The previous steeplechaser triumphs within the girls’s race, whereas Ezra Tanui is victorious within the males’s occasion within the Qatari capital
The 2025 Doha Marathon lived as much as expectation, with Ethlemahu Sintayehu and Ezra Kipketer Tanui taking the plaudits (January 17).
Within the elite girls’s race, Sintayehu clocked 2:21:43 and beat compatriot Muluhabt Tsega by 38 seconds.
Sintayehu, who positioned sixth within the 3000m steeplechase on the 2018 World U20 Championships in Tampere, is now a marathon specialist and timed her race to perfection within the Qatari capital.
The Ethiopian is just 23 years previous however confirmed immense persistence when deciding to make a transfer away from the main pack within the latter phases.
Ethlemahu Sintayehu (Doha Marathon)
All sixth Ethiopians within the girls’s discipline stayed collectively – aided by three male pacemakers – for the primary half of the race, going by way of the 21.1km mark in 71:00.
Nonetheless, the previous couple of kilometres of the race proved decisive and with the end line over the horizon, Sintayehu established a spot between herself and the others.
As she sprinted in the direction of the tape on the purple carpet, Sintayehu knew she’d secured the victory and held her arms aloft in celebration.
The Ethiopian additionally smashed her private greatest of two:25:36 – set in Abu Dhabi two years in the past – over 26.2 miles.
Within the elite males’s race, Kenya’s Ezra Kipketer Tanui clocked 2:07:28 and beat Ethiopia’s Balew Yihunle by simply eight seconds.
Tanui, who completed fourth in the identical occasion final 12 months, wasn’t going to surrender victory simply and broke away from his opponent within the final couple of kilometres.
After triumphing in a pulsating battle on Doha’s Corniche, the 27-year-old crossed the tape with each arms within the air, in what was simply his second ever marathon.
“I’m joyful to win the Doha Marathon,” Tanui mentioned. “Final 12 months I completed fourth so I’m delighted I’ve gained the race this 12 months. Final 12 months the climate was so scorching however at this time it was cool and the course was good.
“I used to be feeling good due to my coaching and I’ve to pay big tributes to my coach and supervisor. The exercises helped me chill out at this time and, together with the cooler local weather, it’s made a distinction.”
The beginning of the Doha Marathon (Doha Marathon)
Shura Kitata, the 2020 London Marathon champion, was the standout identify at this 12 months’s Doha Marathon however he solely positioned ninth with 2:08:38.
The Ethiopian, who has additionally completed as a runner-up on two events on the New York Metropolis Marathon, has a greatest of two:04:49 over 26.2 miles.
Each course information – Mouhcine Outalha’s 2:06:49 and Meseret Belete’s 2:20:46 from 2023 – survived one other 12 months.
Situations had been nigh on good for distance operating – it was round 14C for the 6am begin – so there’s little doubt that the Doha Marathon will get faster sooner or later.
Runners at Al Dafna Park (Doha Marathon)
This was simply the third version of the Doha Marathon that hosted elite athletes, with the mass participation occasions going again to 2014.
Round 15,000 folks took half within the 5km, 10km, half-marathon and marathon within the Qatari capital this 12 months, up from 2000 in 2023.
Runners had been handled to reside music and different actions at Al Dafna Park, positioned only a quick stroll away from Doha’s Corniche.
The day before today, round 1000 youngsters bought the chance to race over a slimmed down 1km circuit across the park.
Full outcomes from the Doha Marathon may be discovered right here
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