The Ethiopian Derese Geleta won this Sunday the thirty-ninth edition of Seville Marathon with an unofficial time of 2h03:36 where he broke the test record, while Ibrahim Chakir was awarded by Championship of Spain of distance when entering the finish line in eleventh place with time 2h07:46.
Geleta, who consolidated his victory with a change of pace just two kilometers from the finish, will be joined on the podium by two European athletes, Frenchman Morhad Amdouni and Israeli Gashau Ayale, who finished second and third and broke the their respective national records. by stopping the clock, respectively, at 2h03:46 and 2h04:52.
The title of champion of Spain, which gave a direct place for the Olympic Games next summer in Pariswas decided in an exciting sprint over the last two acres, with Ibrahim Chakir overtaking the Spanish Ayad Lamdassem, who had led the whole test.
Source: La Verdad
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