Dec 1 (Reuters) - Kenya's Sabastian Sawe dazzled on his marathon debut as he ran the fifth-fastest time ever to win the Valencia Marathon, while Ethiopia's Megertu Alemu took the women's race.

Lemma, meanwhile, was tenth at 2:04:38. In the women's race, Megertu Alemu delivered a dominant performance herself and ran practically alone in a male group, stopping the clock at 2:16:49 ...

Ethiopia's Megertu Alemu won the women's race with a personal best of 2:16:49. Ugandan Stella Chesang was second in 2:18:26 and Ethiopian Tiruye Mesfin third in 2:18:35. A month after floods in ...

Tigst Assefa (ETH) -- 2:16:23 3. Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) -- 2:16:24 4. Megertu Alemu (ETH) -- 2:16:34 5. Brigid Kosgei (KEN) -- 2:19:02 6. Sheila Chepkirui (KEN) -- 2:19:31 7. Tigist Ketema (ETH ...

World record holder Tigst Assefa and Megertu Alemu, both of Ethiopia, and Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei also beat the previous women's only record of 2:17:01, set by Mary Keitany in 2017.

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe dazzled in his marathon debut as he ran the fifth-fastest time ever to win the Valencia Marathon, while Ethiopia's Megertu Alemu took the women's race. The 28-year-old Sawe ...