{"id":8753,"date":"2023-05-01T22:48:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T22:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/belfast-marathon-mohamed-oumaarir-and-shewaye-woldemeskel-secure-victories\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T22:48:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T22:48:07","slug":"belfast-marathon-mohamed-oumaarir-and-shewaye-woldemeskel-secure-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/belfast-marathon-mohamed-oumaarir-and-shewaye-woldemeskel-secure-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"Belfast Marathon: Mohamed Oumaarir and Shewaye Woldemeskel secure victories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$video-1\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0\"><noscript data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0.1\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--video\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$video-1.1\">Oumaarir and Woldemeskel secure victories in Belfast City Marathon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\">Morocco&#8217;s Mohamed Oumaarir secured victory in the Belfast Marathon men&#8217;s race while Shewaye Woldemeskel of Ethiopia won the women&#8217;s event. <\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0.0\">Oumaarir crossed the finishing line in two hours 22 minutes 54 seconds and he was followed in by Welshman Adam Bowden in 2:23:26.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">Race favourite and 2017 winner Bernard Rotich clocked 2:26:03 in third. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">Woldemeskel eased to victory in 2:37:20, four minutes clear of local runner Gladys Ganiel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">Ethiopia&#8217;s Gadise Negasa was third with a time of 2:44:24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">Commonwealth Games athlete Ganiel won the women&#8217;s race last year but she was happy with her runner-up spot on Sunday in a time of 2:41:20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">&#8220;It went really well. I was two minutes faster than last last year when I won,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$image-10\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$image-10.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$image-10.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$image-10.1\">On the Belfast Marathon podium are runner-up Gladys Daniel, winner Shewaye Woldemeskel and third-placed finisher Gadise Negasa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">&#8220;I was happy with the way I paced it and I was able to pick people off in the second half of the race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0\">&#8220;We had a better international field this year &#8211; it was a tougher competition and I&#8217;m really pleased to come second. The winner was just classier than I was.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0\">Oumaari, Bowden and Rotich were locked together in a three-man leading group until the final few miles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.0\">The Moroccan moved clear and Bowden stayed in touch but Rotich surprisingly faded and fell well behind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15\"><span data-reactid=\".1r69ef9uve6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15.0\">Martin Lynch was the quickest Northern Ireland finisher, coming seventh in 2:33:24 while Mark Millar won the wheelchair event.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/athletics\/65439208?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oumaarir and Woldemeskel secure victories in Belfast City Marathon Morocco&#8217;s Mohamed Oumaarir secured victory in the Belfast Marathon men&#8217;s race while Shewaye Woldemeskel of Ethiopia won the women&#8217;s event. Oumaarir crossed the finishing line in two hours 22 minutes 54 seconds and he was followed in by Welshman Adam Bowden in 2:23:26. 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