As the rain cascaded down on runners alongside Morocco’s Atlantic Coast, Ethiopia made it a double at the Safi International Half-Marathon on Sunday morning (7) – Getaneh Molla and Meseret Belete Tola taking respective victories in 1:03:01 and 1:13:27. In the men’s race, Molla came home a winner by just two seconds, the Ethiopian powering away from Bahrain’s El Hassan El Abbassi on the downhill run to the finish. Ethiopian teenager Meseret Belete Tola took a narrow victory in 1:13:27, just inches ahead of Bahrain’s Dalilah Abdelkadir Gosa (1:13:28). Getaneh Molla (ETH) 1:03:012. Meseret Belete Tola (ETH) 1:13:272.

Source: Ethiopian News January 07, 2018 18:00 UTC