyo marathon in Tokyo on February 24, 2017. Kipsang clocked 2hr 3min 58sec, winning the marathon. \" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Source:Daily Nation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Kenya&#8217;s Wilson Kipsang stormed to victory in the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday in the fastest race ever run in Japan.} The former world record holder clocked 2hr 3min 58sec over a flatter course than in previous years as he added the Tokyo title to victories in London, New York and Berlin. 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