Enyew Mekonnen and Enatnesh Almirew clinched the senior men’s and women’s senior titles, respetively, at the 35th Jan Meda International Cross Country, which doubles as the Ethiopian national championships, at the Jan Meda race course in Addis Ababa on Sunday (25). The 22-year old saw Jan Meda as a chance to redeem himself after a winless cross country season at home and abroad. Winning in Jan meda is big [for me]." That moment came in the last 50 metres when Melake and Gashaw took off with the latter getting the nod by one second in 24:49. With my (Ethiopian) team, I hope we can bring medals from the (African Cross Country) championships.”In the women’s corresponding race, Jan Meda debutant Girmawit Gebregzabher clinched the 6km U20 women’s title after surging ahead at the halfway point.

Source: Ethiopian News February 26, 2018 10:18 UTC