Ethiopians Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist Ketema have won the men’s and women’s races in the 50th edition of the Berlin Marathon on Sunday.

Ethiopia claimed a double victory at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday as Milkesa Mengesha won the men’s competition while Tigist Ketema triumphed over the women’s field. Mengesha, 24, clocked a time of two hours, three minutes, 17 seconds to finish ahead of Kenya’s Cyrbian Kotut in a two-horse race that came down the final kilometre.