Kolkata, Dec. 15 -- Leonard Barsoton of Kenya and Guteni Shone of Ethiopia rewrote the event records to light up the lazy Sunday as they shattered records by winning the men's and women's titles respectively in Tata Steel Kolkata 25K Race here.

Leonard Barsoton of Kenya rewrote the event record with a timing of 1:13:05, a huge 40 seconds lesser than the record set by Kenenisa Bekele at 1:13:48. Guteni Shone of Ethiopia breasted the winning tape in the women's category with a timing of 1:22:09 knocking off over four minutes from the one set by Degetu Azimeraw at 1:26:01.Leonard said: "It is so special to have broken the record of someone as legendary as Kenenisa Bekele. It makes my win special, even more because till two weeks back I was ...