2009夺冠 雅弗期待卫冕

5月14日，很多国外的优秀运动员聚集在东营宾馆运动员报到处，其中就有来自肯尼亚的基普科里尔阿·雅弗·科斯盖——— 2009黄河口国际马拉松比赛冠军，今年的他仍旧“轻装上阵”，对赢取本届冠军满怀信心。

当记者跟他谈论起这次马拉松比赛，基普科里尔阿·雅弗·科斯盖说：“去年我的纪录是2小时13分钟，今年我想打破这个纪录，为此，我已经做了足够的训练。”

说起去年马拉松比赛，他表示，“这项赛事组织得非常好，已经达到了国际大型赛事的水平。并且，这里的道路建设得非常好，赛道很平坦，沿途风景很美！”虽然因语言的差异交流有些不便，但基普科里尔阿·雅弗·科斯盖还是很热情地说出了自己对东营的印象和感触：“东营这个城市非常漂亮，发展也很快。跟去年相比，今年有了更新的发展，我看到新建了很多高楼大厦。这里的人也很友好，如果时间允许我一定出去转转”。

今年43岁的基普科里尔阿·雅弗·科斯盖对马拉松赛跑很是钟情，他从1997年开始参加马拉松比赛，曾经两次参加过纽约马拉松，还参加过瑞典、东京、伦敦的马拉松比赛，最好成绩是2小时7分。如此骄人的成绩让他形成一种信念，促使他在马拉松的跑道上一路跑下去。 (记者李波 见习记者 韩静 刘晶晶)

Japheth Expects to Defend the TitleA number of overseas athletes gathered at Dongying Hotel on May 14th, including the last year's champion—Japheth, who comes from Kenya. This year, he comes back with great strength, hoping to defend the title.

When talking about the marathon contest, Japheth recalled, “last year, my time was two hours and thirteen minutes, and this year I want to improve it. I've done good and enough training for it." He also spoke highly of the orgnization, "the orgnization was very good, as the big ones in the world. The course is well-built, flat and beautiful." In spite of the language inconvenience, Japheth expressed his good expression of Dongying. “The city is very nice and develops fast. I saw new houses were built. The people here are very friendly as well. If time permits, I'll visit the city.”

With a best record of 2h07mins, the 43-year old Japheth has great passion to marathon. He has participated in international marathon for many times, and has had its share of success.（By Li Bo, Han Jing and Liu Jingjing） 

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