Considered to be the favorite to win Monday's 83rd edition of the Sao Silvestre Marathon in the city of Sao Paulo, Kenya's female runner Alice Timbilili proved the critics right.
The 24-year-old runner participated for the first time in the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and finished only seconds behind the men's winner, Robert Cheruiyot, also from Kenya.
The women's second finisher was Marizete Rezende, from Goiana, and third place went to Maria Zeferina Baldaia, winner of the race in 2001.
Alice Timbilili dominated the first half of the race with ease. However, in the 11th kilometer, Marizete Rezende gained ground and came within strides of the Kenyan.
Rezende's effort was not enough and all she could do was watch as Timbilili picked up the pace.
In the last kilometer of the race, the Kenyan increased her pace and distance from Rezende, guaranteeing herself a first place finish.
There was a 15-minute interval between the start of the women, followed by the men. Timbilili watched as her fellow countrymen, Robert Cheruiyot, surpass her on the streets of Sao Paulo to win the first place in the men's division.
Due to Alice Timbilili's first place finish, she obstructed a podium full of Brazilian women. Apart from Rezende in second place, and Baldaia in third, Edielza Santos finished in fourth place and Marily dos Santos finished in fifth place in this year's race.
Source: Xinhua
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