TOKYO, Feb 17: World bronze medallist Victor Rothlin of Switzerland set his personal best time and a new meet record to win the Tokyo marathon on Sunday.

Rothlin clocked two hours seven minutes 23 seconds to win the men’s race, beating his previous best of 2:08:20 when winning the Zurich marathon last year.

It was also a new Tokyo record beating Daniel Njenga of Kenya, who won here in 2:09:45 last year. Japan’s Arata Fujiwara came in second in 2:08:40, followed by Julius Gitahi of Kenya third in 2:08:57.—AFP