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Kenyan athletes dominate Casablanca marathon

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IANS Rabat
Last Updated : Oct 30 2017 | 1:42 PM IST

Kenyan athletes dominated Morocco's Casablanca International marathon, sweeping the three medals in the men's race.

Evans Kipkoech won the gold medal after crossing the finish line with a time of 2:09:39, followed by Peter Kiptoo at 2:11:29. The other Kenyan, John Kemboi, came third at 2:13:03 on Sunday, reports Xinhua news agency.

For their part, Ethiopian athletes dominated women's category podium.

Yiman Mangistu won the title in 2:31:48, followed by Nedi Tadelich 2:32:25 and Getiso Tsehay in 2:32:54.

Over 5,000 athletes took part in the marathon.

--IANS

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