The 2012 London Olympic gold medalist clocked 2:08:32. The Ethiopian duo of Tadu Abate and Ayele Abshero finished first and second clocking 2:08:26 and 2:08:27 respectively.
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Uganda’s
star athlete Stephen Kiprotich has finished third in the 2019 Hamburg Marathon
in Germany on Sunday.
The 2012
London Olympic gold medalist clocked 2:08:32. The Ethiopian duo of Tadu Abate and
Ayele Abshero finished first and second clocking 2:08:26 and 2:08:27
respectively.
“We are
happy that Stephen finished among the top three. This is a good start of the
season for him,” Dominc Otuchet, President of the Uganda Athletics Federation
(UAF) told URN.
Uganda’s
other runner Robert Chemonges came sixth with a time of 2:10:00, while Japan’s Ryu
Takaku was seventh.
Results: 1.
Tadu Abate ETH 2:08:26, 2. Ayele Abshero ETH 2:08:27, 3. Stephen Kiprotich UGA
2:08:32, 4. Jiksa Tolosa ETH 2:08:52, 5. Lucas Rotich KEN 2:09:48, 6. Robert
Chemonges UGA 2:10:00, 7. Ryu Takaku JPN 2:09:48
