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NAIROBI, May 12 – Kenneth Mungara braved warm temperatures to win the 14th edition of the Volkswagen Prague Marathon on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mungara finished in 2 hours11 minutes and 6 seconds to become the 10th Kenyan since the inaugural race in 1995 to win the men’s title in Prague.<\/p>\n

Kenyans also grabbed the other two spots on the podium. Eliah Sang took second with a time of 2:12:15, while Simon Njoroge Kariuki crossed the finish line in 2:13:24.<\/p>\n

In the women’s race, Emily Kimuria and Caroline Kwambai finished second and third respectively in a race won by Natalya Yulamanova.<\/p>\n

Yulamanova, last year’s winner, defended her title after breaking away late from a pack of runners that included Kwambai and compatriot Alina Ivanova, a two-time champion in Prague. The 27 year old finished in 2:31:43, more than 90 seconds better than her winning time in 2007.<\/p>\n

Despite temperatures that hit 18 C at the end, Mungara was a comfortable winner. “The race was fine,” he told Czech Television, “The weather wasn’t a problem for me.”<\/p>\n

But the weather was a problem for others. Several runners from around the world had hoped to use this year’s race to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing. However, none were successful.<\/p>\n

The Czech Republic’s biggest Olympic hope, Pavel Novák, failed to finish, dropping out in the 24th kilometer. The top-ranked runner, David Makori Omiti, also dropped out.<\/p>\n

In Japan, Harun Njoroge, who runs for Komori Corporation, ran away from Yusei Nakao and Kazuo Ietani in the final stages to win 18th Sendai Half marathon in 1:01:55.  Nakao finished second five seconds behind, while Ietani was another five seconds behind in 1:02:05.<\/p>\n

Njoroge’s winning time was also the second fastest time in the history of the race. However, it was far behind the course record of 59:43, established by Samuel Wanjiru in 2005.<\/p>\n

In the women’s race, Julia Mombi finished behind defending Olympic Marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi. 
Mombi, who is coached by legendary coach Yoshio Koide and runs for Aruze in Japan, timed 1:08:31- a new personal having improved by more than a minute on her previous best of 1:09:34.<\/p>\n

Noguchi and Mombi broke away from the rest of the field early on. With the defending champion Noguchi in front pushing the pace, they passed 5 Km in 15:58, 10 Km in 32:04, 15 Km 48:23 and 2 20 Km in 1:04:57. <\/p>\n

Then with one kilometre to go, Noguchi increased the pace and broke away from Mombi, finishing twenty-nine seconds faster than in her winning performance from last year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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