Eritrean athletes Zeresenai and Nazret become champion of Half marathon
competition in Massawa
Massawa, 07 February 2015 – Eritrean athletes Zeresenai Tadese and Nazret
Woldu today became champion in half marathon competition taken place in
Massawa port city in connection with the Silver Jubilee commemoration of
Operation Fenkil.
Athletes from Eritrea, Kenya, Republic of Sudan and Uganda participated in
the competition that was organized by the Eritrean National Athletics
Federation. Zeresenai ranked first upon concluding the 21-km-long
competition by an hour and 1 minute, 37 seconds, while Eritrean athlete
Hizkel Tewolde from Denden Club of the Defense Ministry ranked second,
besides athlete Girmai Gebreselase from the Southern region Club won third
rank.
Meanwhile, in a 10-km-long competition of female’s athlete Nazret Woldu
from the Central region ranked first upon finishing the race by 34 minutes
and 28 seconds, while athletes Hibret Debesai and Nebiyat Abraham from the
Southern region ranked second and third respectively.
Received on Sat Feb 07 2015 - 18:05:29 EST