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Kenyans reign supreme at StanChart run

Kenya's Sharon Cherop crosses the finish line and becomes the fastest woman ahead of countrywoman Debre Godana and Russian Prokopeva Alina for the 42.195km Standard Chartered Marathon 2013 Dec 1, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Kenya's Sharon Cherop crosses the finish line and becomes the fastest woman ahead of countrywoman Debre Godana and Russian Prokopeva Alina for the 42.195km Standard Chartered Marathon 2013 Dec 1, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Kenya's Chelimo Luka Kipkemoi crosses the finish line and becomes the fastest man for the 42.195km Standard Chartered Marathon 2013 Dec 1, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Singapore's Mok Ying Ren crosses the finish line and becomes the fastest local runner for the 42.195km Standard Chartered Marathon 2013 Dec 1, 2013.. With him is local runner Alex Ong. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Shipping analyst Ng Ling Fong, 28, proposes to girlfriend Melissa Ho, a 25-year-old public servant, and succeeds after their run in the Standard Chartered Marathon 2013 Dec 1, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Singapore's Mok Ying Ren crosses the finish line and becomes the fastest local runner for the 42.195km Standard Chartered Marathon 2013 on Dec 1, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
A security personnel shouting at participants to not push and remain orderly behind the start point for the 42.195km of the Standard Chartered Marathon 2013 on Dec 1, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Prasoet Phaisan of Thailand prays at the starting point for the 42.195km in the Standard Chartered Marathon 2013 on Dec 1, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong takes a group photo with the pacers. He starts as the first runner for the six-man Ekiden race in the Standard Chartered Marathon 2013 on Dec 1, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Flag off for the elite runners, which includes Singaporean Mok Ying Ren, in the 42.195km of the Standard Chartered Marathon 2013 on Dec 1, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

For the fourth year running, Kenyans dominated proceedings in the full 42.195km distance at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore on Sunday morning.

Luka Chelimo Kipkemoi took the men's race in 2hr 14min 59.94sec ahead of Eliud Kaptanui and Mike Mutai, as runners from the African state swept the podium.

Meanwhile, fellow countrywoman Sharon Cherop lived up to her billing as pre-race favourite by coming home in a time of 2:41:11.04, less than a second ahead of Ethiopia's Debre Godana.

Meanwhile, Anne Qi Hui and SEA Games-bound Mok Ying Ren took the distinction of being Singapore's fastest female and male marathoners respectively.

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