Ethiopians dominate large match in Japan as Paula Radcliffe clocks 2:57 elderly 51 in her first marathon in a decade
Tadese Takele and Sutume Asefa Kebede of Ethiopia emerged as winners of the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday (March 2).
Takele ran a PB of two:03:23 to overcome fellow Ethiopian Deresa Geleta (2:03:51) and Kenya’s Vincent Kipkemoi Ngetich (2:04:00).
Global 5000m and 10,000m record-holder Joshua Cheptegei completed 9th in 2:05:59 in his 2d marathon. Benson Kipruto, the 2024 Tokyo winner and Olympic bronze medallist, got here 6th in 2:05:46.
“The weather wasn’t a problem, it wasn’t too hot and for me it was comfortable,” Takele stated at the sunny prerequisites right through the race. “The course was good and this was a great day for me. In the future, I hope to run even better than I did today.”
Tadese Takele (Getty)
“I’m so grateful today that I came to Tokyo,” Cheptegei stated. “There are some good positives to take home and prepare for another step forward.”
At the heat prerequisites, which reached 20C within the latter phases of the race, Cheptegei added: “I’m not complaining. I’m really satisfied with the result and it can be a build-up for next season.”
Within the ladies’s race, Kebede effectively defended her name in 2:16:31 forward of Winfridah Moraa Moseti of Kenya (2:16:56) and Ethiopia’s Hawi Feysa (2:17:00).
Sutume Asefa Kebede (Getty)
Operating her first marathon since she retired in 2015, Paula Radcliffe clocked 2:57:26. The previous global record-holder ran 2:15:25 at her height in 2003.
The 51-year-old now plans to run Boston in six weeks’ time to be able to whole the entire Global Marathon Majors.
» Subscribe to AW mag right here, take a look at our new podcast right here or signal as much as our virtual archive of again problems from 1945 to the current day right here
Subscribe to the AW Publication
