Ethiopian Tilahun Nigussie gained the Belfast Marathon in a brand new occasion document of two hours, 13 minutes and 37 seconds after dominating the race.
Nigussie’s profitable time lower 4 seconds off the earlier race document set by his compatriot Negewo Ararisa in 2012.
Kenya’s Millicent Kibet took victory within the ladies’s race in 2:38.30 which was greater than three minutes outdoors the document set by one other Kenyan Beatrice Jepkemei final yr.
Drogheda athlete Aaron Hanlon was 13 minutes behind the lads’s winner in taking the runners-up spot in 2:27.06 with Annadale Striders’ Stephen Connolly incomes the concurrently staged Northern Eire title in his debut marathon as he was third over the road in 2:29.30.
Moroccan Lalla Aziza lower into Kibet’s ladies’s benefit within the closing phases however completed 21 seconds behind the Kenyan with earlier Belfast winner Gladys Ganiel securing one other Northern Eire title on the age of 48 as she accomplished the rostrum positions in 2:45.46.
Aghadowey girl Jayne Bleakley gained the wheelchair race as she grew to become the primary feminine to finish the space in Belfast as she clocked 2:28.27.
Bleakley, identified with a situation generally known as encephalitis as a toddler, was additionally competing in her first marathon on the age of 44.
