Dominic Ng'eno wins the Perth Marathon into a headwind
The 2024 Los Angeles Marathon champion won by 53 seconds in Western Australia.
In short: Kenya's Dominic Ng'eno won the Perth Running Festival Marathon on Sunday 11 October 2026 in 2:16:53, ahead of Japan's Ryoma Takeuchi (2:17:46) and Australia's Matt Smith (2:19:50).
Dominic Ng'eno won the Perth Running Festival Marathon, this year's Western Australian state marathon championship, on Sunday 11 October in 2:16:53. Japan's Ryoma Takeuchi was second in 2:17:46 and Australia's Matt Smith third in 2:19:50, according to Citizen Digital and the Watch Athletics results.
Ng'eno was heading for a faster time until the wind in the final 9km cost him, Citizen Digital reports.
Ng'eno won the Los Angeles Marathon in March 2024 in 2:10:20 and was third at the 2023 Eindhoven Marathon in 2:07:26. His personal best is 2:06:37, set in Málaga in April 2025, Citizen Digital reports.