Kenyan Abraham Cheroben and Ethiopian Enatnesh Tirusev won the men’s and women’s races of the Lisbon Half Marathon this Sunday.
On the men’s side, Bahrain’s Cheroben completed the 21-kilometre course in 1:00.20 hours, beating Kenya’s Anthony Kimutai Chebii in 1:00.30 and Ethiopia’s Adane Ayele, who finished on the podium. The Portuguese capital completed the race in 1:00.40.
Rui Pinto, in sixth place, was the top Portuguese on the course with a time of 1:04.22 hours.
In the women’s race, Ethiopian Tirusev covered 21 kilometers in 1:08.40 and finished completely alone. The remaining places on the podium went to two more Ethiopians: Ainadis Tadesse was in second place with a time of 1:09.03, and compatriot Senayet Chekol was in third place with a time of 01:09.37.
Susana Godinho, with a time of 1:13.12 hours in fourth place, was the top Portuguese in the race.
The Lisbon Half Marathon, which started at Ponte Vasco da Gama and finished at Praça do Comércio, had 10,500 registered athletes and started an hour and a half earlier than originally planned at 09:00, due to for the predicted heat wave for the Portuguese. capital.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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