Kenyan male runners top winners list in Bali<\/p>\n
Agence France-Presse, Kuta, Bali<\/p>\n
Kenyan runners took the three top men's places in a 10-kilometer
\n(6.2-mile) run held here Sunday to promote the recovery of the
\nbomb-hit Indonesian resort island of Bali.<\/p>\n
John Korier (28 minutes 32 seconds), Sammy Kitrouto (29:04)
\nand Abraham Kiprotich Tandoi (29:10) crossed the finish line
\nfirst in international men's category of the Bali 10-K Solidarity
\nRun.<\/p>\n
They went home with cash prizes of US$10,000, $6,000 and
\n$3,000 respectively.<\/p>\n
Japanese runner Teruto Ozaki (29:11) was in fourth place,
\nearning $2,000, while Tanzania's Fabian Joseph (29:31) took fifth
\nplace and $1,500.<\/p>\n
In the international women's category, Australia's Benita
\nJohnson took the $10,000 first prize with a time of 31 minutes
\nand 39 seconds.<\/p>\n
Kenya's Leah Memeli Mallot (32:14) and South Africa's Elana
\nMeyer (32:17) took the second and third prizes of $6,000 and
\n$3,000 each.<\/p>\n
Two other Kenyan women runners, Tegla Loroupe (32:42) and
\nSusan Jediwot Kurui (33.18), placed fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri waved a flag to
\nsignal the start of the race, which featured 15,000 runners and
\nincluded categories for student, national and general runners.<\/p>\n
Organizers said the run was intended to help promote the
\nrecovery of the tourism industry in Bali which suffered
\nenormously following the Oct. 12, 2002 blasts in a crowded and
\npopular pub area of coastal Kuta region that killed more than 190
\npeople, mostly foreign tourists.<\/p>",
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