Andualem Belay and Beyene Debele secured an Ethiopian double at the Riga Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, and smashed the Latvian all-comers’ records in the process on Sunday.
Belay won convincingly in 2:08:51, the second-fastest time of his career, to take more than two minutes off the course record set last year. Kenya’s Silas Kiprono Too was a distant second in 2:12:27 with Julius Tuwei taking third place in 2:14:04.
Debele’s win in the women’s race was similarly convincing. Like Belay, Debele also produced her second-fastest time to date to win in 2:26:18, improving the course record by two minutes.
Worknesh Alemu (2:27:38) was also inside the previous course record, while Kumeshi Sichala (2:29:44) completed an Ethiopian sweep of the podium positions.
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