Yehualaw and Kiros win Ethiopia’s trial race for Gdynia Ethiopian distance runner Yehualaw Yalemzerf (Giancarlo Colombo) © Copyright World Athletics: (September 23, 2020) Yalemzerf Yehualaw and Hailemaryam Kiros were victorious over 15km in Addis Ababa on Wednesday (23) in a race that Ethiopian Athletics will use as a form guide when selecting its team for the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020. African Games Half Marathon champion Yehualaw, like many athletes in this race, hadn’t competed for several months because of the pandemic. The 21-year-old clearly hasn’t lost any form since then, however, and she held off world half marathon champion Netsanet Gudeta to win in 50:15. Hailemaryam Kiros, the African U18 steeplechase silver medallist back in 2013, was a surprise winner of the men’s race. Tokyo Marathon champion Birhanu Legese and 2017 Berlin Marathon runner-up Guye Adola were next to finish, clocking 43:20 and 43:36 respectively.

Source: Ethiopian News September 23, 2020 15:56 UTC