77 endurance women took the start. At the premiere at the world championship, Stewart was in the top ten and crossed the finish line less than ten minutes behind the winner as the sixth best European woman.
“Up and down. I can be quite satisfied with the position. The marathon was, in terms of the weather, demanding. I enjoyed it and, surprisingly, I enjoyed the last lap the most. I started to perceive the fans around and the atmosphere,” she described her feelings about the race in high temperatures Stewart.
All four runners were from Ethiopia in the eight-member leading group that crystallized at the thirtieth kilometer. Three kilometers later, Tsegay Gemechu, who until then had led most of the race, retired, and the remaining trio began to pull away from their rivals. Even this year’s fastest winner of the Tokyo Marathon, Rosemary Wanjiru from Kenya, did not keep pace with them. Rose Chelim of Bahrain, the 2017 world champion, gave up halfway through the course.
Shankule, who ran the third fastest marathon of all time (2:14:58) in December in Valencia, entered the final climb on the bridge, and the title was clear.
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