TDT | Manama The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com Bahrain's elite athlete Violah Jepchumba triumphed in the women's race of the Meia Maratona Internacional da Paz, held in Angola. The event is also known as the International Peace Half-Marathon, and Violah completed th
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Bahrain’s elite athlete Violah Jepchumba triumphed in the women’s race of the Meia Maratona Internacional da Paz, held in Angola.
The event is also known as the International Peace Half-Marathon, and Violah completed the 21.1-kilometre distance in a winning time of one hour 10 minutes and 11 seconds.
Violah finished with a comfortable lead ahead of the Kenyan pair of Sophy Jepchirchir and Abigail Mutai.
Jepchirchir had a time of 1:10:33 to claim the silver medal, while Mutai won the bronze in 1:12:52.
Violah’s winning time was far from her personal best in the half-marathon of 1:05:22, which is also the current Asian and Bahraini record for the event.
She clocked that mark in 2017 in Prague.
To go along with her victory, Violah pocketed $6,000 in prize money for first place.
The other podium-placers also came away with financial awards.
