Gitau and Chapple pull off upsets at Marugame Half

Monday, 08 February 2010 IAAF - Ken Nakamura
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Daniel Gitau of Kenya and Australian Nikki Chapple upset the prohibitive favourites at the Marugame Half Marathon today.

Gitau ran away from his arch rival Mekubo Mogusu at 14 kilometres to win with a 1:01:08 personal best. Chapple broke from her competition even earlier, surging away from Mara Yamauchi and Hiromi Ominami at seven kilometres to win with 1:08:37, also personal best.

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