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Mumbai Marathon 2019: Competition... what's that?
Updated On: 21 January, 2019 08:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Rohan Koli
Kenyan Cosmas Lagat and Ethiopia's Worknesh Alemu clinch men's and women's honours respectively at Mumbai Marathon with facile wins

Kenya's Cosmas Lagat breaks away from the field to leave a fair distance between him and his rivals during the elite menu00c3u0083u00c2u00a2u00c3u0082u00c2u0080u00c3u0082u00c2u0099s full marathon event yesterday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
First-timers - Kenya's Cosmas Lagat and Worknesh Alemu of Ethiopia - stunned favourites Kuma Abera and Amane Gobena (both Ethopia) to grab the men's and women's honours respectively at the Tata Mumbai Marathon yesterday. Cosmas dominated the race, clocking 2:09:15, while Alemu clocked 2:25:45.
Heat was on
Though the athletes yesterday seemed happy with the pleasant 23C weather when the race began outside CST. It soared to 27C by the time the elite athletes touched the 42km-mark.
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