VENEZUELAN Didimo Sanchez has again won the UWI SPEC International Half Marathon on Sunday.

Sanchez, 34, won the 13.1-mile distance in one hour, seven minutes and 55 seconds (1:07:55). He won last year in 1:08:49.

Kenyan Alex Ekesa came in second place in a time of 1:08:40.

Colombian Jose Elmer Ararat Diaz was third in 1:12:01, the first Trinidad and Tobago runner to finish Matthew Hagley placed fourth in 1:12:28 and Junior Ashton of St Vincent and the Grenadines rounded off the top five in 1:12:51.

A new women’s champion was crowned as Kenyan Veronica Jepkoskei crossed the finish line in 1:18:32