Kenya's Daniel Mateiko runs the fastest half marathon in the world this year in the men's race at the Antrim Coast event in Northern Ireland.
Kenya's Daniel Mateiko produced the fastest half marathon in the world this year as he won the men's race at the Antrim Coast event in Northern Ireland.
Fikir's time, like Mateiko's, was a UK and Irish all-comers' record, as she finished 54 seconds ahead of Kenya's Chirchir while Hannah Irwin took 36 seconds off Ann-Marie McGlynn's previous Northern Ireland record in finishing a superb fifth in 71:04.Kenya's Daniel Mateiko is the ninth fastest half marathon runner of all time
The Kenyan, who finished eighth in the 10,000m final at last year's World Championships in Eugene, will race next in the Chicago Marathon on 8 October."I am very happy because this is my win first at international level and I'm looking forward to bigger things happening to me especially in Chicago." Two-time Olympian Kevin Seaward was the leading Northern Irish men's finisher in 15th spot in 64:33 as he prepared for his upcoming Dublin Marathon challenge.
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