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Telegraph
02-03-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
Paula Radcliffe completes first marathon in 10 years in under three hours, aged 51
She was also a multiple world champion across the marathon, half-marathon and in cross-country, although she ended her career without an Olympic title. Radcliffe was at her peak in the era before carbon reinforced 'super shoes' first emerged in 2016, meaning that no woman has bettered her marathon time while wearing the previous style of shoes. As well as the carbon plates, super shoes have special foam which retains more energy from the athlete. 'I turned 50 last year, am now 51, and thinking about the goals I've got left. One of those was always to tick off the six marathon majors,' said Radcliffe, who had last raced at the distance in the 2015 London Marathon. 'For most of my career it was five and then Tokyo was added so I never really had the opportunity to race Tokyo. And Boston I never did because it was so close to London.' In addition to London, Boston and Tokyo, the other major marathons are Berlin, Chicago and New York. Ethiopia's Sutume Asefa Kebede won Sunday's Tokyo Marathon for the second successive year, finishing in 2hr 16min 31sec The men's race was won by Ethiopia's Tadese Takele in a time of 2hr 3min 23sec to clinch what was his first major marathon title. Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, who is the Olympic 10,000m champion, finished ninth in 2hr 5min 59sec.
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ethiopians Takele and Kebede sweep top spots in Tokyo Marathon
TOKYO (AP) — Ethiopians Tadese Takele and Sutume Asefa Kebede won their divisions of the Tokyo Marathon on a nearly perfect spring day in the Japanese capital. Takele won on the men's side in a personal best time of 2 hours 3 minutes 23 seconds. Countryman Deresa Geleta was second in 2:03:51 with third for Vincent Kipkemoi Ngetich of Kenya in 2:04:00. On the women's side, Kebede led from start to finish to win her second straight Tokyo Marathon. She finished in 2:16:31 followed by Winfridah Moraa Moseti of Kenya in 2:16:56 and Hawi Feysa of Ethiopia in 2:17:00. The top Japanese in the men's race was Tubasa Ichiyama, finishing 10th in 2:06:00. In the women's race the top Japanese runner was Yuka Ando, also in 10th in a time of 2:23:37. ___ AP sports: The Associated Press
