Gotytom Gebreslase broke Briton Paula Radcliffe’s earlier mark of two:20:57s set in 2005 to win the ladies’s marathon on the World Athletics Championships.
Ehiopia’s Gebreslase wins girls’s marathon in report time at world meet (AP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTSGotytom Gebreslase received the ladies’s marathon in 2:18:11sGebreslase broke Briton Paula Radcliffe’s earlier mark of two:20:57sKenya’s Judith Korir completed with the silver medal on Monday
Ethiopia’s Gotytom Gebreslase broke a 17-year-old World Athletics Championships report on Monday, July 18 in Oregon to win the ladies’s marathon title. Gebreslase received a 2-way battle with Kenya’s Judith Korir to cross the end line in 2 hours, 18 minutes, and 11 seconds.
Gotytom Gebreslase broke away with simply 2 kilometers to go and didn’t permit Korir to chop down the hole as she broke Briton Paula Radcliffe’s earlier mark of two:20:57 set in 2005.
“I am very happy and I want to give all the glory to God,” Gebreslase mentioned.
“The Kenyan runner asked me to pass her but I stayed patient. Towards 40km, I felt strong and decided to leave.”
It was Ethiopia’s second marathon triumph in Eugene, Oregon after Tamirat Tola received the boys’s title in one other championship report 2:05:36. Notably, it was additionally Gebreslase’s second main title in as a few years.
“Tola’s win yesterday motivated me a lot today,” mentioned Gebreslase.
‘I TRIED MY BEST’
Korir, who produced the quickest time of her profession, mentioned she was pissed off that Gebreslase didn’t wish to tempo together with her after they pulled away across the 27-km mark however was nonetheless happy together with her efficiency.
“The Ethiopian runners are very fast. It not easy to run with them, but I tried my best,” she mentioned.
The discipline produced a speedy begin at 6.15 am native time, benefiting from sunny however pristine situations, with temperatures hovering above 50 levels Fahrenheit (10C).
Israel’s Lonah Salpeter seized an opportunity to safe third spot on the rostrum after Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh fell off the main pack and dropped out with lower than 10 km to go.
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