Summary:
Cosmas Lagat of Kenya and Worknesh Alemu of Ethiopia surprised pre-race favourites to win the men’s and women’s crowns respectively in the USD 405,000 Tata Mumbai Marathon here on Sunday. Worknesh Alemu (Ethiopia) 2:25:45, 2. The women’s race also became a one-horse course over the last 5 km once Ethiopian Alemu split the field with 12 km left in the race. “I am coming to the Mumbai Marathon for the first time and am happy with the result,” said womens race winner Worknesh Alemu, for whom this was her second title in six attempts with the first one coming in Morocco in 2017. Her earlier personal best in the marathon was 2:35:35 that she clocked while finishing 19th in the 2015 Beijing World Championships..