Tamirat Tola Breaks Record, Worknesh Debele Wins Women MarathonJanuary 20, 2017 - Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia won the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon with a timing of 2:04:11sec in the men’s race while Worknesh Degefa Debele, also from Ethiopia finished first in the women’s race with a timing of 2:22:36sec. Tola recorded a Dubai Marathon course record in the process, beating Ayele Abshero of Ethiopia’s timing of 2:04:23, which was set in the 2012 Dubai Marathon edition. It was Degefa's marathon debut. Both Tola and Debele won $200,000 for their stupendous show. Degefa's debut is the eleventh fastest marathon debut ever.

Source: Ethiopian News January 20, 2017 20:03 UTC