Chelimo, Kirui sparkle at worlds
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KENYA-BORN Bahraini Rose Chelimo edged veteran Edna Kiplagat to win the women’s marathon at the IAAF world championships in London yesterday.
Kiplagat hit the 40-kilometer mark a second ahead, but Chelimo kicked in the last 2km to win Bahrain’s first medal in the event in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 11 seconds.
Kenyan Kiplagat, a two-time previous champion in 2011 and 2013, claimed silver seven seconds adrift, with American Amy Cragg taking bronze.
Earlier, Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui prevailed in a compelling east African duel with Ethiopian Tamirat Tola on the streets of London to win the men’s marathon.
Kirui, victor at the Boston Marathon in April, finally broke Tola, the fastest man in the field, with five miles (8.05 km) of the 26.2-mile course left after they had gone head-to-head over the second half of the race.
At the 19-mile mark, Tola, the fastest man in the field, had made his decisive effort and sped away from the 24-year-old Kenyan but within two miles Kirui had hauled back the lead before surging away immediately and emphatically.
Kirui forged on so powerfully that by the end of the race as he came towards the line at Tower Bridge, he even had time to tap the hands of some of the hundreds of fans lining the finish.
Kenya’s fifth men’s world champion at the distance clocked 2:08.27, finishing 1.22 ahead of Tola (2:09:49).
The Ethiopian, who had tired after Kirui’s second wind, just held on for silver by 2 seconds from the fast-finishing Alphonce Simbu, who won Tanzania’s second medal ever at a world championships.
Britain’s Callum Hawkins came home in a remarkable fourth place in a lifetime best 2:10:17.
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