Lilesa denies Sokolov third title

NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Ethiopian runner Feyisa Lilesa finished within five seconds of the course record when winning the Lifestyle Sports adidas Dublin Marathon on his debut over the distance.

Lilesa denies Sokolov third title
Tue, 27 Oct, 2009 - 00:00
Frank Greally

His winning time of 2:09.12 was agonisingly close to the course record (2:09.07) set in 2007 but it was still enough to earn him a bonus of €4,000 on top of his winner’s prize of €15,000.

Lilesa took control at the front at nine miles when early leader and course record holder Alexsey Solokov of Russia took a breather. Lilesa made a determined run at the front closely shadowed by the more experienced Kenyan runner, Solomon Bushendich.

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