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 ...

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 ...