And, on the streets of London, a new star was born as the 23-year-old athlete Yalemzerf Yehualaw became the youngest woman to win the London Marathon. Yehualaw, however, picked herself up, rushed back into contention, and then destroyed her rivals with a devastating burst to win in 2hr 17min 26sec. “It is my first time in London so I am so happy to win,” said Yehualaw, who runs 180km to 195km a week in training. In the men’s wheelchair race, the 43-year-old David Weir was delighted to finish in third in his 23rd consecutive London Marathon. “But the London marathon is special to me because it’s one of the first races I did in a race chair.”

Source: Ethiopian News October 02, 2022 22:47 UTC