Kenya’s Edwin Koech saw off a determined challenge from compatriot and official race pacemaker Daniel Muteti to win the men’s edition of the 2019 Cape Town Marathon in 2hr 09min 20sec on Sunday.
The pair, who were always in the leading group, broke away from the pack and went stride-for-stride, with Muteti keeping his head in front and looking determined to pull off a shock win. Muteti did not walk away empty-handed, earning R130,000, and his time was fast enough for him to be graded as a gold label-status athlete, meaning appearance money for future races at this level.
He clocked a personal best of 2:10:31 in only his second marathon — his first was in 2017 — and booked his ticket to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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