Addisu gobena

Ethiopian Chimdessa Debele Gudeta: Ethiopian athlete Addisu Gobena and Kenyan athlete Peres Jepchirchir won the 2026 Sydney Marathon on Sunday, with a record 40,000 runners taking part.

Gobena won the men's race on Sunday morning in a time of two hours, four minutes and 42 seconds, setting a new course record and shaving off more than one minute from 2025 winner Hailemaryam Kiros's time of 2:06:06, reports Xinhua.

Ethiopian Chimdessa Debele Gudeta finished second in a time of 2:04:46, while Lesotho's Tebello Ramakongoana rounded out the podium in a time of 2:04:57.