Lilisa wins Dublin City Marathon

by infomatique | October 26, 2009 at 07:03 am
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Feyisa Lilisa from Ethiopia won the Dublin City Marathon today. | Photo 05

Feyisa Lilisa from Ethiopia won the Dublin City Marathon today. | Photo 05

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Feyisa Lilisa from Ethiopia has won the Dublin City Marathon. He crossed the line in an unofficial time of two hours, nine minutes, 11 seconds.

It is just four seconds off the record.

Russian Aleksey Sokolov, who is the record holder, came second in an unofficial time of two hours, ten minutes, 35 seconds.

The Kenyan runner Noah Serem came third.

The first Irish man home was Sergei Ciobanu, a member of the Clonliffe Harriers club, with a time of two hours, 22 minutes, six seconds.

The winner of the women's race was Katerina Stetsenko from Ukraine at a time of two hours, 32 minutes, 45 seconds.

Annette Keeley, from Raheny, was the first Irish woman to cross the finish line.

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