Fresh from winning Safaricom Iten 10km road race, former Barcelona marathon champion Valary Aiyabei Jemeli won the Beijing marathon title becoming the fist ever Kenyan woman to win the title.
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Started in 1989, Kenyans had failed to make it to the podium in the Chinese Capital and Jemeli, the 2014 Kass marathon champion broke the jinx with 2:21:38 win to end Ethiopian dominance, running the fourth fastest in the history and the quickest mark since 2005, but is two minutes shy of the 2:19:39 course record set by Sun Yingjie in 2003.
paced by her husband Kenneth Tarus, Jemeli defeated Kenyan born turned Bahrain Eunice Chebichi Chumba to second with a 2:26:56 after breaking away at 15km mark
Ethiopia’s Fatuma Sado finished third in 2:27:41.