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Unheralded Berhane Tesfay of Eritrea and Kenya's Joyce Chepkemoi Tele won the men's and women’s elite titles respectively in the Tata Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
Tesfay covered the gruelling 42.195km distance in 2 hours 11 minutes and 44 seconds to win his maiden international full marathon title as thousands of Mumbaikars turned up for the marquee World Athletics Gold Label road race.
The tiny African nation of Eritrea finished 1-2 as Tesfay's compatriot Merhawi Kesete was second in 2:11:50s and Ethiopia's Tesfaye Demeke (2:11:56s) was third.
Tele, meanwhile, won the women's elite crown in 2:24:56 seconds, finishing ahead of Bahrain’s Shitaye Eshete (2:25:29s) and Ethiopia’s Medina Deme Armino (2:27:58s).
Among the Indians, Anish Thapa (2:17:23s) placed first among men even as Nirmaben Thakor (2:50:06s) defended her women’s crown.