Tadese Tola wins Warsaw Marathon
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
14.04.2014 07:20
Ethiopian runner Tadese Tola won the Orlen Warsaw Marathon, Sunday, in 2 hours 6 minutes and 54 seconds, as close to 20,000 participated in the full 42 k race and 10 k fun run.
from left: second placed Matebo Omari, winner Tola Tadesse and third-placed Pole Henryk Szost: photo - PAP/Leszek Szymański
The 26 year-old Tola added the Warsaw Marathon to the bronze medal he won at the Moscow-hosted World Track and Field Athletics Championships last year.
The second edition of the Orlen Marathon in the Polish capital brought together an international group of accomplished runners, including last year's winner Kasaye Sisay Lemma, also from Ethiopia and the fastest European at the London Summer Olympics, Henryk Szost from Poland.
20,000 took part in the full marathon and 10 k fun run through the streets of the capital: photo - PAP/Leszek Szymański
Kenyan Matebo Omari took the silver medal on Sunday with Szost in third.
Tadese Tola winning time of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 54 seconds is the fastest marathon ever run in Poland. (pg/ss)