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Ethopians brave Delhi smog to win
Current woman world athlete of the year Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia clinched gold in her debut race while compatriot Berhanu Legese won the men\'s event in the Delhi Half Marathon here on Sunday.
New Delhi: Current woman world athlete of the year Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia clinched gold in her debut race while compatriot Berhanu Legese won the men's event in the Delhi Half Marathon here on Sunday.
Ayana, the world's leading woman long distance runner on track, clocked one hour, seven minutes and 11 seconds to emerge champion in her maiden half marathon race as Ethiopians ran away with all the three top positions.
Ayana was not bothered by the pollution level in Delhi which had led to calls from some quarters of postponement of the race.In the men's elite race, 2015 winner Legese bagged the gold in 59 minutes and 46 seconds while another Ethiopian Anadamlak Belihu was second in 59:51. Leonard Korir of United States was third in 59:52.
Both the men's and women's winners pocketed $ 27,000 as prize money. However, neither could break the course record of 1:06:54 and 59:06 respectively.
