The 2026 Rimi Riga Marathon and half-marathon took place on Sunday, May 16, in Riga, Latvia.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s winner was Kenyan Kelvin Kiptoo Kororia. He clocked in a 2:08:58 performance, well ahead of Ethiopian Getachew Kene Tufa with his finish time of 2:11:29. Taking third position in 2:12:27 was Kenyan Stephen Kipkemoi Kibor. <\/p>\n
It appears that Kororia ran his debut marathon in Riga. Meanwhile, Tafu\u2019s is a new 21-second personal best. Not so for Kibor, who has run as fast as 2:09:33 in M\u00fcnster, Germany, last year.<\/p>\n
The top three women in the marathon were all Ethiopian. Ayantu Kumela won in 2:26:40, defending her 2025 title. Obse Abdeta Deme finished 1:10 back in second, and Adawork Aberta Sadura took third, rolling in at 2:29:05. <\/p>\n
The first male Latvian was Kristaps B\u0113rzi\u0146\u0161 in 2:23:49. The female Latvian was Anna K\u013cu\u010d\u0146ika in 2:53:38.<\/p>\n
Charles Mbatha Matata from Kenya and Ethiopian Ejgayehu Taye won the men\u2019s and women\u2019s half-marathon races in 59:15 and 1:04:22, respectively.<\/p>\n
Top Results Men\u2019s Marathon<\/p>\n
Pos
\nAthlete
\nCountry
\nTime<\/p>\n
1Kelvin Kiptoo KororiaKenya2:08:58
\n2Getachew Kene TufaEthiopia2:11:29
\n3Stephen Kipkemoi KiborKenya2:12:27
\n4Ashenafi Negese MekaEthiopia2:14:42
\n5Melikhaya FransSouth Africa2:17:22
\n6Titus Kipchumba KemboiKenya2:17:31
\n7Fikadu Kebebe DebeleEthiopia2:18:48
\n8Vinnie Van PuyveldeBelgium2:22:07
\n9Kristaps B\u0113rzi\u0146\u0161Latvia2:23:49
\n10Ren\u0101rs RozeLatvia2:24:59<\/p>\n
Top Results Women\u2019s Marathon<\/p>\n
Pos
\nAthlete
\nCountry
\nTime<\/p>\n
1Ayantu KumelaEthiopia2:26:40
\n2Obse Abdeta DemeEthiopia2:27:50
\n3Adawork Aberta SaduraEthiopia2:29:05
\n4Naomi Kakoko LimamureiKenya2:36:56
\n5Noreen Jebichii KimutaiKenya2:39:24
\n6Kamil\u0117 Vaid\u017eiulyt\u0117Lithuania2:43:04
\n7Neringa Songailaite KovarskieneLithuania2:52:21
\n8Anna K\u013cu\u010d\u0146ikaLatvia2:53:38
\n9Erica DavisonGreat Britain2:54:00
\n10Anita Sili\u0146a Ka\u017eem\u0101kaLatvia2:55:08<\/p>\n
Top Results Men\u2019s Half Marathon<\/p>\n
Pos
\nAthlete
\nCountry
\nTime<\/p>\n
1Charles Mbatha MatataKenya59:15
\n2James KipkogeiKenya59:50
\n3Benson Tunyo MurkomenKenya1:00:29
\n4Alfred Kipchirchir MukcheKenya1:00:31
\n5Aklilu Gebremariam AsfawEthiopia1:00:32
\n6Dejene Hailu BikilaEthiopia1:01:07
\n7Gabriel Gerald GeayTanzania1:01:24
\n8Tomoya OgikuboJapan1:01:24
\n9Bukayaw MaledeIsrael1:03:28
\n10Haimro AlameIsrael1:04:12<\/p>\n
Top Results Women\u2019s Half Marathon<\/p>\n
Pos
\nAthlete
\nCountry
\nTime<\/p>\n
1Ejgayehu TayeEthiopia1:04:22
\n2Sheila ChepkiruiKenya1:06:01
\n3Stella ChesangUganda1:08:15
\n4Diniya Kedir AbarayaEthiopia1:09:27
\n5Sewareg HaymanotEthiopia1:09:34
\n6Blanka D\u00f6rfelGermany1:09:36
\n7Liza SajnSlovenia1:12:51
\n8Liz RomoMexico1:16:11
\n9Sakina El AdelItaly1:20:28
\n10Ilze Jumi\u0137eLatvia1:21:35<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Rimi Riga Marathon and half-marathon took place on Sunday, May 16, in Riga, Latvia. The men\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[91],"tags":[169,168,43645],"class_list":["post-87705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-riga","tag-latvia","tag-riga","tag-riga-marathon"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116609062462585736","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}