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| Born | (1993-01-05)5 January 1993 (age 33) Kenya | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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Bethwel Yegon (born 5 January 1993) is a Kenyan marathon runner, who came second at the2021 Berlin Marathon.
In 2018, Yegon came fourth at theKaptagat Forest Half Marathon race.[1] In 2019, he came second in the 10 kilometreStadsloop Appingedam [nl] race, finishing behind countrymanShadrack Koech.[2] Later in the year, he finished eighth at the2019 Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:08:35.[3] It was his marathon debut.[4]
Yegon was one of four Kenyans that competed at the2021 Berlin Marathon, the other three beingFestus Talam,Michael Njenga andBenard Kimeli.[5] He finished second in a time of 2:06.14,[6] ahead of third-placed EthiopianKenenisa Bekele, who had been the favourite to win.[7] He was the highest finishing Kenyan in the race.[6] At the race's half distance, Yegon had been 82 seconds behind the leading group. He caught up to 17 seconds behind after 35 kilometres (22 mi) of the race, before overtaking Bekele.[8]
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