London Marathon 2017 to be dominated by East Africans

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The 37th annual London Marathon will be run on Sunday, April 23. 2017. Runners from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Eritrea are expected to dominate the race. Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya won last year's Virgin Money London 2016 Marathon clocking a time of 2:03:05 only eight seconds outside the world record.
Elite Men – Start List for the coming 37th London Marathon on Sunday, April 23, 2017 with their personal best times (PBS) are listed below:
Elite Men
Bib No. Name Country Personal Best times in brackets + Bib Name
1 Kenenisa Bekele ETH (2:03:03) BEKELE
3 Tesfaye Abera ETH (2:04:24) ABERA
4 Feyisa Lilesa ETH (2:04:52) LILESA
5 Abel Kirui KEN (2:05:04) KIRUI
6 Daniel Wanjiru KEN (2:05:21) WANJIRU
7 Tilahun Regassa ETH (2:05:27) REGASSA
8 Ghirmay Ghebreslassie ERI (2:07:46) GHIRMAY
9 Amanuel Mesel ERI (2:08:17) MESEL
10 Asefa Mengstu ETH (2:08:41) MENGSTU
11 Alphonce Felix Simbu TAN (2:09:19) SIMBU
12 Ayad Lamdassem ESP 2:09:28 LAMDASSEM
13 Javier Guerra ESP 2:09:33 GUERRA
14 Ghebre Kibrom ERI 2:09:36 KIBROM
15 Abdellatif Meftah FRA 2:09:46 MEFTAH
16 Abdelhadi El Hachimi BEL 2:10:35 EL HACHIMI
18 Michael Shelley AUS 2:11:15 SHELLEY
19 Chris Thompson GBR 2:11:19 THOMPSON
21 Tsegai Tewelde GBR 2:12:23 TEWELDE
22 Andrew Lemoncello GBR 2:13:40 LEMONCELLO
23 Kevin Seaward IRL 2:14:52 SEAWARD
24 Mick Clohisey IRL 2:15:11 CLOHISEY
25 Tasama Moogas ISR 2:15:29 MOOGAS
26 Matt Bond GBR 2:15:32 BOND
27 Robbie Simpson GBR 2:15:38 SIMPSON
28 Ian Kimpton GBR 2:15:55 KIMPTON
29 Bouabdellah Tahri FRA 2:16:28 TAHRI
30 Jonny Mellor GBR 2:16:52 MELLOR
31 Andrew Davies GBR 2:16:55 DAVIES
32 Tom Anderson GBR 2:19:52 ANDERSON
33 Jesús Arturo Esparza MEX 2:23:04 ESPARZA
34 Jonathan Hay GBR 2:23:52 HAY
Source: Elite Men – Start List
 
Published on 15 Jan 2017
Mumbai, India
Mjue Mwanariadha wa Kitanzania Alphonce Simbu makali yake ktk mbio kubwa za kimataifa za marathon, hapa chini ni mojawapo ya historia zake kuibuka mshindi kwa kuwashinda wanariadha machachari toka Kenya na Ethiopia.
Alphonce Simbu, Mwanariadha wa kimataifa mtanzania ameibuka mshindi katika mashindano ya riadha ya Mombay Standard Chartered Marathon hapo mwezi January 15, 2017

Simbu Aibuka Kidedea Mombay Marathon
 
pardon me, I think you mean the marathon is going to be dominated by Kenyans and maybe Ethiopians...kuna waafrika mashariki wengine hapa (tanzanians) wavivu kwel kwel...hawawezi hata kilomita mbili bila kulalamika...Somalia na South Sudan waweza mbio ila wana shida chungu nzima...Uganda pia wanaweza mbio...
 

Jay456watt,
Cheki muda aliomaliza mshindi wa mbio za marathon Geoffrey Kirui wa Kenya wiki iliyopita mjini Boston, USA 2hr 9min 37sec. Na tazama listi ya elite runners utaona mkimbiaji yeyote mwenye uwezo wa kumaliza mbio za marathon chini ya muda wa 2:12:00 anaweza kushinda kwa muda bora zaidi wenye kasi 2:05:00 siku ya Jumapili katika mbio hizo za Marathon huko London, Uingereza. Jumapili 23, April 2017 tukumbushane matokeo.
 
Published on 21 Apr 2017
Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele aims to break world record at the London Marathon
Some of Africa's best marathon runners are set to go head to head in Sunday's London marathon where Bekele's eyes are on a new record.The former triple Olympic champion is seeking his first win in London. Bekele is already the 5-thousand and 10-thousand metre record holder. He's hoping for a hat-trick of world bests, targeting Dennis Kimetto's record of two hours, two minutes and 57 seconds. The Ethiopian says he will be running free of the succession of back, hip and calf injuries that have dogged the past five years of his career. His strongest challenge could come from Eritrean Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, who was crowned world champion at the age of 19 in 2015.
Source: CGTN Africa
 
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April 22, 2017
Nairobi, Kenya

Dafabet Kenya launches athletics betting exclusively to Kenyan customers
By Robin Toskin Saturday, April 22nd 2017 at 10:48


[PHOTO: COURTESY]
Kenyan fans will have the opportunity to bet on athletics starting with the London Marathon following Dafabet’s announcement.
The betting firm, a subsidiary of Asia’s leading gaming company Dafabet is keen to tap into athletics craze in Kenya.
The Virgin Money London Marathon will be run this Sunday with a stellar cast of Kenyan athletes and their eternal rivals Ethiopia ready for battle of London.
The new boys in Kenya’s growing betting industry are said to be ready to offer a localized product to its Kenyan customers given the interest in athletics.
Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele (men) and Kenya’s Mary Keitany considered favorites for the London race have been assigned odds of 2.00 and 3.50 respectively.
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In the carefully prepared odds appearing on www.dafabet.co.ke, 5,000m Olympic champion Vivian Cheruiyot, making her marathon debut has a mouthwatering 5.50 odds and Florence Kiplagat at 7.00 to win.
Despite her debut, Dafabet appears to fancy the diminutive Vivian winning ahead of Kiplagat.
Dafabet’s Director of Retail and Regional Operations, Louis Watts said, they are keen to offer a good product to customers in “a country with so many great athletic champions.”
“Placing a bet would give an opportunity to athletics fans to test their knowledge and gut feelings by placing their bets. Kenya’s rivalry with Ethiopia is legendary. Bekele (Kenenisa) and Abel (Kirui) are there. Mary (Keitany) and Dibaba (Tirunesh) are there. It is a good field. This is an opportunity for Kenyans to bet on their favourite athletes,’ Watts said yesterday.
Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge, who is currently training to lower the World Record to below the two-hour mark, won last years London Marathon by clocking 2:03:05. Stanley Biwott finished second in 2:03:51 as Kenyans left Kenenisa Bekele gasping for breath in third place for 2:06:36.
In the women category, Jemima Sumgong, who is battling to clear her name over allegations she doped won in 2:22:58 with Ethiopian Tigist Tufa (2:23:03) sandwiched by Sumgong and Florence Kiplagat (2:23:39).
Ahead of Sunday, Keitany, the second fastest woman of all time said a new World Record on could be the on the cards when she will be going for her third London victory.
Keitany will be up against a field that includes four women who have broken the two hours 20-minute barrier and eight that have run under 2:22.00.
Briton Paula Radcliffe set the 2:17:42 World Record at the 2005 London Marathon, but Keitany believes it could go on Sunday.
“I’ve trained enough,” Keitany told www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com. “I’m ready to race on Sunday.”
The 35-year-old went on to say: “If the weather is fine for us, and we cooperate, I think we will run a great time,” said Keitany.

The rest of odds are as follows:
Women.
Mary Keitany 3.50
Tirunesh Dibaba 4.00
Vivian Cheruiyot 5.50
Florence Kiplagat 7.00
Aselefech Mergia 8.00
Mare Dibaba 8.00
Aberu Kebede 10.00
Tigist Tula 10.00
Heleh Kiprop 14.00


Men.
Kenenisa Bekele 2.00
Tesfaye Abera 4.00
Feyisa Lilesa 5.50
Abel Kirui 7.00
Bedan Karoki Muchiri 8.00
Daniel Wanjiru 8.00
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie 8.00
Tilahun Regassa 10.00
Amanuel Messel 16.00
Asefa Mengstu 16.00
Oleksandr Sitkovsky 25.00
Alphonce Felix Simbu 33.00

Source: Dafabet Kenya launches athletics betting exclusively to Kenyan customers
 
Nenda taratibu wewe! Riadha ni kipaji sio nguvu! Ingekuwa nguvu basi mabaunsa wote wangekuwa wakimbiaji!

Eti watanzania wavivu, we mwenyewe hapo mbona hukimbiii unashinda tu hapa JF kila siku
 
Toyota escudo said:
Nenda taratibu wewe! Riadha ni kipaji sio nguvu! Ingekuwa nguvu basi mabaunsa wote wangekuwa wakimbiaji!

Eti watanzania wavivu, we mwenyewe hapo mbona hukimbiii unashinda tu hapa JF kila siku
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nguvu? what does it have to do with what I said?
 
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