Kigen proves Tergat right - Belgrade Marathon report

[Ryan]

Belgrade, Serbia - Victor Kigen of Kenya won the Belgrade Banca Intesa Marathon on his debut on Saturday morning, just as his mentor Paul Tergat suggested he would.

Bright sunshine and temperatures rising to 20C (68F) persuaded the leaders to race conservatively, and it wasn’t until the last 10 kilometres that Kigen’s surge broke up the pack of a dozen men, which included several contestants from the concurrent World Military Marathon Championships.

But Kigen had looked in control all the way, and the military men made no impression on him, as the 25-year-old surged away to victory in two hours, 13 minutes, 28 seconds (2.13.28), taking close to a minute out of his pursuers over the last five kilometres.

IAAF article