O'Donoghue and Lee claim top honours at Cork City Marathon

Lizzie Lee (Leevale AC) Ladies winner of the Cork City Marathon on Patrick’s Street, Cork with Dept Lord Mayor Tony Fitzgerald and Marathon’s Race Director, Adrienne Rodgers

Tim O’Donoghue of East Cork and Rio Olympian Lizzie Lee reigned supreme at the Cork City Marathon on Sunday, a race that welcomed runners from 100 countries, with 12,000 taking to the streets across the various events.

O’Donoghue set a course record of 2:18:37 in the men’s marathon and Lee clocked 2:44:54 to win the women’s. Pawel Kosek and Alan O’Shea were next best in the men’s race with 2:22:39 and 2:24:45 respectively, with previous champion Gary O’Hanlon fourth in 2:25:28. In the women’s race Sorcha Loughnane and Aoife O’Leary followed Lee home in 2:45:12 and 2:56:40 respectively.