Cosmas Koech was crowned the winner of 42Km race at the 34th edition of the Safaricom Mombasa International Marathon .
Koech clocked 2:19:46 to beat Elkana Yegon who came in second at 2:20:18 and third placed Dismus Lotira at 2:21:11.
Shelimita Muriuki won the women category in 2:42:30 ahead of Edna Jepkosgei’s who finished second in 2:42:36 Teresia omossa was third clocking 2:45:22.
Koech and Muriuki each won Sh 500,000 while the 10 Km winners Stephen Mwendwa and Celestine Jepchirchir each pocketed Sh 40,000 at a time of 39.55 and 45.39 respectively.
Safaricom sponsored the event to a tune of Sh 2.5 million.Over 1,000 local and international athletes participated in the event under the Safaricom Athletics Series Banner.