Athens, Greece: Hillary Kipkogei Yego led a Kenyan sweep of the top four places at the Athens Classic Marathon on Sunday and his compatriot Nancy Rotich won the women's race.
Yego completed the hilly course in 2 hours, 13 minutes and 50 seconds, 42 seconds ahead of Dickson Kimeli. David Kipkorir Rutoh was third in 2:14:43.
Rotich won the women's race in 2:41:32, 24 seconds ahead of Ukraine's Svitlana Stanko, who was also last year's runner-up.
The course covers the route said to have been taken by a messenger to announce the Athenians' victory over a Persian army near the village of Marathon in 490 B.C.
More than 11,000 runners from nearly 100 countries competed in the race. Tens of thousands also ran in 5K and 10K road races.
