Kositany wins Belfast Marathon in 2:19.36

Joel Kositany has won today’s Deep River Rock Belfast Marathon in a time of 2:19.36.  Kositany, from Kenya, was runner up in last year’s race and won it in 2013.   He finished almost a minute clear of second placed Gideon Kimosop, also from Kenya with Tamas Janos Nagy third in  2:24:22. Local man Eddie McGinley  was fourth in 2:25:25.

First woman was Berhan Gebrenmichael from Ethiopia in 2:40:57, followed by Elaatiba Khadja from Morocco in 2:51:05 and Katalin Garami from Hungary  in 2:56:42.

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