half marathon: Birhanu and Alemaddis eye course records
New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Ethiopia's Birhanu Legese and defending women's champion Alemaddis Eyayu look to improve the course record at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday. The existing records were set in 2020, both by Ethiopians.
Amedework Walelegn blazed the field in 58 minutes, 53 seconds, while Yalemzerf Yehualaw clocked 1:04:46 for the women's record. The task will be tough since the records were set in cooler winter mornings in November.
The Capital in early October is hot and humid, though spells of rain in the last few days have brought a winter nip in the air.
Defending champion Alemaddis clocked one hour, eight minutes, and 17 seconds to win the women's race in the previous edition. At the Berlin Half Marathon in April, Alemadd...
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