Ethiopia completed a double in the Tokyo Marathon Sunday as Birhanu Legese won the men’s race and Ruti Aga took the women’s title in unfavourable wet and windy conditions. Legese, 24, who made an impressive marathon debut in Dubai in January last year, won in two hours, four minutes and 48 seconds – just 33 seconds slower than his personal best set in Dubai, but still the second-fastest ever run in Tokyo. Kenyans completed the podium with Bedan Karoki coming home second in 2hr 6min 48 seconds and last year’s winner Dickson Chumba third in 2:08.44, more than three minutes down on his 2018 run.
