A Result We Missed Over The Weekend: Cosmas Jarius Kipchoge (60:55) And Muliye Dekebo (69:45) Win Stralugano Half-Marathon In Switzerland

Courtesy Race Results Weekly
May 24, 2016

Stralugano Half-Marathon (12th)
Lugano, SUI; Sunday, May 22
Distance: 21.1 km, one-loop course
Finishers: 978 men + 270 women = 1248 total
Prize Money: Indicated in Swiss francs (CHF)
NOTE: Forty-four year-old Catherine Bertone of Italy ran a lifetime best of 1:13:37 here.  She has a chance to run for Italy at the Rio Olympics; she set a marathon PB of 2:30:19 in Rotterdam last April –Ed.

MEN (extended gun times) –
1. Cosmas Jairus Kipchoge, 1986, KEN      1:00:55.8 CHF 2000 (=USD 2017)
2. Nicholas Mulinge Makau, 1990, KEN      1:00:57.6 PB  1000
3. Tadesse Abraham, 1982, SUI             1:01:24.3      500
4. Thomas James Lokomwa, 1987, KEN        1:01:55.1      250
5. Patrick Ereng, 1987, KEN               1:02:11.4      250
6. Daniel Kemboi, 1986, KEN               1:02:11.5
7. Benard Kiplangat Bett, 1993, KEN       1:02:54.3
8. Dadi Fikru, 1990, ETH                  1:02:55.9
9. Yazew Sisay, 1994, ETH                 1:02:58.7
10. Robert Kipkoech Kirui, 1992, KEN       1:03:10.9
11. Timon Kimutai, 1988, KEN               1:06:27.1

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WOMEN (extended gun times) –
1. Muliye Dekebo Haylemariyam, 1998, ETH  1:09:45.7 PB CHF 2000 (=USD 2017)
2. Charity Kiprop, 1995, KEN              1:12:34.7 PB  1000
3. Gladys Kataron Kiplagat, 1991, KEN     1:13:18.1 PB   500
4. Catherine Bertone, 1972, ITA           1:13:36.3 PB   250
5. Caroline Cherono, 1983, KEN            1:15:28.8      250
6. Evelyne Dietschi, 1996, SUI            1:16:52.8 PB
7. Isabella Morlini, 1971, ITA            1:17:47.2
8. Giulia Malagoni, 1994, ITA             1:21:52.7

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