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Elite male and female international runners from Kenya won the podium for the marathon, half marathon and 10K categories at the Maybank Marathon 2023 event which took place in Gianyar, Bali, Sunday (27/8/2023).
Elite male and female international runners from Kenya won the podium for the marathon, half marathon and 10K categories at the Maybank Marathon 2023 event which took place in Gianyar, Bali, Sunday (27/8/2023). Of the three existing open categories, Kenyan runners have almost succeeded in sweeping the Maybank Marathon 2023 podium with a total prize pool of IDR 2.7 billion for 86 winners.
The first winner, in the Full Marathon Open Male category, was won by Geoffrey Niprotich Birgen from Kenya with a record time of 02.15:04. Meanwhile, Sophy Jepchirchir from Kenya won the Full Marathon Open Female category with a time of 02:31:04.
The record times for the two runners from Kenya also broke the previous record of 02:28:00 and 02:33:00 respectively.
For this achievement, the two runners are entitled to a prize of IDR 240 million each with an additional record-breaking bonus of IDR 33,750,000 each for male runners and IDR 67,500,000 for female runners.
Meanwhile, for the Marathon National Male category, national runner Nurshodiq won first place with a record time of 02:30:24, while for the National Marathon Female category Irma Handayani won with a record of 03:01:44. Both received prizes of IDR 100 million each.
Meanwhile, the champion in the Open Male Half Marathon category was Mathew Samperu from Kenya with a record time of 01:05:23. While the Half Marathon Open Female was won by Ziporah Wanjiru Kingori from Kenya with a record time of 01:14:22.
The 10K Open Male category won 1st place on behalf of Samson Karega Kamau from Kenya with a time of: 00:31:43. Meanwhile, for the Open Female category, Alyce Jepoto Koech, from Kenya, recorded a time of 00:37:21.
President Director of Maybank Indonesia Taswin Zakaria expressed his gratitude and thanks to all parties for the successful holding of the Maybank Marathon 2023 competition.
“We congratulate all the participants who have won the achievement. We hope that this achievement can inspire runners to achieve the same achievement in the next opportunity,” said Taswin.
Taswin also conveyed his positive impression of the enthusiasm of the thousands of runners who had been preparing since early in the morning to run on the typical Maybank Marathon 2023 running track.