Tadese Takele (2:02:23) and Sutume Asefa Kebede (2:16:31) won the men’s and women’s races at the 2025 Tokyo Marathon.

Takele broke clear of the pack with around 4km to go in warm conditions to claim his first major marathon title, shaving a second off his previous personal best. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa ...

Ethiopia’s Tadese Takele won the Tokyo Marathon in a time of 2hr 3min 23sec yesterday as Uganda’s double Olympic track champion Joshua Cheptegei finished ninth.Takele ...

Stephen Kiprotich (marathon) at London 2012 and Joshua Cheptegei at Tokyo 2020 (5000m) and Paris 2024 (10,000m), as well as Chemutai’s Tokyo triumph, have Uganda at five Olympic gold medals.

Ethiopians Tadese Takele and Sutume Kebede won their divisions of the Tokyo Marathon on a nearly perfect spring day in the ...

On a mild spring morning in Tokyo, Japan, more than 30,000 runners took to the streets for the Tokyo Marathon, marking the ...

Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei has secured qualification for the 2025 World Athletics Championship in Tokyo, Japan.

Paula Radcliffe has run her first marathon in a decade, completing the 26.2-mile distance in less than three hours at the age ...

Former world record holder Paula Radcliffe on Sunday took part in her first competitive marathon in 10 years. The 51-year-old ...

Tadese Takele claimed his first major marathon victory and Sutume Kebede retained her title to complete an Ethiopian double ...