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Kibet victorious in Dublin City Marathon

Moses Kibet wins the Dublin City Marathon
Moses Kibet wins the Dublin City Marathon

Moses Kangogo Kibet of Kenya was the winner of the Dublin City Marathon in a record time 2 hours 8 minutes and 56 seconds.

Tatiana Aryasova of Russia won the women’s race in a record time of 2 hours 26 minutes and 12 seconds.

(Watch Joe Mag Raollaigh's TV report on the Dublin City Marathon here.)

Pictured below: Moses Kibet of Kenya and Tatiana Aryasova of Russia display their Dublin City Marathon trophies.

The race had over 13,000 runners and wheelchair athletes competing.

There were a record number of entries and two course records broken in the 31st edition of the event.

Kibet beat the course record of 2:09.07, set by Aleksey Sokolov of Russia in 2007, with a personal best time of 2:08.56.

Kibet put in a superb second half of the race, running that half in 63 minutes.

The first lady to cross the finish line, Aryasova of Russia, smashed the women's course record of 2:27.22, set by Ruth Kitol of Kenya in 2003. Aryasova crossed the finish line comfortably in 2:26.12.

Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe Harriers defended his National Marathon Championship title; Ciobanu won the title for the second consecutive year in a time of 2:19.33.

The Women's National Marathon Championship title went to Mexican-born Barbara Sanchez of Raheny Shamrocks. Sanchez clocked a final time of 2:39.39.

The 2010 wheelchair winner was Paul Hannon of the UK in a time of 2:20:38

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