Podium win for Kenya and Ethiopia during the rainy 10 km race in Boston

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 24 – Half marathon world champion Sabastian Sawe led a Kenyan podium finish at the 10km race in Boston in the United States on Sunday evening.

Sawe clocked a time of 27:42 to take first place, ahead of Pittsburg Half Marathon Champion Wesley Kiptoo, who finished second with a time of 27:53.

Silver half-marathon medalist Daniel Simiu – who was shocked to miss out on the Kenyan Olympic team – clocked 27:55 in third place.

The race, marked by light rain, was Sawe’s fifth of the year, having last competed at the Road to Records in Herzogaunarach, Germany, where he clocked 27:06 to finish second.

The Prague Half Marathon champion was also part of the Kenyan team at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in March, where he finished seventh in the men’s 10km race after 28:31.

In the women’s race, Commonwealth Games silver medalist Irine Cheptai had Kenya’s best performance in the 10,000 metres, clocking 31:19 in fourth place.

It was a podium finish ahead of Kenya’s arch-rivals Ethiopia, with Melknat Wudu clocking 31.15 to take top honours.

Fellow Ethiopians Bosena Meulen (31:16) and Senayet Getachew (31:17) came second and third respectively in a close race.