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Despite Heat, Chelanga and Ominami Excel at Rotterdam Marathon
Posted April 15th, 2007 at 11:00 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons
Joshua Chelanga is a man of iron.
Just eight days after his 34th birthday, the Kenyan athlete won the 27th edition of the Fortis Rotterdam Marathon in 2:08:21 in very high temperatures of over 25°C (77°F). Due to the extreme heat and very sunny conditions, the organizers decided to stop the race after three and one-half hours to protect the runners against health problems.
Chelanga was the only athlete to break 2:10:00, remarkable because of the strength of the field assembled by race director Mario Kadiks (15 men had personal best times below 2:09:00). He was nearly two minutes ahead of runner-up Takayukuki Matsumiya of Japan who ran 2:10:04, breaking his personal best by sixteen seconds. William Kipsang of Kenya came home third in 2:11:04.
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