Dubai: Ethiopian runners blazed the marathon course, cutting through the dense morning fog to shatter the course record and create history for the fastest Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon. In the women’s race, the first seven finishes were by the Ethiopian women. Mosinet Geremew led the Ethiopian march by breaking the course record and emerge as the new champion in the men’s race with a timing of 2:04:00. I lost my balance but I don’t know if it had an impact on the result.”In the women’s race, Roza Dereje of Ethiopia led the course record breaking spree with a timing of 2:19:17. Speaking after receiving the winner’s trophy and prize money of US$200,000, men’s race winner Geremew said: “The pacemakers had nicely set-up the race for an exciting finish.

Source: Ethiopian News January 26, 2018 15:00 UTC