- Tadesse Abraham won the marathon in Zurich on Sunday, beating his own record in Seoul 2016.
- With a time of 2:06:38 hours, the 39-year-old broke his own record in Switzerland by two seconds.
- In the women’s category, Maud Mathis took second place.
It amounts to little: At age 39, Tadesse Abraham won the Zurich Marathon in superior fashion on Sunday, making himself the Swiss champion – and incidentally also improving his Swiss marathon record. The new mark is 2:06:38 hours. In 2016, the man from Geneva ran two seconds slower in Seoul.
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I’m not tired even around 40
Tadesse Abraham.
Keystone / Walter Berry
Abraham left many African competitors behind after 30 km. In the end he was half a minute ahead of Oliver Iraparuta of Burundi (2:07:13), and third place went to Kenyan Francis Cheriot (2:09:57).
With his performance, Abraham, who will soon turn 40, has achieved the limits of the European Championships in Munich and the World Championships in Eugene (USA).
Mathis exclamation mark
In the women’s race, Maud Matisse of Vaud took second place with a time of 2:33:35 hours and crowned the Swiss champion. The victory went to Ethiopian Hawass Demeto (2:33:08).
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