Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Kenyan John Kelai ran a 2:09:30 at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon to post the fastest marathon time ever run on Canadian soil. The results move the Toronto Waterfront Marathon into the club of marathons with a sub-2:10 record.

General News The Globe and Mail

Oct 01, 2007

Just minutes into the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, a participant collapsed without vital signs and was taken to the hospital. Participants died in the race in the previous two years.

General News Toronto Star

Oct 01, 2007

John Kelai won the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Sunday in 2:09:30, the fastest time ever run on Canadian soil and setting a new course record by forty-three seconds. Rono finished a close second in 2:09:36, while Ethiopia's Kasime Adilo was third in 2:10:20. Ethiopia's Asha Gigi won the women's race in 2:33:16, a course record for women. She was followed by Poland's Malgorzata Sobanska (2:34:21) and Russia's Alevtina Biktimirova (2:34:54).

General News CBC Sports

Sep 30, 2007

Kenya's John Kelai won a thrilling duel with defending champion, Daniel Rono, at this morning's Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront to record the fastest time ever run on Canadian soil, 2:09:30. In so doing, Kelai eclipsed the mark of 2:09:55, set by East Germany's Waldemar Cierpinski at the 1976 Olympic Marathon in Montreal. "It was a 31-year old record that we we're beginning to think we'd never break!" said race director Alan Brookes. In the women's race, Ethiopia's Asha Gigi led from Start to Finish to set a new course record of 2:33:16. Last year's winner and former course record-holder, Malgorzata Sobanska, was second in 2:34:21.

General News

Sep 30, 2007