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Kenyans dominated the Tamansourt International Half Marathon in its second edition. Thus, Kenyan runner Jonathan Korir won the men’s event in 59:56.
Kenyan runner Jonathan broke the record in the men’s category with a time of 59 minutes and 56 seconds, while second place went to Moroccan runner Omar Ait Achachan with a time of one hour and 48 seconds, while third was acquired by the Moroccan Oussama El Charghi with a time of one hour, 2 minutes and 10 seconds, while the Ugandan runner Bush Silas finished fourth after covering the distance in 1:02:17.
Among women, according to the order of the general results list, Kenyan Kiptogen Sharon Gerono won the race with a time of 1:8.58, Kenyan Manila Marie Seboko took second place with a time of 1:8.58: 15.31, while Moroccan Fatiha Benchatki came in third place with a time of 1:15.50.
The coronation ceremony took place in the presence of many personalities, including the Pasha of Tamansourt, the representative of the Governor of the Marrakech-Asfi Region, Mr. Mohamed El Knidri President of the Grand Atlas Association, the President of the Harbil Commune and the head of the Al Omran Group, in addition to the heads of internal services of the Tamansourt community and civil, military and security figures
The president of the Moroccan Association of Friends of Road Racing, Ismail Chamali, welcomed the success of the second edition of the Tamansourt international half-marathon.
Ismail Chamali underlined that this leading sporting event, organized by the Moroccan Association of Friends of Road Racing under the aegis of the Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation and in partnership with the El Omrane Group and the commune of Harbil, aims to make Tamansourt a destination for international champions, to revitalize the city of Tamansourt on a sporting level as well as to encourage the population of the city to practice sports, to expand the basis for the practice of athletics and to relaunch the economic and tourist movement of this emerging city.
