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On April 15, 2019, Degefa won the Boston Marathon in 2:23:31 in front-running fashion, by surging away from the field only 8 km into the race, despite never having seen the course before, even in training. By the 30 km mark, she had opened up an almost 3 minute lead over the chasers.
Apr 15, 2019 · Worknesh Degefa, a 28-year-old from Assela, Ethiopia, took the lead in the fourth mile of the Boston Marathon, opened up a gap that reached almost three minutes at mile 18, and pushed all...
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Apr 15, 2019 · Worknesh Degefa and Lawrence Cherono won the 2019 Boston Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Monday (15th) with utterly different race strategies. Degefa, running her first Boston, pulled away from the pack after the 5km mark and ran alone for two hours to the finish, winning in 2:23:31.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS, April 15—Worknesh Degefa ran fearlessly to one of the most dominating women’s victories in the history of the Boston Marathon. The 28-year-old Ethiopian broke from the pack in mile No. 5 and simply ran away from the field, extending her lead to more than a half-mile and breaking the tape in 2:23:31.
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Apr 16, 2019 · Degefa made her Boston debut after competing in three previous marathons, all on the benign Dubai track where she set the Ethiopian national record of 2:17:41. BOSTON, MA- April 15, 2019: Women’s...
Back to News. Apr. 15. Worknesh Degefa Cruises To 123rd Boston Marathon Title. By Barbara Huebner. When she arrived in Boston last week, Worknesh Degefa’s marathon resume included one race: Dubai, which she has run the past three years.
Apr 15, 2019 · BOSTON (AP) — Worknesh Degefa had never set foot on the Boston Marathon course before she toed the start line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts on Monday morning. It didn’t stop the 28-year-old Ethiopian from conquering it on her first trip down the famed route.
