Hawi Feysa took the 41st Mainova Frankfurt Marathon with a superb course record: The 25 year-old Ethiopian ran 2:17:25 and improved the former record by 1:45. Hawi Feysa clocked the 12th fastest time this year worldwide. Second-placed Kenyan Magdalyne Masai ran a big personal best as well and with 2:18:58 also finished inside the former course record of 2:19:10. Ethiopia’s Shuko Genemo was third with 2:22:37.
There was a surprise winner in the men’s race: 22 year-old Kenyan debutant Benard Biwott triumphed with 2:05:54 in Frankfurt’s indoor finish arena. Ethiopians Gossa Challa and Lencho Tesfaye took second and third with 2:07:35 and 2:08:02 respectively. The combined winning times of the women’s and men’s champions came to 4:23:19, the fastest aggregate time ever in the history of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. Organisers registered 13,939 runners from 113 nations. Adding events at shorter distances the total was 25,616 athletes.
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