African Athletics

Ethiopian Yemane Tsegaye carried the day at the 65^th edition of the Lake Biwa Marathon in Japan on Sunday (07 March).

He broke away from the lead group shortly after the half way stage. However the wet condition precluded any chances of breaking the course record. Nonetheless, Tsegaye who was fourth in the marathon at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Berlin Germany crossed the finish line in 2:09:34. He is the only one to cover the distance in a sub 2:10.

LEADING RESULTS
1 Yemane Tsegay (Ethiopia) 2:09:34; 2 Tomoyuki Sato (Japan) 2:10:07; 3 Abraham Tadesse (Eritrea) 2:10:46; 4 Yukihiro Kitaoka (Japan) 2:10:51; 5 Naoto Yoneda (Japan) 2:11:00; 6 Ken-ichiro Setoguchi (Japan) 2:11:44; 7 Satoshi Yoshii (Japan) 2:12:24; 8 Tomoya Shimizu (Japan) 2:13:25; 9 Munehiro Sugaya (Japan) 2:15:07; 10 Takeshi Ueno (Japan) 2:15:26

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