Nicholas Chelimo
Nicholas Chelimo Kipkorir (born 8 January 1983) is a Kenyan
Nagano Marathon and had two straight wins at the Honolulu Marathon. He was the 2013 winner of the Cologne Marathon
.
Career
He made his debut over the distance at the
JoongAng Seoul Marathon, although this was only enough for fifth place in a quick race won by Joshua Chelanga.[3]
His first marathon of 2008 came at the
Twente Marathon, where he was out of the medals with a fifth-place finish.[4] He returned to Seoul for another attempt at the JoongAng Marathon race and the competition developed into a duel between Chelimo and Solomon Molla. He set a best time of 2:08:51 but it was his Ethiopian rival who took the honours, five second ahead.[5] He began his 2009 season at the Daegu Marathon, where he ran 2:10:13 for sixth place.[6] He took part in the Great Scottish Run in Glasgow that September and recorded a time of 1:02:25 for fourth place in the half marathon event.[7] The typically fast Amsterdam Marathon saw Chelimo pitted against top competition. His run of 2:07:46 was another improvement over the distance, but he finished fifth as fellow Kenyans Gilbert Yegon and Elijah Keitany took the top two spots on their event debuts.[8] His third marathon performance of the year came in December at the Honolulu Marathon and he was second behind defending champion Patrick Ivuti.[9]
At the
Nagano Marathon he controlled the race, gradually pulling away from the rest of the field to record his first victory over the distance.[10] He came within a fraction of a second win of 2010 at the Eindhoven Marathon: a sprint finish between Chelimo, Charles Kamathi and Paul Biwott left him as runner-up to Kamathi. The winning margin was so narrow that Chelimo's new personal best time of 2:07:38 was the same as that recorded by the winner.[11] He won the Honolulu Marathon in December with a time of 2:15:18 hours. The following year he came sixth at the Vienna City Marathon,[12] but he returned to the top of the marathon podium at the Honolulu race, taking a second consecutive victory.[13]
Chelimo had two marathon outings in 2012, but both were poor ones as he was seventeenth at the Eindhoven Marathon and eighth in Honolulu, failing to break two and a quarter hours on both occasions. The 2013 Los Angeles Marathon saw him return to form with a third-place finish with a time of 2:10:44 hours and the Cologne Marathon saw him return to the top of the podium with his first sub-2:10 marathon in three years (2:09:45).[14]
References
- ^ Edinburgh Marathon Past Results 2006. Edinburgh Marathon. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ Kurdyumova, Yelena; Porada, Sergey (5 November 2007). "Women's course record broken in Seoul". IAAF. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ Chelimo Nicholas. Marathon Info. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- ^ Kurdyumova, Yelena; Porada, Sergey (2 November 2008). "Molla takes surprise victory in Seoul". IAAF. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Korean marathon hope re-emerges to win 2009 Daegu Int. Marathon". IAAF. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ September 2009 AIMS results. AIMS (9 September 2009). Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- ^ van Hemert, Wim (18 October 2009). "Another sizzling debut - 2:06:18 by Yegon in Amsterdam to break Gebrselassie's course record". IAAF. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ Monti, David (13 December 2010). "Past winners Zakharova and Ivuti return to the top in Honolulu". IAAF. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- IAAF. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ van Hemert, Wim (10 October 2010). "In a thriller, Kamathi takes 2:07:38 victory in Eindhoven". IAAF. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ Chelimo Nicholas. Marathon Info. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ Monti, David (12 December 2011). "Thrilling finishes in Honolulu". IAAF. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ Mulkeen, Jon (13 October 2013). "Rono and Chelimo score Kenyan double at Cologne Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
