"Dutch multi-distance phenomenon Sifan Hassan has set a race record to claim victory in the first running of the Sydney Marathon as a world majors series event. Hassan clocked a women's winning time of two hours 18 minutes and 22 seconds as Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge fell short of the podium in the men's category on Sunday. Ethiopia's Hailemaryam Kiros won the men's event in 2:06:06 another race record prevailing by 10 seconds from young countryman Addisu Gobena with Lesotho's Tebello Ramakongoana third."
"Ahead of AFL finals sign up for our free weekly newsletter Swiss star Marcel Hug smashed the record of 1:36:38 set by Australian legend Kurt Fearnley in 2011 to win the men's wheelchair marathon. The seven-time Paralympic gold medallist and marathon world record holder outpaced the field as he clocked 1:27:15 and won by more than six minutes from last year's Paralympic marathon bronze medallist Tomoki Suzuki."
Sifan Hassan won the women's Sydney Marathon in a record time of 2:18:22. Hailemaryam Kiros claimed the men's title in 2:06:06, setting a race record and finishing ten seconds ahead of Addisu Gobena, with Tebello Ramakongoana third. Eliud Kipchoge finished ninth in 2:08:31 after dropping from the lead pack around 31km. Marcel Hug smashed the men's wheelchair record with 1:27:15, winning by more than six minutes over Tomoki Suzuki. Susannah Scaroni won the women's wheelchair race in 1:45:52, surpassing Madison De Rozario's previous record of 1:54:10; De Rozario did not compete.
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