Local talent mixes with best at City Marathon

IT wasn’t all Kenyans to the fore in the 24th edition of the Dublin City Marathon yesterday.

Local talent mixes with best at City Marathon

They did win the top events for men and women in some style and with typical authority. But followers of home-grown talent also had their day in the sun. How they cheered when Dubliner Annette Kealy swung round the corner into Merrion Square to claim the national title in her first marathon run.

Sensing greatness, the Raheny athlete had broken clear nearing home and arrived in two hours and 43 minutes exactly, seventh across the line.

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