the ethiopian Haven Hailu Desse (25) won the Osaka Marathon this Sunday (western Japan) with a time of 2 hours, 21 minutes and 13 seconds, followed on the podium by the Ethiopian Sisay Meseret Gola (2 hours, 22 minutes and 12 seconds, a worse mark of 2 hours 20 minutes than they expected from in the test.
Japan’s Yuka Ando, competing in the 10,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics, finished third in a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 59 seconds, after leading for the first half of the race at a pace that points to a possible new record for Japan.
However, Ando was overtaken by two Ethiopian runners at the 30km mark and his pace slowed. heading into the second half of the race, where this is the Asian country’s first great marathon this year.
Source: La Verdad
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