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Defending Champion Alemaddis Eyayu, Jemal Mekonen To Headline Delhi Half Marathon
World Athletics Gold Label Road: Defending champion Alemaddis Eyayu, along with her Ethiopian teammate Jemal Mekonen, will headline the 20th edition of the Delhi Half Marathon, a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, scheduled to flag off on October 12.
Mekonen, a key member of Ethiopia’s victorious team at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, will headline the men’s elite line-up at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon. Making his debut on Indian soil, the soon-to-be 29-year-old brings extensive international experience, including multiple sub-60-minute finishes and a personal best of 58:33.
Twice a fourth-place finisher at the World Half Marathon Championships in 2018 and 2023, Jemal Mekonen is also the 2018 African 10,000 m champion and the reigning Seoul Marathon 2024 winner.
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