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Press Release - Vienna City Marathon - 4/7/19

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                          Vienna City Marathon:
 
               Nancy Kiprop smashes course record in Vienna, 
                    Vincent Kipchumba takes men's title
 
Nancy Kiprop produced the outstanding performance of the 36th Vienna City 
Marathon when she broke the women's course record by over a minute and a 
half in running 2:22:12 and for good measure also became the first woman to 
win three VCM titles. Kiprop led a Kenyan clean sweep of the podium with 
all three women setting personal bests. Angela Tanui was runner-up in 
2:25:37 and Maurine Chepkemoi third with 2:26:16.
 
In the men's race Vincent Kipchumba of Kenya won with a personal best of 
2:06:56, improving his lifetime best by almost four minutes. He surged away 
in the closing stages from Switzerland's Tadesse Abraham who finished 
second with 2:07:24. Uganda's Solomon Mutai took third with 2:08:25, 
improving his best by just over one minute. 40,590 runners were in action 
in all the events of the Vienna City Marathon on Sunday, which is an IAAF 
Gold Label Road Race.
 
Women's Race
 
Nancy Kiprop came to the Vienna City Marathon and conquered in even more 
convincing style than on her visits in the last two years. The Kenyan 
became the first woman to win a hat-trick of VCM titles and what style she 
showed in the achievement, running a personal best of 2:22:12. It signified 
an improvement of more than a minute and a half over the previous best of 
2:23:47, set by the late Italian Maura Viceconte in 2000.
 
Reflecting after the race, Kiprop explained that her intention was to go 
out hard from the start: "I planned to run the first half fast - in 2:20 
pace - because I knew the first half was basically faster and I would find 
the second half a bit tougher."
 
For the first five kilometres Kiprop's rivals at least had a sight of the 
dynamic Kenyan. Kiprop went through in 16:28 which pointed to a finishing 
time of 2:19:00 but Ethiopia's Rahma Tusa was only 10 seconds adrift and 
fellow Kenyan Angela Tanui 13 seconds behind. Thereafter Nancy Kiprop 
turned the screw, relentless as planned over the first half to keep the 
pace sub-2:20.
 
Kiprop was remorseless in good conditions with temperature at 10 degrees 
Centigrade at the start. She clocked 32:57 for 10k and went through halfway 
in 1:09:34, the overall pace still pointing to a low 2:19 which would 
represent a three minute improvement over her personal best in Frankfurt 
last October. Her nearest rival was Rahma Tusa, 1:40 behind though the 
Ethiopian faded later. At halfway Angela Tanui was in third, 2:38 behind 
and fellow Kenyan Milliam Ebongon was a distant fourth.
 
Nancy Kiprop was expecting to find the second half more demanding and so it 
proved, her pace slowing for the first time to outside 2:20: "I knew that 
from 30 to 35k the course is really tough and this is where I struggled and 
there was a bit of wind but the people were cheering me on, I was so 
excited."
 
She kept her eyes on the dual prize of course record and VCM hat-trick, 
slowing down but not by much: 35k was reached in 1:56:43, just outside 2:20 
pace. Kiprop was still over three minutes clear of her nearest challenger 
and that is how it remained as a weary Nancy Kiprop crossed the finish line 
beside the famous Burgtheater. But recovery came quickly and she was soon 
contemplating further exploits and a return to Vienna: "I'm confident I 
could run 2:20 and am already thinking of what to do with the prize money 
[A total of 21,000 Euro including course record bonus]] to help my school 
project in Kenya. I would be very happy to return, I feel loved by the 
people in Vienna and they love my project."
 
Nancy Kiprop showed that outstanding performances can be produced not only 
inside the world famous Burgtheater but also on the finish line beside it.
 
Men's Race
 
Vincent Kipchumba confessed surprise at his win but the confident way he 
moved clear of Switzerland's Tadesse Abraham shortly after 35k spoke of the 
confidence he attributed to his new coach: "I was surprised to win but my 
success is down to my coach, Claudio Berardelli who has advised me since 
October."
 
The pace among the leading men's group was hardly metronomic. It fluctuated 
throughout, suggesting an attack on the course record in the early stages 
when the expected big group went through 15k in 2:05:40 pace. Halfway in 
1:03:21 seemed more realistic and racing became a cat and mouse affair. 
Tadesse Abraham went to the front but was joined by Vincent Kipchumba with 
first Kenyan Edwin Yator and then Uganda's Solomon Mutai, the 2013 World 
Championship bronze medallist, coming into contention.
 
Tadesse Abraham looked short of the kind of sharpness to make any 
impression on Mo Farah's European record, despite his pre-race ambitions: 
"I was disappointed not to have got close to the record but could still 
feel Dubai in my legs [2:09:50 in January]. I'll probably run the World 
Championships in Doha but shall discuss with my coach first."
 
Vincent Kipchuma steadily moved away from the Swiss record holder to win by 
almost half a minute. His 2:06:56 marked not only his first marathon win 
but an improvement of almost four minutes on his prior personal best of 
2:10:32 in Dresden in 2016. Clearly he and his new coach Claudio Berardelli 
have found a winning formula.
 
Leading Results
 
Men's Race

Vincent Kipchumba   Kenya           2:06:56 pb
Tadesse Abraham     Switzerland     2:07:24
Solomon Mutai       Uganda          2:08:25 pb
Raymond Choge       Kenya           2:09:02
Henry Chirchir      Kenya           2:09:16
Brimin Misoi        Kenya           2:09:31
Vincent Yator       Kenya           2:10:02
Robert Chemosin     Kenya           2:10:09
Edwin Kosgei        Kenya           2:10:11
Kenneth Keter       Kenya           2:10:15
 
Women's Race

Nancy Kiprop        Kenya           2:22:12 course record
Angela Tanui        Kenya           2:25:37 pb
Maurine Chepkemoi   Kenya           2:26:16 pb
Rahma Tusa          Ethiopia        2:26:58
Milliam Ebongon     Kenya           2:29:33
 
For more information please visit: www.vienna-marathon.com

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