Amane Beriso Shankule led an Ethiopian 1-2 as she won the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday. Shankule, whose victory at last year’s Valencia marathon put her third on the world all-time list, timed 2hr 24min 23sec on the streets of Budapest. Defending champion Gotytom Gebreslase claimed silver, 11sec behind, with Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi taking bronze in 2:25.17 in scorching and humid conditions with temperatures hitting 29 degrees Celsius (84 degrees Fahrenheit) by the time the race finished. More details on SportsDesk.

Source: Ethiopian News August 26, 2023 21:21 UTC