Mumbai, Dec 30 (UNI) Ethiopia’s defending champions Hayle Lemi Berhanu and Aberash Minsewo are returning to retain their titles at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2025, a World Athletics Gold Label Race, scheduled for January 19.
Berhanu will attempt a hat trick of wins after his back-to-back victories in 2023 and 2024 in the men’s section. If successful, he will be the first runner to achieve this honour in the twenty years of history of the race.
Incidentally, Kenyan John Kelai, who won in 2007 and 2008, made such an attempt earlier but managed to get only a third-place finish in 2009. Although Ethiopian woman Mulu Seboka secured three victories in Mumbai, she skipped the 2007 edition before claiming her third title.