Charles Kanyao is surprise winner of Singapore Marathon

Padang, Sunday, December 4, 2011 — Charles Mwai Kanyao, 35, was the surprise winner of at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore while Irene Jerotich Kosgei, last year’s women’s winner, retained her crown.

For Kanyao, who signed up on his own, the win is a sweet one as it is also his first major marathon win. Kanyao crossed the finish line with a time of 2:14:32.07. Kenyan Luka Kipkemoi Chelimo (2:14:37.35) was second and John Kelai (2:15:44.50), also from Kenya, was third. Kanyao pocketed US$50,000 — approximately S$66,500 — for his win.

Said Kanyao: “It is not easy to win. I trained very hard for this race. The race was difficult but I did my best. It’s my first time in Singapore and I’m glad I came here and won the race.”

In the women’s open category, Kosgei emerged top of the leaderboard with a time of 2:36:40.71, almost one minute
ahead of Roman Gebregessesse who finished with a time of 2:37:30.06. Magadelene Mukunzi completed the top three with a time of 2:38:06.36.

Kosgei also went home with prize money of US$50,000.

Said Kosgei: “At the 35km I took the leap all through, in the sense that I did the same thing last year. As I am familiar with the course, I knew which routes were hard to run, and which were easy. All in all, I am very happy with myself.”

The event took off at three different start points at Orchard Road (42km), Sentosa (21km) and Esplanade Drive (10km), bringing runners Chinatown, Universal Studios Singapore, Gardens by the Bay, the Marina Bay area before finishing at the Padang.

FULL MARATHON OPEN (MEN)
1st Charles Mwai Kanyao (Kenya) — 2:14:33.75
2nd Luka Kipkemoi Chelimo (Kenya) — 2:14:38.75
3rd John Kelai (Kenya) — 2:15:45.65
4th Thomson Cherogony — 2:17:02.89
5th Charles Kibiwott — 2:18:28.50
6th Gebresellasie Tsegay Reda — 2:18:45.49
7th Peter Muriuki — 2:18:56.50
8th Jackson Kipkoech Kotut — 2:20:20.24
9th Ben Kipruto Chebet — 2:23:53.00
10th Jonathan Cheruiyot Kipkoskei — 2:24:10.99

FULL MARATHON OPEN (WOMEN)
1st Irene Jerotich Kosgei (Kenya) — 2:36:42.39
2nd Roman Gebregessesse (Ethiopia) — 2:37:30.74
3rd Magadelene Mukunzi (Kenya) — 2:38:06.50
4th Halima Hassein Beriso — 2:39:33.00
5th Jacqueline Nytepi — 2:40:57.41
6th Lyubov Denisova — 2:59:19.89
7th K.K.A.Manjula Kumarasinghe — 3:03:02.96
8th Anne Qi Hui — 3:06:20.89
9th L.S.Anusha — 3:14:00.21
10th Elaine Lim Su Lin — 3:20:14.41

FULL MARATHON SINGAPOREAN (MEN)
1st Mok Ying Ren — 2:46:00.28
2nd Ang Chee Yong — 2:49:01.28
3rd Soon Suan Boon Paul — 2:49:31.16
4th Devathas Satianathan — 2:49:57.89
5th Alex Ong Seng Lee — 2:56:23.01
6th Ning Wen Long — 2:59:54.75
7th Ashley Liew Wei Yen — 3:06:03.89
8th Fung Ka Kin — 3:07:58.39
9th Evan Chee — 3:10:06.90
10th Patrick Ang Wee Leong — 3:13:34.64

FULL MARATHON SINGAPOREAN (WOMEN)
1st Anne Qi Hui — 3:06:20.25
2nd Elaine Lim Su Lin — 3:20:07.49
3rd Angie Tan — 3:24:38.25
4th Sumiko Tan — 3:25:13.93
5th Lin Run’er — 3:34:00.66
6th Melissa Keong — 3:35:29.39
7th Lim Bao Ying — 3:41:10.14
8th Rachel See — 3:41:49.62
9th Stella Lee — 3:42:29.15
10th Laine Fu Wen Fang — 3:47:46.64

FULL MARATHON VETERAN (MEN)
1st Eric Kiprono Kimaiyo — 2:26:31.49
2nd Philip Chirchir Lagat — 2:47:21.00
3rd Chiu Chien-Hsing — 2:50:02.89
4th Adachi — 2:51:18.50
5th Mark Williams — 2:53:57.14
6th Stuart McLay — 2:56:45.50
7th Masahide Saito — 2:58:37.14
8th Mark Wilson — 3:02:16.41
9th Prasoet Phaisan — 3:02:42.21
10th Michale Craig — 3:02:47.96

FULL MARATHON VETERAN (WOMEN)
1st Njuguna Magreat — 2:53:59.39
2nd Keiko Takeuchi — 3:18:10.93
3rd Julie Foreman — 3:28:09.89
4th Siobhan McHugh — 3:33:52.14
5th Emer Breen — 3:38:36.40
6th Judy Leslie — 3:42:04.90
7th Itsuko Tanaka — 3:44:31.89
8th Stella Tay Hwee Choo — 3:53:40.15
9th Melisaa Yeung Mei Lun — 3:55:46.66
10th Jeannine Slaven — 3:58:48.62

HALF MARATHON SINGAPOREAN (MEN)
1st Benard Mwendia Muthoni (Kenya) — 1:08:33.18
2nd Soh Rui Yong (Singapore) — 1:15:34.29
3rd William Kimutai Kurgat (Kenya) — 1:15:56.53

HALF MARATHON SINGAPOREAN (WOMEN)
1st Esther Wambui Karimi (Kenya) — 1:22:27.28
2nd Satoko (Japan) — 1:23:02.28
3rd Yucabeth Chelangat Bore (Kenya) — 1:25:29.03

10KM OPEN (MEN)
1st Kent Normark (Denmark) — 35:02.77
2nd Alfred Chan Hon Man (HK) — 35:10.78
3rd Arthur Chan Hok Man (HK) — 35:19.78

10KM OPEN (WOMEN)
1st Malene Munkholm (Denmark) — 41:43.34
2 79435 Sylvia Md Arwan (Brunei Darusslam) — 46:25.60
3 70048 Kalsang Gyalzur (Switzerland) — 46:52.02

EKIDEN RACE
1st Sim Lai Huat, Alan Choong, Ivan Lee, Eugene Sin, Eugene Tan, Chee Hong — 3:04:41.64
2nd Patrick Poon, Kang Ming Zhi, Pang Jin Xhou, Mister Sven, Shawn Chew Jimin — 3:31:40.39
3rd Fluodric Ang, Ng Swee Keat, Dilys Soh, Desmond Soh, Kelvin Peh, Javis Tan Jia Han — 3:40:07.91

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