Germany’s Irina Mikitenko Earns Upset Victory at 2008 Flora London Marathon
Posted April 13th, 2008 at 6:30 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
Germany’s Irina Mikitenko, who had a previous personal best time of 2:24:51, has defeated pre-race favorties Gete Wami and Berhane Adere to win the 2008 Flora London Marathon!
In what is her first major, international marathon victory, Mikitenko earned the victory and followed in the tradition of fellow German Uta Peppig in a time of 2:24:14.
Svetlana Zhakarova was the runner up (2:24:39) and Ethiopia’s Gete Wami, who had taken a serious fall and hurt her hip earlier in the race, finished third in 2:25:35. Selina Kosgei, Ludmila Petrova, Souad Ait Salem, Berhane Adere, Constantina Tomescu-Dita and Liz Yelling
Britian’s Liz Yelling earned the third and final spot on the Biritsh Olympic Marathon Team by finishing the race as the top Brit. This was the first race where Yelling was able to break the 2:30 minute mark.
OFFICIAL WOMEN’S FINISH TIMES:
1. Irina Mikitenko, GER, 2:24:14
2. Svetlana Zakharova, RUS, 2:24:39
3. Gete Wami, ETH, 2:25:35
4. Salina Kosgei, KEN, 2:26:29
5. Ludmila Petrova, RUS, 2:26:45
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