Isegwe crosses finish line
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Fonet
Isegwe, a 28-year-old runner from Tanzania, finished men's marathon in 2 hours, 12 minutes and 53 seconds, beating Peter Chemeyi and Benson Ogata, both from Kenya.
Nyangacha of Kenya was the women's winner at 2:35:55. Gulsara Dadabayeva of Russia was second with 2:42:18, while her countrywoman Irina Songerlainen claimed third place, clocking 2:42:48.
Nyangacha won the women's race
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Fonet
Athletes form Moldova dominate half-marathon race. Iaroslav Musinschi won the men's half-marathon race at 1:05:41, breaking the course record, and Natalya Cherkez was the women's winner at 1:14:34.
About 50,000 participants took part in the five kilometers long "Race of pleasure". The temperature measured 23°C at the finish line.