Jemal Imer Murkonen (28) of Ethiopia took the top spot in the men's division of the 2024 Seoul Marathon and the 94th Dong-A Marathon International.

Murconan won the 42.195km full-course race, which started from Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul and finished in front of the east gate of Jamsil Sports Complex on the 17th, with a time of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 8 seconds. Although Murconan failed to break the 2022 competition record (2 hours, 4 minutes and 43 seconds), he broke his personal best record (2 hours, 8 minutes and 58 seconds) set at the 2022 Boston Marathon by nearly 3 minutes.

Murconan did not receive attention due to the large number of players in the 2 hours and 6 minutes, but he surprisingly won with a last-minute spurt. On this day, the international men's match was so fierce that five people played in groups until the very end. With less than 1km left before the finish line, Murkonen, who was in the lead, Rocky Tam Kilimo (28) from Kansas, and Edwin Kiprop Kiptu (31) from Ethiopia fought in a final spurt as if they were running a 'sprint race', and in the end, Murkonen came out on top. I passed the finish line first. The record gap between 1st and 3rd place, including Murconan and Kilimo (2 hours 6 minutes 9 seconds) and Kiptu (2 hours 6 minutes 10 seconds), was about 1 second.

Murconan said, “I trained so hard this year that I was proud of myself, so I would be sad if I didn’t get good results. “It’s still too hard for me to fully express my joy, but I want to say thank you to everyone who helped me train,” she said.

In the women's international division, Pkrter Wareta Admasu (24, Ethiopia) took the top spot with a time of 2 hours, 21 minutes and 32 seconds. In the domestic men's division, Kim Hong-rok (22, Konkuk University) recorded 2 hours, 14 minutes and 20 seconds, becoming the first college student in 11 years since Seong Ji-hoon (then Korea National Sport University) in 2013. Kim Hong-rok emerged as a promising star in the Korean men's marathon by winning this year after finishing third in Korea last year. In particular, Kim Hong-rok beat his personal best record of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 27 seconds set last year by nearly a minute.

In the domestic women's division, Lim Ye-jin (29, Cheongju City Hall) recorded 2 hours, 28 minutes and 59 seconds, breaking the personal record (2 hours, 31 minutes and 52 seconds) set at this competition last year by nearly 3 minutes.

On this day, 38,000 runners, the largest ever, including 18,000 in the Masters full course and 20,000 in the 10km course, ran through downtown Seoul. 고스톱사이트