The reigning Olympic Games marathon silver medalist Brigid Kosgei and Eritrean Samson Amare were the winners of the ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon held yesterday.
The former Chicago marathon champion, Kosgei won the race in a new course record of 2:19:15 beating Ethiopian duo of Hawi Feysa and Ethlemahu Sintayehu finished second and third in respective times of 2:24:03 and 2:25:36.
Eritrea Samson Amare won the men’s title at 2:07:10 followed by Kenyan Leonard Barsoton (2:09:37) and Ilham Tanui Özbilen completed the podium in 2:10:16.
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