[dehai-news] (CNN) Tadese claims world half marathon title


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From: Eri-News (er_news@dehai.org)
Date: Sun Oct 12 2008 - 16:19:56 EDT


Tadese claims world half marathon title

     * Story Highlights
     * Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea claims world half marathon title in
Rio de Janeiro
     * Tadese won by over two minutes as he took the championship for
the third time
     * Kenya's Evans Cheruiyot wins the Chicago Marathon in fast time


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(CNN) -- Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea won the men's world half marathon
championship for the third time with a dominant performance in Rio de
Janeiro on Sunday.

Tadese broke the one hour mark for the 21 kilometer distance as he
finished in a time of 59 minutes and 56 seconds.

He finished nearly two minutes ahead of his closest challenger,
Patrick Makau Musyoki of Kenya.

Ahmad Hassan Abdullah of Qatar was third.

Tadese took the lead early in the race, which was held in stiffling
heat and humidity.

Kenyan-born Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands retained the women's
title in a time of one hour eight minutes and 37 seconds.

Ethiopia's Aselefech Mergia came in second, one minute 20 seconds
behind, and Pamela Chepchumba of Kenya was third.

In other distance running action on Sunday, Kenya's Evans Cheruiyot
won the Chicago Marathon, pulling away late from countryman David
Mandago before finishing in two hours six minutes and 25 seconds.

The 26-year-old Cheruiyot was claiming his first major marathon victory.

Russia's Lidiya Grigoryeva added another title to her 2007 Boston
marathon triumph by winning the women's race.

Compatriot Alevtina Biktimirova finished second, Japan's Kiyoko
Shimahara was third, and Olympic gold medalist Constantina Tomescu-
Dita of Romania took fourth.

Two-time defending champion Berhane Adere of Ethiopia finished a
lowly 10th.

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