33rd edition of the ASICS Stockholm Marathon Fourth victory for Isabellah Andersson

A record number of 16 131 runners started the 33rd edition of the Stockholm Marathon. 15 471 of them finished the race – also this a recird – on a day with mild temperatures of 14 degrees.

Isabellah Andersson became the first woman to win the race four times. The Kenya-born runner who attained Swedish citizenship two years ago had to sustain an athroscopic surgery in late March and resumed her training six weeks later. Still she executed a perfect race plan.

Andersson increased the pace violently after 35 slow kilometres. Japan's Eri Okubo and Russia's Irina Permitina couldn't go with her.

The men started extremely conservative, 49:18 at 15K. A group of eight Africans reached the half marathon mark in 1:08.37.

Dominic Pius Ondoro, who has been Isabellah Andersson's pacemaker during her training stints in Kenya, made a burst after 25K and completed the following five kilometres in 14:55.

Shumi Gerbaba stayed with him and soon the Ethiopian took control of the race, ending it in 2:14.07.

That means that Gerbaba completed the second half three minutes faster than the first!

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