Husen beat Othmane El Goumri’s 2019 record by one minute and fourteen seconds after reaching the halfway point in 1:02.56.

Geofrey Kusuro of Uganda came in second in 2:10.45, while Scullion recorded a time of 2:11.51.

Ann-Marie McGlynn won the national women’s championship, while Scullion won the concurrently held Irish Championship.

Amente Negash of Ethiopia won the overall women’s race in a time that was a personal best of 2:26.22, 42 seconds ahead of Joan Kipyatich of Kenya, and Genet Abdurkadir, another Ethiopian, finished third, 45 seconds behind.

Kenya’s Peninah Jerop finished fourth in 2:29.06, while McGlynn, 43, from Strabane, delighted in her fifth place finish as she won the Irish national marathon for the first time with a time of 2:34.13. McGlynn set her personal best in 2:29.34 in 2021.

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