Berlin, Sept 29, 2024 (AFP) - Mengesha and Ketema complete Ethiopian double at Berlin Marathon

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2024-09-29

Ethiopian duo Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist Ketema won the men's and women's races respectively in the 50th running of the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. Mengesha finished just five seconds ahead of Kenyan Cibrian Kotut in an as yet unofficial time of 2hr 03min 17sec with both recording personal bests. The times were outside the late Kelvin Kiptum's world record time of 2:00.35 and five-time Berlin winner Eliud Kipchoge's course record of 2:01.09, se......

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