Xiamen: Ethiopia’s Dawit Wolde and Ruti Aga claimed the respective men’s and women’s titles, both with new course records, at the 2025 Xiamen Marathon on Sunday.
According to Ethiopian News Agency, Dawit clocked a winning time of two hours, six minutes and six seconds, shattering the previous record of 2:06:19 set by Kenya’s Moses Cheruiyot Mosop in 2015.
Tebello Ramakongoana of Lesotho took silver, 12 seconds back, while another Ethiopian runner Asefa Boki Kebebe secured bronze in 2:06:32. “The course is amazing and nice. We are lucky to have [competed in the Xiamen Marathon] this season and the weather is nice. I like this race because the atmosphere is good and it is well organized. I will come back,” said Wolde.
Ruti Aga captured the women’s title with 2:18:46, breaking the former course record of 2:19:52 set by her compatriot Mare Dibaba Hurrsa in 2015. Gutemi Shone and Fikrte Wereta, also from Ethiopia, finished second and third respectively.
The Xiamen Marathon gained the World Athletics Elite Platinum Label in 2021. This year’s event has attracted 35,000 contestants from 46 countries and regions, it was indicated. The Xiamen International Marathon 2025 is an annual marathon race hosted by Xiamen Municipal Government in the coastal city of Xiamen in Fujian province, China.