The group of athletes, coached by Yirefew Birhanu Derb, will line up Sunday before dawn for the 50th running of the Honolulu Marathon, America’s fourth-largest marathon. His personal best of 2:05:18 came at the Dubai Marathon in 2019. Stanley Biwott, the 2015 New York City Marathon champion with a 2:03:51 personal best, had planned to run here but scratched. The women’s race is likely to come down to a duel between Afework and Ayalew. She has 20 marathon finishes to her name, and a personal best of 2:23:33 from Dubai in 2015.

Source: Ethiopian News December 10, 2022 22:52 UTC