Kenya's Luka Rotich Lobuwan won the 34th Athens classic marathon on Sunday in two hours, 12 minutes and 49 seconds for the gruelling 42-kilometre (26 mile) course. The 28-year-old Lobuwan was followed across the line by eight of his countrymen with second place going to Benson Kipruto, who clocked 2:13.24 and Bernard Kitur in third at 2:13.32.
The woman's race was won by 30-year-old Kenyan Nancy Jebichi Arusei in a time of 2:38.13 and was 18th overall.
Some 50,000 runners took part in sunny weather and cool temperatures in the classic marathon which began near the tumulus erected for the Greek dead of the battle of Marathon, and the shorter five and 10-km races in downtown Athens.