Kenyan Kigen became the winner of the Moscow Marathon

Kenyan athlete Alphonse Kigen won the Moscow Marathon, covering a distance of 42.195 km in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 31 seconds and setting a new competition record. Footage of the race on September 21 is published by Izvestia.

The previous record, set in 2024 by Moroccan Younes Bennar, was 2 hours 11 minutes 34 seconds.

The second place was taken by Ethiopian Gebretsadiq Adihana with a score of 2 hours 10 minutes 9 seconds, the third was Russian Dmitry Nedelin — 2 hours 10 minutes 43 seconds.

The main start of the 42.2 km marathon and relay race took place on Sunday, September 21, at 9:00 Moscow time.

Cross of the Nation race: rules of participation, route and registration

The All-Russian sports event with distances from 1 to 12 km will be held simultaneously in all regions of Russia.

The Moscow Marathon 2025 started in the capital on September 20, with participants completing an updated 10 km and 42.2 km route through the central streets of the capital. The race takes place along the central streets of the city, including the embankments of the Moskva River, Sadovoye and Bulvarnoe rings, the Crimean Bridge, Tverskaya Street and Teatralny Passage.

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