Ethiopians dominated the 2023 adidas Stockholm Marathon, a World Athletics Label Road Race event, that took place on Saturday, 3 June, as Ashenafi Moges and Sifan Melaku running away with the respective individual international titles.<\/p>\n
On the men\u2019s race, Ashenafi Moges broke away late to win with a time of 2:10:32, pulling away from his countryman Derara Hurisa (Ethiopia), who finished second in a time 2:11:01 ahead of Tsegaye Mekonnen (Ethiopia), who ran 2:12:32 for third place.<\/p>\n
On the women\u2019s side, Ethiopian athletes swept the competition with Sifan Melaku running 2:30:39 for the victory. Her compatriot Sorome Negash (Ethiopia) clocked 02:33:26 for second place with Yenenesh Dinkesa (Ethiopia) getting third in 2:36:39.<\/p>\n
In Florence Diamond League, Ethiopia\u2019s Sembo Alemayehu won the women\u2019s 3000m steeplechase race, setting a new standard for the season. She ran away from a high-class field to win in 9:00.71 from world U20 champion Jackline Chepkoech of Kenya (9:02.43) and fellow Ethiopian Zerfe Wondemagegn (9:04.61).<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kasanesh Bazzie has won the women\u2019s half marathon in Albacete, Spain, clocking 1:10:07. Her compatriots Andualem Taddese and Addisalem Belay finished the race 4th and 5th, respectively.<\/p>\n
Athlete Bekelech Woreyo also took the 3rd spot in the Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon race in South Africa, clocking 1:09:03.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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