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Belachew fastest in HK

ETHIOPIA’S Bizuneh Melaku Belachew danced on the finish line as he smashed his personal best to win the Hong Kong Marathon yesterday in a new course record.

The 27-year-old performed a jig to celebrate with the runner-up, Kenya’s Julius Kipyego Keter, who finished just three seconds behind. Belachew slashed almost a minute off the course record to cross the line in two hours, 10 minutes and 31 seconds. “I was not expecting to break the course record but after 33 kilometers I thought it is possible,” he said. Belachew plans to buy a house in Addis Ababa with his US$65,000 winner’s check.


 

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