Kenya's 23-year-old Amos Kipruto won the 22th Acea Maratona di Roma with a time of 2:08:12 in a wonderful and sunny day. Rahma Tusa, 22, took the honours in the women's race (2:28:49).
Kipruto ran the first marathon in his life and dropped last year's runner-up, Ethiopia's Birhanu Addissie Achamie, 21, at 37km. The Kenyan closed with the best time in Italy in 2016 and the 7thtime ever on the Rome course. "I dedicated