Kenya’s Philemon Rono successfully defended his Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon title on Sunday while giving organisers of this IAAF Gold Label road race something they had coveted for the past three years: a Canadian all-comers’ record. In addition to the $25,000 first place prize money, Rono will return to his training base in Kaptagat with US$39585 for the record. Shortly after this point, Dickson Chumba, the 2015 Chicago and 2014 Tokyo champion, went to the front with only Rono for company. But at 30km, Rono surged and opened up a gap which grew to a winning margin of more than two minutes by the finish. Rono knows the roads and he was telling me about last year and how he knows the course.”In the women’s category, Ruth Jebet came home third in 2:30:02.

Source: The Star October 23, 2017 21:22 UTC