Mumbai, Jan 6 (UNI) Defending champions Cosmas Lagat of kenya and Worknesh Alemu of Ethiopia will return to the 17th edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon on January 19.
The men and women singles champions stand to earn dollar 45,000 each, plus dollar 15,000 bonus for a course record, in the IAAF Gold Label event.
Like Lagat, Ethiopia’s Alemu upset the pre-race form book in 2019 and won in Mumbai in a personal best of 2:25:25. She improved her best to 2:24:42 later in 2019 when finishing sixth at the Amsterdam Marathon in October.