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Kenya’s Bernard Biwott won the Frankfurt Marathon on his debut and will be smiling to the bank with millions set to his account thanks to his massive efforts in the German city.
Kenya’s Bernard Biwott marked his marathon debut with a cheque of over Ksh4 million following his victory at the Frankfurt Marathon in Germany on Sunday.
Biwott ran a tactical race to fend off the challenge of Ethiopian Gossa Challa, winning in a time of 2:05:54, in what was the first marathon of his career.
It was a great debut for the Kenyan who launched his marathon career in spectacular fashion and although he did not lower the course record, victory was enough to make him one of the runners to look out for in the near future.
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Debutant Bernard Biwott claims victory at Frankfurt Marathon
Kenyan debutant Bernard Biwott executed his tactics superbly to upset Ethiopia's Gossa Challa and claim the win in the men's Frankfurt Marathon.
The Frankfurt Marathon has a prize money of €30,000 (Ksh4.2 million) for male winners who run inside 2:06:30 and with his win, Biwott walked home with a handsome amount for his hard work.
He, however, missed out on the course record bonus of €10,000 (Ksh1.4 million) which went to Ethiopian, Hawi Feysa, who won the women’s race in a new course record time of 2:17:25.
She will therefore go home with a total purse of €40,000 (Ksh5.6 million) for winning her race in a new course record time.
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With the cash awards trickling down up to the 10th-place finishers, Kenya’s Magdalyne Masai, who finished second in the women’s race in 2:18:58, will walk home with €18,000 (Ksh2.5 million) for her efforts, while seventh-placed Christopher Kitetu will be awarded €2,000 (Ksh279,260).
Biwott started strongly, being among the 17 runners in the leading group, as he maintained his pace gracefully.
By the 5k split with a time of 14:50, the group was still on course to run towards a finishing time slightly over 2:05:00 which was 31, seconds shy of the targeted sub 2:05.
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By the 30km mark, the main contenders left in the leading group were still patient, with no major move made yet as Biwott continued to stride gracefully.
However, when the pacesetters exited the course past the 30km mark, Biwott made his move, taking the lead with only Challa able to follow him, before surging ahead to claim victory.
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