The Sydney Marathon’s first look as a part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors delivered fireworks on Sunday, with each the lads’s and girls’s winners delivering record-breaking outcomes. Ethiopia’s Hailemaryam Kiros claimed the lads’s crown in 2:06:06, whereas Olympic champion Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands stormed to victory in 2:18:22, decreasing the ladies’s mark by greater than three minutes.
Hassan in Command
Hassan ran with the lead pack by way of midway in 1:10:01 earlier than progressively taking management of the race, as reported by Olympics.com. Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei, the previous world file holder, tried to stretch the group after 30km, however Hassan bided her time and made her decisive transfer after 35km. She opened a spot that solely grew as she pressed towards the Sydney Opera Home end. Kosgei crossed second in 2:18:56, adopted by defending champion Ethiopia’s Workenesh Edesa in 2:22:15.
Hassan, who has now received 4 of her six profession marathons—together with London and Chicago in 2023 and the Paris Olympic Video games in 2024—stated afterward, “I pushed so arduous to the end. I began too arduous and I discovered my lesson—I’m so pleased to run a course file and win.”
Kiros breaks away late
Within the males’s race, a deep area that included 40-year-old legend Eliud Kipchoge stayed collectively by way of 30km. Younger Ethiopian Addisu Gobena then surged, stringing out the group. Kiros stayed affected person, reeling him in by 40km after which pulling clear on one of many course’s late hills. He by no means regarded again, crossing in 2:06:06—nicely underneath the earlier course file. Gobena adopted simply 10 seconds behind in 2:06:16, with Lesotho’s Tebello Ramakongoana third in 2:06:47.
Kiros, who completed fourth in Tokyo and fifth in Berlin final yr, earned his first World Marathon Majors victory. “The competitors was very robust,” he stated on the end. “They’re robust fields, however we labored collectively and now we’re right here.”
Kipchoge nonetheless a fan favorite
Two-time Olympic champion Kipchoge, working his twenty third profession marathon, started to fade after 33km. He held on for ninth in 2:08:31, nicely exterior the rostrum however nonetheless greeted warmly by the gang. Afterward, he informed reporters, “It was not my day right now. Above all, I’ve crossed the end line to empower the individuals of Australia. To make Australia a working nation.”
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