Biwott had entered the race as the overwhelming favourite for one of South America’s only two IAAF top status road races after having run the fastest half marathon in the world this year with his 59:20 performance in The Hague.

From the start, he shot to the front and quickly established his superiority.

With the Colombian capital sitting at an altitude of around 2600 metres, this race was never going to be about fast times for Biwott – who finished fourth in the London Marathon earlier this year – but he gave a good impression in the opening kilometres that he was targeting Geoffrey Mutai’s course record of 1:02:20. 

However, soon the kilometres splits started to get slower. 

Top Five Results

Men
1. Stanley Biwott (KEN) 1:03:15
2. Tadesse Tola (ETH) 1:04:47
3. Kimutai Kiplimo (KEN) 1:05:14
4. Tsegaye Mekonnen (ETH) 1:05:58 
5. Javier Guarin (COL) 1:06:08

Women 
1.Amane Gobena (ETH) 1:13:44 
2. Shuru Demise (ETH) 1:13:47
3. Sharon Cherop (KEN) 1:13:55 
4. Guteni Shone (ETH) 1:15:29
5. Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (USA) 1:16:10