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IN PHOTOS: 10,000 run Copenhagen Marathon

Nearly 10,000 runners were treated to sunny skies and pleasant temperatures as they ran 42.195 kilometres through the Danish capital during Sunday’s Copenhagen Marathon.

Published: 24 May 2015 16:34 CEST
IN PHOTOS: 10,000 run Copenhagen Marathon
Runners cross Nyhavn during the Copenhagen Marathon on Sunday. Photo: Nikolai Linares/Scanpix
The 36th annual Copenhagen Marathon took over the city's streets on Sunday when 9,752 runners pounded the pavement on a course that took them through the inner city and the districts of Nørrebro, Østerbro and Vesterbro. 
 
 
The race was won by Moraccan Hassane Ahouchar with a time of 2:15:24, while Kenya’s Nancy Jebet Koech took the women’s title with a time of 2:33:42. Three Danes finished in the top ten, led by Thorkild Sundstrup’s 2:24:41. 
 
The other winners of the day were of course each of the 9,214 runners who was able to cross the finish line. Click here for photos from the race.  
 
Photo: Nikolai Linares/Scanpix
Photo: Nikolai Linares/Scanpix

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RUNNING

Copenhagen is home to fastest half marathon in history

Kenyan superstar runner Geoffrey Kamworor smashed the world record for the half marathon in Sunday’s CPH Half event.

Published: 16 September 2019 09:25 CEST
Copenhagen is home to fastest half marathon in history
Geoffrey Kamworor crosses the finish line in Copenhagen in a world record time. Photo: CPH Half

The elite athlete powered through the streets of the Danish capital in a breathtaking time of 58:01, beating the previous record by 17 seconds and his own personal best by 53 seconds.

He was 75 seconds clear of the second-placed athlete, Bernard Kipkorir Ngeno.

“It is very emotional for me to set this record. And doing it in Copenhagen, where I won my first world title [in 2014, ed.], adds something to it,” the three-time World Half Marathon Champion said after the race.

In the women’s race, Ethiopian Birhane Dibaba Adugna took a surprise victory with a time of 1:05:57, the second-fastest time ever run on the course.

Over 23,000 people took to the streets of Copenhagen to take on the 21.1-kilometre challenge and the city’s residents came out in force in the early autumn weather to spur them on.

READ ALSO: Kenyan former world champions arrive in Denmark for Copenhagen half marathon

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