A UNIQUE showdown is on the cards in both the men's and women's Full Marathon categories of the opening Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) 2010 on Sunday.This comes after race organiser Singapore Sports Council (SSC), announced the finalised entry list of world-class elite athletes which includes the likes of recent race winners and up-and-coming runners who will be competing in the event for the first time.
Fresh from becoming the first Kenyan woman to win the gold medal in the women's marathon at the recent Common wealth Games in New Delhi in 2:34:32, Irene Jerotich Kosgei is the favourite to lead the charge in the women's open group, said SSC in a press statement.A two-time winner of the Nairobi Marathon (2006 and 2009), Kosgei enjoyed a stunning season in 2009 where she reached the podium in every marathon she competed in.
She will however, face strong opposition from Russian veteran Lyubov Morgunova, the 2008 Rotterdam Marathon winner who was placed second in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009. Morgunova represented her native country in the marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Compatriot Margarita Plaksina, who claimed the 2010 Russian Marathon title and finished second at the 2010 Houston Marathon, is also a prospect for the women's title.
Fresh from becoming the first Kenyan woman to win the gold medal in the women's marathon at the recent Common wealth Games in New Delhi in 2:34:32, Irene Jerotich Kosgei is the favourite to lead the charge in the women's open group, said SSC in a press statement.A two-time winner of the Nairobi Marathon (2006 and 2009), Kosgei enjoyed a stunning season in 2009 where she reached the podium in every marathon she competed in.
She will however, face strong opposition from Russian veteran Lyubov Morgunova, the 2008 Rotterdam Marathon winner who was placed second in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009. Morgunova represented her native country in the marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Compatriot Margarita Plaksina, who claimed the 2010 Russian Marathon title and finished second at the 2010 Houston Marathon, is also a prospect for the women's title.
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