L.A. Marathon Addresses Michael Kimani Kamau’s Wrong Turn Before Shocking 2nd Place Finish by .01 Second

The L.A. Marathon also congratulated all the podium finishers of the race—which included Enyew Nigat, who came in third on the Men’s Pro Podium, and Priscah Cherono, who was the first place winner for the  Women’s Pro Podium—and thanked the over 27,000 runners who participated in the event. 

While Kamau has yet to publicly comment on being named runner-up, winner Martin was in shock he was able to come in first place.

“A mile to go, I started seeing the pace car and the lead guy, and said, ‘Well maybe, we’ll see what happens,'” he told NBC News. “And then 800 to go, I’m like, ‘All right, I have to go for it, I have to at least try,’ and things kind of worked out.”

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