Ethiopian Tigist Ketema wins women's Berlin Marathon

Tigist Ketema won the women's Berlin Marathon, completing an Ethiopian double alongside countryman Milkesa Mengesha in the German capital on Sunday in the 50th edition of the race.

Women's top 3

🥇 Tigist Ketema 🇪🇹 2:16:42
🥈 Mestawot Fikir 🇪🇹 2:18:48
🥉 Bosena Mulatie 🇪🇹 2:19:00

What a day for Ethiopia! #AbbottWMM #BerlinMarathon2024 pic.twitter.com/ATjkZtXR3e

— Abbott WMMajors (@WMMajors) September 29, 2024

The training partner of Tigist Assefa, who smashed the world record in Berlin last year, Ketema won in an as yet unofficial time of 2hr 16min 42sec in her first year running marathons.

#Ethiopia'n Tigist Ketema and Milkesa Mengesha won the 50th #BerlinMarathon2024

Women
🥇 Tigist Ketema 🇪🇹 2:16:42
🥈 Mestawot Fikir 🇪🇹 2:18:48
🥉 Bosena Mulatie 🇪🇹 2:19:00

Men
🥇 Milkesha Mengesha 🇪🇹 2:03:17
🥈 Cyrbian Kotut 🇰🇪 2:03:22
🥉 Haymanot Alew 🇪🇹 2:03:31 pic.twitter.com/R2aiHIIXju

— H𝕒𝕟𝕒 G𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕖 💚💛❤️ (@HanaGebres) September 29, 2024

Ketema's time was just under five minutes slower than Assefa's world record but is the third-best winning time for women in Berlin Marathon history.