As he entered the home stretch of the 2024 Tata Mumbai Marathon on Sunday, Hayle Lemi's race was between him and his own course record of last year. Ethiopian runner Hayle Lemi Berhanu (AFP)Having blazed the tricky Mumbai course in 2:07:32 in 2023, the Ethiopian was seconds away from it in the final 200m this time. Lemi eventually took 18 seconds more than the course record, but 2:07:50 was good enough to land him a second straight win in this World Athletics Gold Label Road Race. "It's a great feeling to win in Mumbai again," said Lemi, speaking via a translator. Around the 25km mark, the bunch was a minute quicker than at the same stage last year, raising hopes of another course record.

Source: Ethiopian News January 21, 2024 18:42 UTC