26.03.2011                      20.Adar ll, 5771

Sport:

J'lem Marathon ends in confusion; leaders run off course

3 leading runners make wrong turn, arriving at wrong finish line; Kenyan Raymond Kipkoechh, 34, official winner with time of 2:26:44.

The first-ever Jerusalem Marathon ended in some confusion on Friday as the three leading runners apparently took a wrong turn and arrived at the wrong finish line.
The first runner to arrive at the actual finish line was Kenyan Robert Cheruiyot with a time of 2:27:48, but later on Raymond Kipkoechh, 34, of Kenya was announced as the official winner with a time of 2:26:44 after apparently going off the course and arriving at the finish line of the half-marathon in a different location….