SEBASTIAN SAWE BECOMES WORLD ROAD RUNNING CHAMPION
Sebastian Sawe was in a class of his own as he upset the pre race favorite, world 10,000 meters silver medalist Daniel Ebenyo and other sub 58 minutes half marathon performers. In a race that saw Kenya clinch a clean sweep of all the medal places , kenyans took the race by its horns from the start. Ebenyo was in the front the whole way as Sawe seemed not intrested in takling the pace. However, near the 45 minute mark, Ebenyo who had Jemal Yimer following him signaled to sawe who went across the road to get his drink, Ebenyo then put a blistering injection of pace covering 5 kilometers in a staggering 13.33 . This proved to be too much for mekonen who dropped off. At a point in the race, it seemed as if Ebenyo had rhe race wrapped up, however, in the last 200 Meters , Sawe came from absolutely no where and swept past Ebenyo in the last 80 meters. Ebenyo and Sawa saluted each other as Sawe passed him . Sawe then increased the pace more to win in a time of 59.09, A tired figure of Ebenyo followed closely as Samuel Mailu closed the podium resulting to a kenyan 1,2,3. Jemal Yimer the fastest man in the field finished a dissapointing fourth.