Kenyan kingpins rule the roads again

IT was a return to Kenyan dominance at the SSE Dublin marathon yesterday but not without an Irish twist in the tale.

The story reads like a typical major marathon with Eliud Too and Esther Macharia of Kenya taking the spoils in 2:14:47 and 2:34:15 respectively but there was a lot of running in the 26.2 miles before they were crowned the champions of 2014.

Dublin’s Maria McCambridge came up just four seconds short in the women’s race in a gallant sprint finish to the line with Esther Macharia – 2:34:15 to 2:34:19. Meseret Godana of Ethiopia was third in 2:38:53.