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Kenyan, Hellen Obiri, a two-time Olympic silver medallist in the 5000m event won the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon Sunday with the 10th fastest time in history. She clocked a one-hour, four-minute, and 48-second run to finish more than a minute ahead of her nearest competitor.
Istanbul delivers once again 💪@hellen_obiri 🇰🇪 runs 1:04:48 for the 10th fastest ever women's half marathon and Rodgers Kwemoi 🇰🇪 breaks the course record with 59:15 👇
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) March 27, 2022
Ethiopians Tsehay Gemechu and Bekelech Gudeta finished second and third in 65:65 and 66:35, respectively.
Running with a male pacer, Obiri and Gemechu split 5K in 14:45. This was nearly 62 minute pace. Gudeta and Kenya’s Vicoty Chepngeno were already dropped by this point.
Obiri passed through 15K in 45:27 and then 20K in 61:16. Obiri finished third in 2021. She has run the fifth-fastest performance all-time with her 64:22 clocking from the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon last month.
The men
The men were on pace for a world record through 5K, however, the wind held them back a little. Kenyan Rodgers Kwemoi broke the course record for the win. He finished in the time of 59:15. Fifty seconds back was fellow Kenyan Daniel Mateiko in 60:05. And making it a Kenyan podium sweep, finishing in third place was Emmanuel Bor clocking a 60:20 performance. In fact, the first five were all Kenyan as well as nine of the first 11.
Rodgers Kwemoi won the Istanbul Half Marathon this morning, 59:15 min. Second places for Daniel Mateiko and Tsehay Gemechu.#TeamGSC
— Global Sports Comm (@GlobalSportsCom) March 27, 2022
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The 24-year-old Kwemoi owns a best that he set last month at the Ras Al Khaimah event with his 58:30 finish time.
Kwemoi is also the 2016 World U20 Champion and Commonwealth Games 10,000m bronze medallist. He finished seventh in the event at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Results
Top results men half marathon
| POS | Name | Aff | Mat Time | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodgers Kwemoi | KEN | 0:59:14 | 0:59:15 |
| 2 | Daniel Mateiko | KEN | 1:00:04 | 1:00:05 |
| 3 | Emmanuel Bor | KEN | 1:00:19 | 1:00:20 |
| 4 | Edmond Kipngetich | KEN | 1:00:28 | 1:00:30 |
| 5 | Brian Kwemoi | KEN | 1:00:48 | 1:00:50 |
| 6 | Tegegn Tamerat | ETH | 1:01:14 | 1:01:15 |
| 7 | Isaac Kipkemboi | KEN | 1:01:38 | 1:01:40 |
| 8 | Daniel Kiprotich | KEN | 1:01:41 | 1:01:43 |
| 9 | Ashenafi Kiros | ETH | 1:01:42 | 1:01:44 |
| 10 | Gerald Vincent | KEN | 1:01:45 | 1:01:47 |
Top results women half marathon
| POS | Name | Aff | Mat Time | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hellen Obiri | KEN | 1:04:47 | 1:04:48 |
| 2 | Tsehay Gemechu | ETH | 1:05:51 | 1:05:52 |
| 3 | Bekelech Gudeta | ETH | 1:06:33 | 1:06:35 |
| 4 | Vicoty Chepngeno | KEN | 1:06:56 | 1:06:58 |
| 5 | Yasemin Can | TUR | 1:07:55 | 1:07:57 |
| 6 | Medhin Gebreslassie | ETH | 1:08:25 | 1:08:27 |
| 7 | Stella Rutto | ROU | 1:08:28 | 1:08:29 |
| 8 | Nigsti Haftu | ETH | 1:08:30 | 1:08:32 |
| 9 | Pauline Esikon | KEN | 1:09:08 | 1:09:11 |
| 10 | Teshome, Ayinadis | ETH | 1:09:19 | 1:09:21 |
