Salah Eddine Bounasr, 2:07.52, wins Lake Biwa, photo by PhotoRun.net
LAKE BIWA (JPN, Mar 10): Morocco’s Salah Eddine Bounasr won the Lake Biwa Marathon in 2:07:52 in a close finish ahead of Ethiopia’s Asefa Tefera (2:07:56) and South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka (2:07:58). World bronze medallist Alphonce Felix Simbu from Tanzania was sixth in a 2:08:27 PB, one place ahead of leading home finisher Kenji Yamamoto (2:08:42). Boston Marathon winner Yuki Kawauchi was eighth in 2:09:21.
Tefera, Bounasr, Mokoka, Lake Biwa 2019, photo by PhotoRun.net