Kildare athlete Monahan lands second place with impressive time in Dubai Marathon

Caragh's Patrick Monahan was doing Kildare proud once again this morning as he secured an impressive second place finish in the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon wheelchair event.

The Irish record holder clocked a time that smashed his personal best in the Dublin Marathon, finishing with a time of 01:31:22, almost eight minutes faster than his record in the Irish event.

Agonisingly, the Irish paralympian finished just three seconds behind Spanish athlete Rafael Jimenez Botello, but finished comfortably in front of Great Britain's John Boy Smith.

Tamirat Tola broke the course record with 2:04:11 to win the running event, which guaranteed him a prize fund of $200,000, while the womens' marathon winner, Worknesh Degefa, received the same amount for topping the podium in that race.