In the early hours of Sunday morning athletes converged in Istanbul Turkey for the Istanbul Half-Marathon for both men and women. Kenyan men completed the podium places after taking the first three positions in the race.
Rodgers Kwemoi won the race in under an hour after closing the line in 59:14 minutes. Daniel Mateiko took the second place after finishing the race in 1hr 00mins 05secs while Emmanuel Bor completed the Kenyan treble 15secs later. Kwemoi started the race at a high tempo trying to go for the world record. He covered the first 10km 27:35minutes and went on to close the 15km mark in 41:34 minutes. Due to the strong headwind experienced he slowed down significantly covering the next 10km in one minute slower of the first one. Despite the weather Kwemoi broke the tape in a new course record of 59:14 to better the old record of 59:35.
