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 CALI MARATHON IN COLOMBIA: Evans Mayaka comes from behind while Emmah Ndiwa dominates in Cali

May 4, 2025
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This is the story of the 2025 Cali Marathon, in Cali, Colombia. The story is from Race News Services and photos by Victah Sailer of PhotoRun.net 

CALI MARATHON IN COLOMBIA:

Evans Mayaka comes from behind while Emmah Ndiwa dominates in Cali

When Evans Mayaka dropped off the lead he was sharing with Kenyan colleague Bonface Kiplimo at 35k in the inaugural Maratón de Cali (Colombia) on Sunday morning, it looked like the five-minute difference in their personal bests, 2:10:00 for Mayaka and 2:05:05 for Kiplimo, was asserting itself. Kiplimo’s increasing lead over the next five kilometres only served to underline that. But, with two kilometres to run, Kiplimo began to falter; Mayaka saw his opportunity and with less than a kilometre to the finish, Mayaka swept into the lead and raced to victory in 2:11:04, almost half a minute ahead of his compatriot.

Emmah Ndiwa’s distant victory in the women’s race, in 2:29:26 made it yet another Kenyan double-header in an international marathon, but that was far from assured at the onset of proceedings, since Gabriel Geay of Tanzania was the outstanding favourite in the men’s race, as was Helalia Johannes of Namibia on the women’s. The latter never featured in the leading group, which was already down to three – Ndiwa and the Ethiopians Nigist Muluneh and Adenech Mekonnen – by halfway in 74:50. And Geay was also threatening to drop off well before the lead pack of eight passed halfway in the men’s race in 64:56.

Geay was soon gone, and by gradual attrition, Richard Rop’s pace proved too much for another Kenyan colleague Eric Kiptanui, Daniel Paulus of Namibia, Mogos Soloman of Eritrea and Peter Qambaway of Tanzania. When Rop dropped out at 32k, that left Mayaka and Kiplimo to play out their exciting endgame.

Emmah Ndiwa wins Cali Marathon, photo by Victah Sailer/PhotoRun.net

‘I thought I had the race won at 35k when Evans fell back,’ said Kiplimo, but I ran out of energy with three kilometres to go, and I could not respond as he came past’. An exuberant, Mayaka, who bears a facial resemblance to former world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, said, ‘I was resigned to second place until after 40k, when I realised Bonface was slowing. It was a great feeling to pass him at 41k and know that the race was mine’.

In contrast, Ndiwa dropped her rivals shortly after halfway, at which point she caught former (men’s) world record holder, 41 year old Dennis Kimetto. She said afterwards, ‘I didn’t expect to be running alone from 21k, so I focussed on holding my form and getting to the finish line in first place’.

The drizzle for the first hour of the race, before dawn will have been very welcome for the majority of the 11,000+ participants from 39 countries for this inaugural event, as will the salsa bands and colourful murals dotting the mostly flat course around Santiago de Cali. But given the 19C (66F) temperature at the 5am start, the 95% humidity and the 1000+ metres altitude of Cali, Mayaka’s priority now should be to find a temperate sea-level marathon where he can post a time adjacent to that of Kiplimo and forge on with his career.

RESULTS, MEN:

1          Evans MAYAKA       KEN            2.11.04

2          Bonface KIPLIMO    KEN                 2.11.27

3          Daniel PAULUS         NAM                2.15.19

4          Mogos SOLOMAN    ERI                  2.17.25

5          Jorge CASTELBLANCO PAN        2.17.47

6          Peter QAMBAWAY  TAN`                2.18.04

7          David GOMEZ           COL                2.19.59

8          Santiago ZERDA       COL                 2.21.33

 

WOMEN:

1          Emmah NDIWA         KEN        2.29.26

2          Nigist MULUNEH     ETH              2.32.24

3          Adenech MEKONNEN ETH        2.36.18

4          Helalia JOHANNES   NAM                2.37.29

5          Alexandra ALDANA   COL             2.40.41

6          Mildrey ECHEVARRIA COL         2.41.07

7          Rosa CHACHA          ECU                 2.41.29

8          Kellys ARIAS            COL                 2.42.24

More information is available online at: https://maratondecali.co/en

Please note: You may use the attached photos showing the winners only in conjunction with this news release and with the following credit: Sailer / photorun.net

Service by: www.race-news-service.com     



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