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Kenya's Cosmas Lagat wins Mumbai Marathon

Kenya's Comsas Lagat crosses the finishing line to win the 2019 Tata Mumbai Marathon on January 20, 2019. PHOTO | IAAF |

n 2:26:09, despite suffering from stomach problems over the final 10 kilometres.
Debele hung on for third in 2:26:39 as Ethiopian runners filled the first seven slots.
India’s Sudha Singh finished eighth in 2:34:56, an Indian best in Mumbai, a personal best and the second fastest time by an Indian woman ever, just 13 seconds away from the national record.
As magnificent as Singh’s performance was by local standards – and she booked her place on the team going to the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 in September – she might be left to rue her cautious first half, running more than seven minutes behind the leading pack, before uncorking a huge negative split by almost six minutes from the halfway point onwards.

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