Mazerskiand Curley take the honours

It was a case of déjà vu at the Cork Marathon yesterday with Poland’s Bartosz Mazerski denying Gary O’Hanlon’s brave attempt for a third marathon victory in 15 days in a sprint finish down St Patrick’s Street, while Pauline Curley smashed her course record from last year when coming home in 2:43:37.

In an exciting duel that went the full distance, Mazerski had more in the tank to prevail in 2:28:38 to O’Hanlon’s 2:28:45 as they sprinted over the bridge and into the finish on after an enthralling 26 miles.

“I’m going to come back next year with fresher legs and not the same madness,” said O’Hanlon referring to his hectic marathon schedule that started with a second place finish at the Limerick Marathon on May 4 and then two victories at the Killarney and Newry events on May 10 and 18 respectively.