Repeat winners in Belfast Marathon

Belfast Marathon :  Kenya's John Mutai and Ethiopia's Marashet Jumma both successfully defended their Belfast Marathon titles…

Belfast Marathon:  Kenya's John Mutai and Ethiopia's Marashet Jumma both successfully defended their Belfast Marathon titles today.

Mutai won in a time of two hours 16 minutes and 31 seconds ahead of Pole Bogdan Dziuba with Ukraine's Vyacheslav Prykhodko finishing third.

Poland's Bogdan Dziuba was runner-up to Mutai with Ukraine's Vyacheslav Prykhodko third.

Jumma smashed the women's course record of 2hr 41min 33sec, set two years ago by fellow Ethiopian Lemma Urge, by clocking 2hr 39min 22sec.

That earned her the winner's prize money of £2,500 with a further £1,000 for breaking the record.

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