Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Stephen Kiprotich akanga ava nemakore 23 panguva yemitambo yeLondon uye yakanga iri nguva yokutanga yaakanga atambira mumutambo unoitwa kamwe chete pamakore mana. Akakwanisa kukwanisa kupinda mumitambo iyi nekuti nguva yake yakakurumidza, yakaiswa pa2011 Tokyo Marathon, yemaawa maviri, maminitsi manomwe nemasekondi makumi maviri, yaive nekukurumidza kupfuura nguva inodiwa ye "A" yekupinda mumakwikwi evarume
nhangemutange. Achigadzirira marathon, Kiprotich akapedza nguva achidzidzira muKenya's Rift Valley Province pamwe chete nemumhanyi wepafambidzani Eliud Kipchoge. Mumutambo uyu, Wilson Kipsang wekuKenya ndiye akanga ari mutungamiri wekutanga asi akazodzikiswa paakapotsa kunwa doro. Kiprotich akawana Kipsang uye akabatanawo naAbel Kirui muboka revatambi vatatu kusvikira vakwikwidzi vake veKenya vakagadzira nzvimbo diki. Akanga akabata gumbo rake sezvo mukaha pakati pake navamhanyi vaviri vokutanga wakakura. Kiportich akawana kutungamira mushure mekushandisa huwandu hwakawanda hwesimba achisiya kutendeuka munzira uye akavaka kutungamira kwaakabata kuti akunde marathon. Akapedza nenguva yemaawa maviri, maminitsi masere, 1 sekondi. uye kukunda kwake kwakatorwa nevezvenhau nevanhu vazhinji se "zvinoshamisa" sezvo anga asina kutarisirwa kukunda. Iyi yaive nguva yechipiri Uganda yakahwina menduru yegoridhe kumaOlympics ezhizha, yekutanga kubvira John Akii-Bua paakakunda mamita mazana mana emakumbo kumaOlympics eMunich muna 1972, uye yechinomwe munhoroondo yenyika.