ROTTERDAM: Dutch runner Adbi Nageeye, the reigning Olympic silver medallist, won the Rotterdam marathon today, bettering his own national record by 11 seconds.
The Somalia-born Nageeye clocked 2 hours 04.45 minutes, finishing five seconds ahead of Ethiopian Amedework Walelegn, with Birhanu Legese, also of Ethiopia, rounding out the podium.
There was a victory in the women's race for Ethiopia's Ashete Bekere, whose winning time of 2:19.30 was enough to see her finish ahead of the Kenyan pair of Viola Kibiwot and Selly Chepyego Kaptich. — AFP
