Birhanu Shumie and Jackline Chelal were crowned at the Seville Marathon

the ethiopian athlete Birhanu Shumie won this Sunday the XXXVIII edition of the Seville Marathon with an unofficial time of 2.04:59nearly twenty seconds above his compatriot Asrar Abderehman’s previous year’s test record.

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Two more of his compatriots have completed the one hundred percent Ethiopian podium, since then Second place went to Kebede Tulu Wani with an unofficial time of 2.05:18 and third is the 2020 winner Mekuant Ayenew Gebre, who clocked 2.05:23.

Ibrahim Chakir, who made a career from less to more, was the first Spaniard to finish, seventeenththanks to the unofficial time of 2.09:16 which meets the minimum for the World Cup to be held in August in Budapest.

In the women’s category, Kenyan Jackline Chelal took the victory in an unofficial time of 2.20:28nearly two minutes above the test record set last year by Ethiopian Alemu Megertu.

Chelal found no rival even among his podium mates, Ethiopians Aberu Ayana Mulisa (2:21:54) and Urge Diro Soboka (2:23:04).that he still has about ten kilometers to travel.

The first Spaniard was Meritxell Soler, eighthwho made his debut in the queen distance with a superb mark of 2.26:37 which places him second in the national ranking all-time and serves as the minimum mark for the August World Cup in Budapest and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.