Moses Kimeli Arusei

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Moses Kimeli Arusei(born 1983) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. He has won competitions in Madrid, Seoul, and Thessaloniki. His personal best time of 2:06:50 hours was set at the 2008 Paris Marathon, where he came second.

He won on his debut over the distance at the 2005 and took a second consecutive win at the Alexander the Great Marathon in Greece the year after.[1] He set a personal best of 2:10:30 hours at the Frankfurt Marathon, coming second behind fellow Kenyan Wilfred Kigen.[2] His single major race of 2007 was the Berlin Marathon but he did not manage to reach the top ten.[1] He significantly improved his best at the Paris Marathon in April 2008 as he duelled against Tsegaye Kebede up to the 40 km and although he ended up as the runner-up to the Ethiopian he recorded a time of 2:06:50 hours.[3] He set a half marathon best of 1:01:31 at the Rotterdam Half Marathon later that year and went on to run at the Chicago Marathon, where he came in thirteenth place.[4][1]

He ran two marathons in South Korea in 2009. In March he claimed his first victory since 2006 at the Seoul International Marathon, defeating high calibre opposition with a run of 2:07:54 hours.[5] He managed only fourth, however, at the less-established Gyeongju International Marathon in October.[6] He missed the 2010 season but returned with good form to take the title at the Madrid Marathon in April 2011. He defeated the defending champion, , and his time of 2:10:58 hours was a race record for the hilly course.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Arusei Moses. Marathon Info. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  2. ^ Butcher, Pat (29 October 2006). "Kigen successfully defends Frankfurt title". IAAF. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. ^ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (6 April 2008). "Kebede takes Paris Marathon win in 2:06:40". IAAF. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. ^ van Hemert, Wim (14 September 2008). "Double Kenyan victory, as six go sub-60 in Rotterdam". IAAF. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  5. ^ Jalava, Mirko (15 March 2009). "Arusei takes first major win in 2:07:54; Tola upsets Chinese favourites in 2:25:37 - Seoul Int. Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Marathon 2009". IAAF. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  7. ^ Valiente, Emeterio (17 April 2011). "Course record for Arusei, while Girma Tadesse defends - Madrid Marathon report". IAAF. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

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