There was a double triumph for Ethiopian runners at the Tata Mumbai Marathon as Amane Gobena and Solomon Deksisa won at the IAAF Silver Label road race in 2:25:49 and 2:09:34 respectively on Sunday (21). Shortly after 21 kilometres, Kitur started to push hard and soon found she had only Gobena for company. Although she tired slightly over the final three kilometres, the Ethiopian still came home in the second fastest winning time in the history of the Mumbai Marathon, which this year celebrated its 15th edition. The Kenyan, who finished second at the Mumbai Marathon 12 months ago, kept pushing hard over the next nine kilometres and the leading group had been whittled down to three by 35 kilometres: Kipkorir, Deksisa and his Ethiopian compatriot Shumet Akalnaw. “The competition was good; it wasn’t too hard, although the last five kilometres were difficult,” said Deksisa.

Source: Ethiopian News January 21, 2018 09:56 UTC