FLASH: 25. MIZUNO SIBERIAN INTERNATIONAL MARATHON (SIM) – RUSSIA

FLASH: A group of three Kenyans got away early on in the 25th anniversary race with John Kiuy content to allow others to lead until a kilometre before the final turnaround point at 30km.

He quickly established a big lead which grew inexorably as his compatriots suffered from an over-ambitious start in which three passed through halfway in 65:30.

Purity Kimetto also blasted through the first half in 1:14 but despite going ahead of the male runner who had led her up to 28km she slowed soon afterwards and faced a long hard struggle to the finish.

Behind her the gap closed up but she had a sufficient lead to stay ahead until the finish line.

MEN:
1  John KIUY                       KEN  2:14:47
2  David TONIOK                   KEN  2:24:15
3  Velvet BAZARBAYEV          RUS  2:29:03
4  Sergey NECHPAY               RUS  2:29:22
5  Emmanuel SIKUKU            KEN  2:30:15

WOMEN:
1  Purity KIMETTO              KEN  2:38:53
2  Maria KISELEVA                 RUS  2:41:02
3  Yulia SMIRNOVA                 RUS  2:43:40
4  Alexandra KALANOVA         RUS  2:54:38
5  Alsou ASSANOVA               RUS  2:56:04

10km
MEN:
1  Ilya GRYADKOVSKY        RUS  31:28
2  Boris ZAKHAROV                 RUS  31:31
3  Denis SHESTAKOV               RUS  32:20

WOMEN:
1  Marina KOVALYOVA         RUS  35:01
2  Svetlana KYSHTYMOVA        RUS  37:10
3  Marina SMIRNOVA               RUS  37:40

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