Kenyans Bethwel Yegon and Edith Chelimo were the best Kenyans at the Berlin Marathon held today in Berlin, Germany.
Yegon, despite being the lowly ranked runner on the course finished second behind Guye Adola with the race favourite Kenenisa Bekele finishing third.
In women Edith Chelimo was 4th in a race that was dominated by Ethiopians who swept the podium.
Leading results
Men
- Guye Adola (ETH)- 2:05.45
- Bethwel Yegon (KEN)- 2:06.14
- Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)- 2:06.47
- Tadu Abate (ETH)- 2:08.24
- Cosmas Muteti (KEN)- 2:08.45
- Philemon Kacheran (KEN)- 2:09.29
- Okay Tsegay (ERI) 2:10.37
- Bernard Kimeli (KEN)- 2:10.50
- Hidekazu Hijikata (JPN)-2:11.47
- Hosea Kipkemboi (KEN)- 2:12.25
Women
- Gotitom Gebreslase (ETH)- 2:20.29
- Hiwot Gebrekidan (ETH)- 2:21.23
- Helen Tola (ETH)- 2:23.05
- Edith Chelimo (KEN)- 2:24.33
- Shure Demise (ETH)- 2:24.43
- Fancy Chemutai (2:24.58
- Izabela Paszkiewicz (POL)- 2:27.41
- Ruth Chebitok (KEN)- 2:28.18
- Rabea Schoneborm (GER)-2:28.49
- Martina Strael (SUI)- 2:30.37
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