Milkesa Mengesha of Ethiopia wins 50th edition of Berlin Marathon
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Berlin: Milkesa Mengesha of Ethiopia won the Berlin Marathon in a personal best time of 2 hours, 3 minutes and 17 seconds. The time was yet to be made...
Berlin: Milkesa Mengesha of Ethiopia won the Berlin Marathon in a personal best time of 2 hours, 3 minutes and 17 seconds. The time was yet to be made official on Sunday.
Compatriot Tigist Ketema won the women’s race in an as-yet unofficial time of 2:16:42.
The 24-year-old Mengesha finished strongly to finish ahead of Kenyans Cybrian Kotut and Stephen Kiprop in the 50th edition of the race. Haymanot Alew of Ethiopia was fourth.
Conditions were perfect on a sunny crisp autumn day in the German capital.
It was the first Berlin Marathon without either Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge or Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele since 2014.