Kenya gets gold and silver for marathon in 2011 Daegu World Championships

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If you are keen and have queries, please contact Coach Rameshon at 9100 4369 or you can email him at m.rameshon@gmail.com or swift.rameshon@gmail.com. Please refer to website http://flexifitness.com.sg (for more information on him and his programmes)

By Rameshon
Bsc (Hons) Degree in Physical Education, Loughborough University (1992-1994)

Masters in Education (University of Western Australia, 2005-2008)

Kenya - 1-2 in marathon men race.

It was 1-2 for Kenya as Kenyan Abel Kirui (2hr 07min 38sec) and fellow runner Vincent Kipruto (2hr 10min 06sec) defeated Ethiopian Feyisa Lilesa (2hr 10min 32sec) and Maroccon Abderrahime Bouramdane (2hr 10min 55sec).

 

04 September 2011 - 9:00

Position	Bib	Athlete	Country	Mark
1	651	Abel Kirui	KEN	2:07:38	(SB)
2	648	Vincent Kipruto	KEN	2:10:06
3	375	Feyisa Lilesa	ETH	2:10:32	(SB)
4	742	Abderrahime Bouramdane	MAR	2:10:55
5	666	David Barmasai Tumo	KEN	2:11:39
6	649	Eliud Kiptanui	KEN	2:11:50
7	615	Hiroyuki Horibata	JPN	2:11:52
8	576	Ruggero Pertile	ITA	2:11:57
9	1036	Stephen Kiprotich	UGA	2:12:57
10	627	Kentaro Nakamoto	JPN	2:13:10
11	749	Rachid Kisri	MAR	2:13:24
12	381	Eshetu Wendimu	ETH	2:13:37
13	875	Marius Ionescu	ROU	2:15:32	(PB)
14	238	Guojian Dong	CHN	2:15:45	(SB)
15	464	David Webb	GBR	2:15:48	(SB)
16	1148	Cuthbert Nyasango	ZIM	2:15:56	(SB)
17	317	Beraki Beyene	ERI	2:16:03	(SB)
18	620	Yuki Kawauchi	JPN	2:16:11
19	928	Aleksey Sokolov	RUS	2:16:23
20	766	Ser-Od Bat-Ochir	MGL	2:16:41
21	929	Aleksey Sokolov	RUS	2:16:48
22	449	Lee Merrien	GBR	2:16:59
23	678	Jin-hyeok Jeong	KOR	2:17:04
24	244	Zicheng Li	CHN	2:17:35
25	341	José Manuel Martínez	ESP	2:17:44
26	337	Rafael Iglesias	ESP	2:17:45	(SB)
27	740	Ahmed Baday	MAR	2:17:59
28	691	Myongseung Lee	KOR	2:18:05
29	628	Yoshinori Oda	JPN	2:18:05
30	354	Pablo Villalobos	ESP	2:18:12
31	1102	Mike Morgan	USA	2:18:30	(SB)
32	796	Urige Buta	NOR	2:20:16
33	254	Shiwei Wu	CHN	2:21:12
34	300	Jesper Faurschou	DEN	2:21:15
35	675	Junhyeon Hwang	KOR	2:21:54	(SB)
36	754	Mike Tebulo	MAW	2:22:45	(SB)
37	1121	Mike Sayenko	USA	2:22:49	(SB)
38	622	Yukihiro Kitaoka	JPN	2:23:11	(SB)
39	1076	Jeff Eggleston	USA	2:23:33
40	676	Jun-Suk Hwang	KOR	2:23:47
41	1060	Nicholas Arciniaga	USA	2:24:06
42	947	Anton Kosmac	SLO	2:24:16
43	318	Samuel Goitom	ERI	2:25:42	(SB)
44	688	Min Kim	KOR	2:27:20	(SB)
45	1113	Sergio Reyes	USA	2:29:15	(SB)
46	894	Coolboy Ngamole	RSA	2:30:01
47	1025	Bekir Karayel	TUR	2:33:20	(SB)
48	270	Ruben Sanca	CPV	2:34:40
49	817	Jhon Lennon Casallo	PER	2:36:43
50	888	Modike Lucky Mohale	RSA	2:38:22	(SB)
51	180	Sangay Wangchuk	BHU	2:38:33	(NR)
	135	Jeff Hunt	AUS	DNF
	210	Khalid Kamal Yaseen	BRN	DNF
	316	Yared Asmerom	ERI	DNF
	320	Yonas Kifle	ERI	DNF
	324	Michael Tesfay	ERI	DNF
	367	Chala Dechase	ETH	DNF
	370	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	ETH	DNF
	382	Bazu Worku	ETH	DNF
	563	Zohar Zemiro	ISR	DNF
	650	Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo	KEN	DNF
	727	Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi	LBA	DNF
	744	Adil Ennani	MAR	DNF
	746	Abderrahim Goumri	MAR	DNF
	893	David Ngakane	RSA	DNF
	1031	Daniel Kipkorir Chepyegon	UGA	DNF
	1035	Nicholas Kiprono	UGA	DNF

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By Narayanan
Rameshon has taught in Hwa Chong Institution, plus several schools, and Republic Polytechnic as well. He has won many accolades and he was awarded Merit Award for 1991 marathon performance in breaking the national record of Singapore, at that time. He has made 22 male athletes do a marathon in sub-3hrs. He has made 7 female runners do sub-4 hours for the marathon, as well. He was inducted to the ‘Roll of Honour’  by the then College of Physical Education, organised by Singapore Olympic Academy, in 1998, for breaking the National record repeatedly 4 times, till he did 2hr 24min 22sec).

He also has a Coaching group and he trains them on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm at Botanic Gardens. Those interested can call him at 91004369 for coaching assistance, to improve performance. There is also personal training that he does for many in a week. You can e-mail him at swift.rameshon@gmail.com.