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Kimaiyo and Mohammed beat the heat at Dusseldorf Marathon - IAAFPublished by
Dusseldorf, Germany - Running in very warm conditions, Nahashon Kimaiyo of Kenya and Ethiopia's Merima Mohammed ran to victory at the METRO Group Marathon Dusseldorf on Sunday (8). Having entered the race with a personal best of 2:10:36 it was a brave decision to keep the pace of Pollmächer and take the lead. None of the others dared to follow in the high temperatures with 24 kilometres to go. When Kimaiyo passed the half way mark in 1:03:55 he was almost 40 seconds ahead of a chasing group. He continued to increase his advantage and was still on course for a course record (2:08:32) at 25 kilometres. Mohammed dominates - women's race In the women’s race Mohammed was as superior as Kimaiyo had been in the men’s. With the help of pacemakers she ran her own race right from the start. Already after 10Km (34:53) the young Ethiopian was more than half a minute ahead of a chasing group. By half way she increased her lead to more than 90 seconds. Mohammed, who arrived in Dusseldorf with a personal best of 2:23:06, passed halfway in 1:13:25. But in the rising temperatures she had to give up her initial hopes for a personal best and an assault on the course record (2:26:44). |