Today’s runners from Ethiopia and Kenya have dominated the men’s and women’s London Marathon.
Ethiopian Yalmisref Yehualao won the London Women’s Marathon by defeating defending champion Joycelyn Jepkosigye in the final round.
Yehualu crossed the finish line of the 42.195 km race in two hours, 17 minutes and 26 seconds.
Jepkoske was second by almost 40 seconds and Alimu Megerto of Ethiopia was third.
In the men’s event, Kenyan Amos Kipruto managed to win the race after finishing in two hours, four minutes and 39 seconds, his first big win since finishing second in Tokyo earlier this year, behind Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who broke the world. time last week. In the Berlin race, he finished the race in two hours, one minute and nine seconds.
Ethiopia’s Yoel Gebrselassie was second with a time of two hours, five minutes and 12 seconds, and Belgian Bashir Abdi was third.
About 40,000 runners took part in the London race, which will return from next year to its usual date in April after being held in October in the last three editions due to the Corona virus.
Source: El Iktisad