Belihu Gemechu defend titles at Airtel Delhi Half Marathon

Delhi | Sunday | 20th October, 2019

Summary:

New Delhi: Defending champions Andamlak Belihu and Tsehay Gemechu retained their respective men's and women's titles at the 15th Airtel Delhi Half Marathon here on Sunday. Belihu missed the course record by just four seconds, which was set by Ethiopia's Guye Adola (59.06), in the 2014 edition. "I know I missed the course record. In the women's race, Ethiopia's Yelamzerf Yehualaw clocked 1:06:01 to grab the second place, while zeineba yimer clocked 1:06:57 for the third place. Gemechu, who had scored a personal best of 66:50 to set a course record last year, said: "I broke the course record and I am happy that i could achieve it..