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MARATHON IN TOP GEAR

Spectators watch people running the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on Friday. Ethiopians dominated the race with Lelisa Desisa winning the men’s title while tirfi tsgaye won the women’s trophy.Desisa, sprinting clear in the last 200 metres to time 2 hours 04 minutes and 45 seconds, also clocked the 13th fastest time in history. tsgaye won the race in 2 hours 23 minutes and 23 seconds.— KT photo by Shihab