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Kenya's Moses Kemei wins Dublin Marathon as Hiko Tonosa breaks Irish record

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Kenya's Moses Kemei has won Irish Life Dublin Marathon this morning in a personal best time of 2:08.47.Ethiopia's Abebaw Desalew was runner-up with 2:09.24.Hiko Tonosa of Dundrum South Dublin AC broke the Irish record to win the national marathon title in 2:09:42 and placed third overall.Asmirach Nega was the first placed woman in a course record time of 2:24.13.The Irish women's national title went to Ann-Marie McGlynn of Letterkenny AC in a time of 2:34.05.Scotland's Sean Frame won the wheeelchair category in 1:45.14.Around 22,500 took part in the event.Meanwhile, Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha set a new men's half marathon world record in Valencia, finishing in a time of 57:30.

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