Defending champion Gert Thys of South Africa had an unthreatened seven-kilometre run Sunday to win the Seoul International Marathon.
He took the lead at the 35-kilometre mark ahead of a front-running group led by South Korea’s Lee Bong-Ju, the 2001 Boston Marathon winner, and Kenya’s William Kipsang, the 2003 Amsterdam winner.
Thys (32) won the 50 000 dollar top price by covering the race in downtown Seoul at 2:07:06, followed by Kipsang at 2:07:43.
Mbarek Hussei of Kenya came in third at 2:08:10 and Teferi Wodajo of Ethipia finished fourth at 2:08:11 ahead of Lee at 2:08:15. – Sapa-AFP