Ethiopia’s Tadu Abate Deme and Yeshi Kalayu Chekole Crowned Champions at Tata Mumbai Marathon 2026
View Comments Mumbai: Ethiopians Tadu Abate Deme and Yeshi Kalayu Chekole registered significant victories in the 21st edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon, a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, here today. The top three finishers each took home prize money of USD 50,000, USD 25,000, and USD 15,000 respectively. It was the first career win in a major marathon for Yeshi Chekole, although she had been running this distance since 2019. The 28-year-old neatly executed what she revealed earlier during a pre-race media interaction, staying relaxed and finishing strong. About a dozen Ethiopian women started the race together. Important among them were last year's third-place finisher Medina Deme Armino and Shure Demise, the fastest entrant, with a PB of 2:20:59, clocked some eleven years ago in Dubai. Armino wanted to triumph this time in the absence of the top two […]
