ERITREA ||| Eritrean Gebretnsae wins Changchun International Marathon

By Xinhua

CHANGCHUN – Okubay Tsega Gebretnsae from Eritrea finished first here on Sunday in Changchun International Marathon, in which thirty thousand runners took part.

Gebretnsae clocked 2 hours, 14 minutes and 50 seconds for his men’s marathon title in Northeast China’s Changchun City, beating Mongolian Jamsranolonbayar into the second place.

Wakwoyayadenioliksa, who came from Ethiopia, won the women’s game with 2:48:10. Chinese athletes Zhang Junli and Wang Qianwen finished the second and the third places respectively.

The Changchun Marathon included six events: marathon, half marathon, 10km, 5km, a home run competition and a lovers run race.
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