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Daba breaks Latvian all-comers’ record at Riga Marathon ©Organisers
Daba breaks Latvian all-comers’ record at Riga Marathon
Lattelecom Riga Marathon winner Bekelech Daba produced the fastest women’s marathon time ever recorded in Latvia when winning the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race in a course record of 2:31:22.
Kenya’s Joseph Kyengo Munywoki made a late break in the men’s race to win the title in 2:12:14, the second-fastest time in the 25-year history of the race.
A lead pack of four women – Daba, Japan’s Kikuyo Tsuzaki, Ethiopia’s Meseret Gebre Dekebo and Kenya’s Eunice Kioko – set off well inside 2:30 pace, covering the opening 10 kilometres in 35:17.
The pace slipped slightly as they reached the half-way mark in 1:15:03, but it was clear that the course record of 2:36:51 was under significant threat.
