Ku cyumweru, Edwin Kiptoo wo muri Kenya yashyizeho amateka mashya muri Marathon ya 40 ya Atene muri 2:10:34, agabanya amasegonda atatu ku rutonde rwabanjirije 2:10:37 yashyizweho na mugenzi we wo muri Kenya Felix Kipchirchir Kandie muri 2014.

“Ntabwo nari niteguye neza iri siganwa. Ntabwo nari niteze ko nzarenga amateka. Ndashimira umuryango wanjye wampaye umwanya uhagije wo kwitegura iyi marato”, ibi bikaba byavuzwe n'umusore w'imyaka 30 wasize abo bari bahanganye bakomeye kuri igice cya kabiri cy'amasomo kandi yiruka kilometero 10 zanyuma wenyine.

Bagenzi ba Kiptoo Rhonzai Lokitam Kilimo na Felicien Muhitira wo mu Rwanda barangije ku mwanya wa kabiri n'uwa gatatu mu bagabo. Maroc Soukaina Atanane yegukanye umwanya wa mbere mu cyiciro cy’abagore muri 2:31:52, ikurikirwa na Caroline Jepchirchir wo muri Kenya na Gloria Privileggio waho.

Ishyirahamwe ry’imikino ngororamubiri rya Hellenic ryatangaje ko iri rushanwa ryitabiriwe n’abasiganwa bagera ku 70.000 baturutse mu bihugu n’uturere 140 muri  kilometero 42, ndetse n’amasiganwa ya kilometero 10, 5km n’abana, bituma abantu benshi bitabira. Amasiganwa ya kilometero 42 kuva mumujyi wa Marathon kugera muri Atenayi akurikiza inzira y'umusirikare wa kera Pheidippides washishikarije isiganwa. Isiganwa rya Marato ya Atenayi rifite inzira isa n’imisozi, ku buryo hari aho bituma bidashoboka ko abiruka bashiraho amateka y'isi hano, aho amasiganwa yazamutse hafi ya kilometero 17 na 32 mbere yo kumanuka munzira zisigaye.

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