The 2019 Africa U20 5000m silver medallist, Dolphine Nyaboke Omare broke a seventeen year course record at the 76th edition of the Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon held on Sunday (04) in Marugame, Japan.
The 22 year-old who is also the reigning Gifu Half Marathon champion led a 1-2-3 Kenyan podium finish as she smashed the old course record of 1:07.26 set by Japan’s Kayoko Fukushi with a new course time of 1:06.07; beating the 2005 World U18 1500m champion and race favorite Sheila Chepkirui to second in 1:06.47 with Caroline Kariba wrapping up the podium three finishes in 1:07.36.
LEADING RESULTS
21KM WOMEN
- Dolphine Nyaboke Omare (KEN) 1:06.07
- Sheila Chepkirui (KEN) 1:06.47
- Caroline Kariba (KEN) 1:07.36
- Charlotte Purdue (GBN) 1:08.02
- Ayuko Suzuki (JPN) 1:08.51
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