Henry Sugut wins Vienna for a third time, Flomena Cheyech takes women’s race, hat trick for Haile Gebrselassie in OMV Champions Race
Defending champion Henry Sugut produced a result at the Vienna City Marathon that fitted to the occassion. It was the 30th edition of Austria’s biggest sporting event and the 27 year-old Kenyan added a piece of history to the event by becoming only the second athlete to win for a third time. Back in the 80ies it was Austria’s Gerhard Hartmann who triumphed even three times in a row, from 1985 to ’87. But of course the quality of the fields in those times can not be compared with today’s standards. Hartmann’s best time in Viennawas 2:12:22while Sugut needed to run around four minutes faster today. He clocked 2:08:19in fine but warm weather conditions. In a race dominated by Kenyans Solomon Kiptoo was second with 2:08:34while Geoffrey Ndungu took third in 2:08:42.
