Tallinn Marathon wins go to Kenya

11.09.2022

Photo: Jarek Jõepera

The 42.195 kilometre distance of the Tallinn Marathon was won by runners from Kenya. Leonid Latsepov (men) and Kadiliis Kuiv (women) were the Estonian marathon champions. Both also won the Tallinn championship title.

The 42-kilometre classic marathon, the main distance of Estonia's biggest mass sport event, started this morning at 9am at the foot of Tall Hermann from Falgi Road. The starters of the Tallinn Marathon were members of the Estonian Marathon Team, Tiidrek Nurme, Roman Fosti and Kaur Kivistik, who brought Estonia a good sixth place in the European Championships in Munich.


 
The Tallinn Marathon was won by Jonathan Yego Kiptoo from Kenya in a time of 2 hours 12 minutes 44 seconds. Abiyot Guta Duguma from Ethiopia came second in 2:18.32. Leonid Latsepov of Sparta Sports Club, competing for the first time in the marathon distance, had an excellent run, finishing third at Toompea in 2:18.50, the fastest time ever run by an Estonian marathon runner on Estonian soil. The fastest marathon time ever run on home soil belonged to Rein Leinus in 2:20.03, run in Vändra in 1968. Ranked 11th in the all-time Estonian rankings, Latsepov won both the Estonian and Tallinn Marathon championship titles. British runner Sage Pearce-Higgins finished fourth (2:30.24). Bert Tippi (2:32.10) came second in the Estonian championship and Mario Mustasaar of Sparta Sports Club (2:32.23) came third. In the Tallinn Championship, Leonid Latsepov was followed by Mario Mustasaar and Aleksandr Kulešov (2:32.51) from Treeningpartner.


 
In the women's category, the women's medal also went to Kenya. Pauline Mutwa Thitu was fastest with a new Tallinn Marathon record of 2:31.29, beating Naomi Jepkosgei Maiyo by just over a minute (2:32.35). Third place went to Kadi-Liis Kuiv of Prorunner Sports Club, who finished in a new personal best of 2:47.41 to become both Estonian and Tallinn Marathon champion. Ethiopian Mulu Seboka Seyfu, who was expected to be the main favourite, finished fifth among the women (2:53.58). She was also beaten by Lithuanian Inga Cimarmanaite (2:53.29). In the Estonian and Tallinn Championships, Mari Boikov of Treeningpartner was second (2:56.30) and Jana Treier of Sparta Spordiselts was third (2:59.07).

 

 

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