South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka won the Shanghai International Marathon for the fourth time, crossing the finish line at Shanghai Stadium in 2 hours 8 minutes and 35 seconds yesterday morning. “The beautiful weather helped me to improve my result compared to last year’s (2:10:18),” the 32-year-old told reporters. “The adjustment to this year’s route also suits me fine.” Mokoka, who has taken part in the Shanghai event seven times, also won the title in 2013, 2014 and 2016. This year he was followed by Kenyans Ernest Kiprono Ngeno (2:08:38) and Asbel Kipsang (2:09:02).