ATHLETICS: Kenyans set course records in weekend meets

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2017 Krakow Marathon champion Cosmas Mutuku Kyeva shattered the course record at the PKO Poznan Marathon IAAF Bronze Label road race on Sunday.

With a PB of 2:09:57 from Debno in Poland, Kyeva crossed the line 2:11:45.

By the 30km mark, the pack had been separated and Kyeeva led a team of four which included fellow Kenyan Silas Sang and Ethiopian duo Abayneh Endale and Getachew Tufa.

Ethiopia’s Endale denied Sang the silver medal clocking 2:11:51. Sang was third.

In the women’s category, Ethiopians swept the podium led by Tesfanesh Merga who set a PB in 2:32:31, followed closely by Tsgereda Girma and Alemitu Ajema.

In Romania, Hosea Kipkemboi ran an all-comers’ record at the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon.

Kipkemboi in his marathon debut crushed the record in 2:11:32 at the IAAF Bronze Label road race.

His compatriot Joel Kimutai was second in 2:11:59 while Ethiopia’s Kaleb Kashebo was third in 2:13:22.