African Athletics

Kenyan Jonathan Kipkorir held off a late challenge from his compatriot Daniel Njenga to win the Beppu-Oita in Japan on Sunday.

A late surge by Njenga was not enough to outpace Kipklorir as be went onto cross the finish line in 2:10:50. Njenga who was six seconds behind, was followed by Australian Jeffery Hunt (2:11:00) and Japan’s Atsushi Ikawa (2:11:04) who were running the first marathon of their careers

.LEADING RESULTS

Note MD denotes marathon debutant
1 Jonathan Kipkorir (Kenya) 2:10:50; 2 Daniel Njenga (Kenya) 2:10:56; 3 Jeffery Hunt (Australia)  2:11:00 MD; 4 Atsushi Ikawa (Japan)  2:11:04 MD; 5 Kenneth Mungara (Kenya)  2:11:06;6 Masahi Hayashi (Japan) 2:11:17; 7 Chala Lemi (Ethiopia)  2:11:38; 8 Kentaro Nakamoto (Japan)  2:11:42; 9 Yu Mitsuya (Japan)  2:13:00MD; 10 Toshinari Suwa (Japan) 2:13:17 

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