This year's Beijing marathon experts gathered. The official manual provided by the Organizing Committee shows that among the elite athletes invited to participate, 9 men's best scores are within 2 hours and 10 minutes. Among them, kisorio, a Kenyan athlete with the best personal performance, completed the 2018 Valencia marathon in 2 hours, 04 minutes and 53 seconds.
In today's race, the temperature along the track has always been maintained at about 10 ℃. Because it has just rained in the morning, the humidity is also more conducive to the players' play. From the first 10K, the first group has maintained a very high pace. In the end, kisorio was the first to cross the finish line in 2 hours, 07 minutes and 06 seconds, successfully breaking the game record.
Before that, the Beijing marathon was recorded by Ethiopian Wald & middot; Created by Gail Rell, he completed the race in 2 hours, 07 minutes and 16 seconds in 2013. Six years later, the North Marseille record was broken again, and kisorio increased the North Marseille record by 10 seconds.
At the award ceremony after the competition, in addition to the $40000 prize of the champion, kisorio also received a record breaking award of $20000 from the awarding guests. In addition, kisorio's two Kenyan compatriots won the second and third place respectively, and the latter two won US $15000 and US $8000 respectively.