César García Urbano Taylor: Photos From The 2018 RAK Half Marathon

The elite women start at the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

The elite men start at the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

Fancy Chemutai (center) leads Joyciline Jepkosgei (left), Caroline Kipkurui (back) and Mary Keitany (right) to the finish.

Joyciline Jepkosgei, who holds the half marathon world record for women, placed fifth in the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

Mary Keitany placed second in the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

Caroline Kipkurui placed third in the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

Joan Chelimo Melly placed fourth in the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

Fancy Chemutai about to break the tape at the 2018 RAK Half Marathon, just three seconds ahead of second-place finisher Mary Keitany.

Fancy Chemutai celebrates her victory after placing first in the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

Bedan Karoki running toward the win in the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

Alex Kibet placed third in the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

Jemal Yimer placed second in the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

Bedan Karoki breaks the tape at the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

Runners race toward the finish line at the 2018 RAK Half Marathon.

The 12th annual Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Half Marathon took place last Friday, February 9 with impressive performances by athletes on Kenya’s men’s and women’s teams, with a podium sweep by Kenya in the women’s race. Fancy Chemutai came in first with a time of 1:04:52–just one second shy of the world record that Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei set for the half marathon last year. Jepkosgei also ran the RAK, placing fifth in 1:06:46 behind second-place finisher Mary Keitany (1:04:55), third-place finisher Caroline Kipkirui (1:05:07) and fourth-place finisher Joan Chelimo Melly of Kenya (1:05:37). In the men’s race, Bedan Karoki of Kenya broke the tape in 58:42, followed shortly by Jemal Yimer of Ethiopia (59:00) and Alex Kibet of Kenya (59:06). Follow this link to see the full race results, and browse the gallery above for photos from this year’s race.

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