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.

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