DAILYNEWSย
ISTANBUL
Athletes from Ethiopia won four of the six medals in the 13th Vodafone Istanbul Half Marathon that was held in Turkeyโs largest city on April 8.
Walelegn Amdework, a 19-year-old Ethiopian, won the menโs 21K race in 59 minutes and 50 seconds, breaking the record.
Tefera Asefa, a 25-year-old and also Ethiopian, followed him with 60 minutes and 7 seconds.
Turkish athlete Kaan Kigen รzbilen finished third, being only a second slower than Asefa.
In the womenโs race, Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh won the gold medal in a time of 1:06:22, while her fellow citizen Roza Dereje got the silver medal with 1:07:00.
Kenyan athlete Diana Chemtai Kipyokei was third in 1:07:55.
The winners were given the medals in a ceremony by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mevlรผt Uysal and Turkish Athletics Federation head Fatih รintimar.
In 2017, the Istanbul Half Marathon was promoted to the Gold Label status by the International Association of Athletics Federations, which designates leading road races around the world.
