Dutch superstar Sifan Hassan and Ethiopia’s Hailemaryam Kiros have triumphed in the Sydney marathon as Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge battled to ninth.
Dutch multi-distance phenomenon Sifan Hassan has set a race record to claim victory in the first running of the Sydney Marathon as a world majors series event.
Hassan clocked a women’s winning time of two hours 18 minutes and 22 seconds as Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge fell short of the podium in the men’s category on Sunday.
Ethiopia’s Hailemaryam Kiros won the men’s event in 2:06:06 – another race record – prevailing by 10 seconds from young countryman Addisu Gobena with Lesotho’s Tebello Ramakongoana third.
Hassan blitzed the previous record of 2:21:40 – set by Ethiopia’s Workenesh Edesa – as she won by 34 seconds from Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei with Edesa third in 2:22:05.
Kipchoge finished ninth in 2:08:31 after dropping out of the leading pack around the 31km mark.
Swiss star Marcel Hug smashed the record of 1:36:38 set by Australian legend Kurt Fearnley in 2011 to win the men’s wheelchair marathon.
The seven-time Paralympic gold medallist and marathon world record holder outpaced the field as he clocked 1:27:15 and won by more than six minutes from last year’s Paralympic marathon bronze medallist Tomoki Suzuki.
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America’s six-time Paralympic medallist Susannah Scaroni was just as dominant in the women’s category to win by 1:45:52.
Scaroni’s time easily bettered Australian star Madison De Rozario’s record time of 1:54:10, set last year.
De Rozario, who claimed back-to-back Sydney Marathon wins from 2023, did not compete on Sunday.
