Ethiopia’s Leul Gebresilase has become the second Okpekpe road race winner to win a medal at the 19th World Athletics Championships which ended Sunday in Budapest, Hungary. Gebressilasie ran 2:09:19 to win the men’s marathon’s bronze medal, his first ever world major championships medal for Ethiopia. The Ethiopian won the men’s title (29:28) at the fifth Okpekpe international 10km road race in 2017 in Okpekpe town in Edo state. Meanwhile, organisers of the historic Okpekpe road race has congratulated Gebresilase on his major breakthrough for Ethiopia. The Okpekpe race, especially its very challenging terrain, has been helpingathletes who honoured our invitation to become better athletes and medalists at major international events like the World Championships.

Source: Ethiopian News August 28, 2023 11:08 UTC