Ndiso wins mumbai marathon

Denis Ndiso of Kenya clinched his first marathon title with an impressive finish, while Bizunesh Mohammed led an Ethiopian clean sweep of top three slots among women in the $310,000 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon here on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Ndiso clocked a personal best of 2 hours 12 minutes 34 seconds to win the men’s title and the top prize of $35,000 in a weather described by most of the runners as hot and humid.

Ndiso, whose previous best was 2:13:51 in the Istanbul Marathon last October, finished the 42.1 k.m. race ahead of Ethiopian Siraj Gena who clocked 2hrs 13mins 58secs, followed by another Kenyan Samson Limareng (2:24:24).

Ndiso’s winning time was just off the course record set by his compatriot and last year’s winner Kenneth Mungara (2:1l:51), who skipped this year’s race due to injury.