It was a swift and sweet revenge by the 24-year-old Kandie against Kiplimo, who beat him at the World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, in Poland on October 17 this year
Kandie’s victory and the world rceord saw him pocket a total of Sh18.09million; 35,000 Euros (Sh 4.69million) for winning and a bonus of 100,000 Euros (Sh 13.4 million) for breaking the world record
In the women’s race, Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba became the fastest debutant over the distance when she won the women’s race in 1:05:18, beating Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui to second place in 1:05:39
World half marathon silver medallist Kenya's Kibiwott is the new half marathon world record holder.
Kibiwott obliterated the world record by 29 seconds when he engaged world half marathon champion Jacob Kiplimo from Uganda in a thrilling exchange in the last kilometre to win the Valencia Half Marathon in 57 minutes and 32 seconds on Sunday morning in the Spanish city.
