XIAMEN MARATHON, CHINA – 2 JANUARY 2014

Despite favourable conditions the men's race started slowly so that a sixth successive course record was never likely writes Mirko Jalava. Mare Dibaba, on the other hand, ran away from the other women from the start, passing 10km in 33:33 and 20km in 1:06:10.

Running completely alone but cheered on by spectators thronging the route through the coastal city, she slowed slightly during in second half but finished just over a minute inside Zhang Yingying's 2008 course record. Behind her Meseret Legese set a personal by nearly a minute and a half even though she was also running alone.

The men stayed in a big group through to just before 30km and, with the pacemaking finished, Mariko Kiplagat went to the front and quickly opened up a gap. The 38 year-old Kenyan was only seventh in Xiamen 12 months ago but his move this year was decisive.

Kiplagat extended his lead to more than a minute in the stretch between 30km and 40km for an easy win in the second fastest time of his career. Dereje Debele was initially able to get away from the rest of the field, but Julius Muriuki recovered after initially being dropped and came through strongly in the final kilometres to snatch second place from Debele.

 

Source: AIMSworldrunning.org

 

Ergebnis der Männer  (inoffizielle Zeiten):

 

1.	Mariko Kiplagat	KEN	2:08:06
2.	Julius Muriuki Wahome	KEN	2:09:28
3.	Dereje Debele Tulu	ETH	2:09:35

 

Inoffizielle Splits des Siegers:

 

5 km	15:20
10 km	30:33	15:13
15 km	45:40	15:07
20 km	1:00:52	15:12
25 km	1:15:57	15:05
30 km	1:30:59	15:02
35 km	1:45:54	14:55
40 km	2:01:26	15:32
Marathon	2:08:06	6:40

 

Ergebnis der Frauen  (inoffizielle Zeiten):

 

1.	Mare Dibaba	ETH	2:21:36
2.	Meseret Legesse	ETH	2:26:36
3.	Bedada Emebet Etea	ETH	2:33:51