FUKUOKA, Japan — Olympic bronze medalist Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia won the Fukuoka International Marathon on Sunday, breaking the event record with a personal best of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 10 seconds.

"I am delighted and did a lot better than I hoped or expected I would," Kebede said.

Kebede broke the event record of 2:06:39 set last year by Olympic gold medalist Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya. Kebede's previous best was 2:06:40.

Japan's Satoshi Irifune was second in 2:09:23.