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    Defending champion Alemaddis Eyayu, Jemal Mekonen to headline Delhi Half Marathon
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    Defending Champion Alemaddis Eyayu, Jemal Mekonen To Headline Delhi Half Marathon

    By IANS News September 12, 2025 • 11:48 AM View: 299
    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.

    TAGS Alemaddis Eyayu Jemal Mekonen Delhi Half Marathon World Athletics Gold Label Road World Cross Country Championships Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon World Half Marathon Championships Seoul Marathon Benard Biwott Paris Marathon
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