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Mubarak Hassan Shami knocked three minutes from his previous
lifetime best to win the twentieth edition of the Venice Marathon in
2:09:22.
For the Qatari, the former Kenyan Richard Yatich, it was his second
marathon win of the year after his 2:12:20 debut over the distance in
Vienna last May. The challenging Venice course also apparently inspired
the young Kenyan Paul Lokira, who finished second in 2:10:18, just
ahead of Italy's Francesco Ingargiola, who clocked 2:10:25.
Running in the fourth marathon of her career, 27-year-old Emily Kimuria
took top honours in the women's race in 2:28:42, just shy of her
2:28:18 personal best from the 2003 Berlin Marathon. Ethiopian Leila
Aman (PB 2:27:54, Berlin 2004) finished runner-up in 2:31:10 ahead of
pre-race favourite Helena Javornik from Slovenia, who took third place
in 2:32:13, but was rewarded with the World Military Games title.