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Ethiopian double triumph as Solomon Deksisa and Amane Gobena win at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018, from Phil Minshull, Spain Sports

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Here is the report on the TATA Mumbai Marathon, held on January 21, 2018. Special thanks to Spainsports’ Phil Minshull.

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Ethiopia's Solomon Deksisa, men's winner of the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018 .JPGSolomon Dekisa, wins 2018 TATA Mumbai Marathon, January 21, 2018, photo courtesy of Procam International

Ethiopia's Amane Gobena, women's winner of the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018.JPGAmane Gobena, takes the victory at the 2018 TATA Mumbia Marathon, January 21, 2018, photo courtesy of Procam International

Ethiopian double triumph as Solomon Deksisa and Amane Gobena win at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018

It was a double triumph for the Ethiopian runners as Solomon Deksisa and Amane Gobena took the honours at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018, winning in 2:09:34 and 2:25:49 respectively on Sunday.

Deksisa, the fastest man in the field, arrived in the Indian city as the pundits’ preferred choice for the men’s race, based on his career best of 2:06:22 set at the 2016 Rotterdam Marathon.

Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018 men's race leaders at 35km (l-r) Joshua Kipkorir (KEN), Solomon Deksisa & Shumet Akalnaw (both ETH)  .JPGTata Mumbai Marathon 2018 men’s race leaders at 35km (l-r) Joshua Kipkorir (KEN), Solomon Deksisa & Shumet Akalnaw (both ETH), photo by ProCam International

Nevertheless, after some solid rather than spectacular performances in the last 12 months, he was a marginal rather than prohibitive favourite. The questions over whether Deksisa could win the first marathon of his career and walk away with the US$42,000 first prize continued through the first half of the race, the gun having gone at 0710 local time just as the sun was starting to rise and the temperature already 22 degrees Celsius.

Deksisa notably stayed at the back of the leading pack, avoided dictating the pace and the expression on his face on a number of occasions suggested that he was struggling to find his rhythm although he later said that this was a false impression.

“With pacemakers, I saw no reason to do anything other than stay at the back of the leading pack and I was always comfortable,” commented Deksisa.

After a fast first 10km, the pace eased up and a leading group of 11 men went through the halfway point in 64:28, about 30 seconds slower than had been requested from the pacers.

The pace continued to drift away from that required to improve on Gideon Kipketer’s 2016 course record of 2:08:35 until Joshua Kipkorir surged at 26km.

“The pacers couldn’t do the job they were asked to do and were dropping out early, so I tried to make the race quicker,” said Kipkorir.

The Kenyan, second in the Mumbai Marathon 12 months ago, kept pushing hard over the next nine kilometres and the leading group had been whittled down to three by 35km: Kipkorir, Deksisa and his Ethiopian compatriot Shumet Akalnaw.

However, shortly afterwards, Deksisa threw down the gauntlet and started to go through the gears.

He quickly put a 40-metre gap between himself and Akalnaw, with Kipkorir drifting further back.

Despite Akalnaw clawing back the deficit on Deksisa to perhaps 15 metres with three kilometres to go that was to be the order they finished in.

Deksisa crossed the line 27 seconds ahead of Akalnaw, the latter finishing in a big personal best of 2:10:00 with Kipketer third in 2:10:30.

“The competition was good it wasn’t too hard although the last five kilometres were difficult. I was nervous over the last 700 metres as there were twists at the finish and I didn’t know the course. I was worried Shumet might be gaining on me,” reflected Deksisa, who added that his sharp acceleration at 36km was all part of a pre-race plan.

Gobena, now 35, made up for the disappointment of missing out on selection for the IAAF World Championships last summer by winning her first marathon in three years and taking her over career record to eight wins from 22 starts over the classic distance.

A four-strong group – Gobena, Kenya’s defending champion Bornes Kitur, and the Ethiopain pair of Shuko Genemo and Birke Debele – helped by a male pacemaker went through the halfway point in a surprisingly quick 1:12:27 to give rise to some speculation that the impressive women’s course record of 2:24:33 by Kenya’s Valentine Kipketer in 2013 might be under threat.

Shortly after 21km, Kitur started to push hard and soon found she only had Gobena for company.

The pair, still with the Kenyan pacemaker Bernard Soi in attendance, stayed together until 31km when Kitur then started to struggle with the relentless pace and left her Ethiopian rival out on her own.

Gobena then focussed on her task and produced an impressive exhibition of solo running and although she tired slightly over the final three kilometres the Ethiopian still came home in the second fastest winning time in the history of the Mumbai Marathon, which this year celebrated its 15th edition.

Kitur came home second in 2:28:48, a personal best by 13 seconds – claiming her third successive year on the Tata Mumbai Marathon podium after second in 2016 and winning last year – while Genemo was third in 2:29:41.

The Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, has a total prize fund of US$405,000 this year.

Approximately 44,000 runners took to the roads in Mumbai for six different races over varying distance in what has become an annual event in the city on the third Sunday of January and one of Asia’s biggest mass-participation running events.

Leading results

Men
1. Solomon Deksisa (ETH) 2:09:34

2. Shumet Akalnaw (ETH) 2:10:00

3. Joshua Kipkorir (KEN) 2:10:30

4. Shumi Dechasa (BRN) 2:12:24

5. Aychew Bantie (ETH) 2:12:49

Women
1. Amane Gobena (ETH) 2:25:49

2. Bornes Kitur (KEN) 2:28:48

3. Shuko Genemo (ETH) 2:29:41

4. Birke Debele (ETH) 2:29:45 2:35.01

5. Kuftu Tahir (ETH) 2:35:01

***

* For more information about the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018, the website of the event is:

https://tatamumbaimarathon.procamrunning.in/

* Other links

https://twitter.com/tatamummarathon https://www.facebook.com/TataMumMarathon/ https://www.instagram.com/tatamummarathon/ https://www.youtube.com/user/procamrunning

Tata in Sports Tata group, a global enterprise with combined revenues of around US$100 billion, along with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of the world’s leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organisations, are the title sponsor of the Tata Mumbai Marathon. Sport has always been an integral part of Tata for over 75 years.

Tata’s association with multiple sports ranging from cricket, football, hockey, badminton, chess, athletics, mountaineering and motor racing, among others, has produced many award-winning sportspersons, helped the development of marginal communities and supported sporting teams, national and international events as well as training academies. The Tata Sports Club was set up in 1937 to encourage sports among its employee base across the country.

TCS is the sponsor of many premier global marathons across the world like the TCS New York City Marathon, the TCS Amsterdam Marathon, and the TCS Lidingloppet (the world’s largest cross-country run), and the technology partner of the marathons held in London, Chicago, and Boston — all part of the company’s effort to promote health and fitness in the communities, the world over.

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