Ethiopia’s Yihunilign Adane and Waganesh Mekasha won the men’s and women’s Elite races in the 2023 Ottawa International Marathon – a World Athletics Label Elite Road Race meeting in Canada on Sunday, 28 May. Read more: Göteborgsvarvet Half Marathon 2023 results; Kenyans sweep titles
The Elite women’s race went to Waganesh Mekasha, who battled through the tough conditions to win by almost three minutes, clocking a time of 2:24:47 to defeat Canada’s Malindi Elmore, who ran 2:27:44 and Melat Kejeta of Germany, who crossed the finish line at a time of 2:27:50 for third place.
Meanwhile, the Elite men’s race saw the top four finishers coming from Ethiopia. Yihunilign Adane crossed the finish line first in a time of 2:08:22, beating his compatriots Gebretsadik Abraha, who ran 2:09:13 for second place, and Abdi Ali Gelchu, who clocked 2:10:38 for third.
Ottawa Marathon Elite Men’s Results
- Yihunilign Adane (Ethiopia) – 2:08:22
- Gebretsadik Abraha (Ethiopia) – 2:09:13
- Abdi Ali Gelchu (Ethiopia) – 2:10:38
- Aychew Bantie (Ethiopia) – 2:13:11
- Parker Stinson (USA) – 2:13:57
- Felix Kibitok (Kenya) – 2:14:02
- Ryoma Takeuchi (Japan) – 2:14:03
- Daniel Mesfun (USA) – 2:14:29
- Sydney Gidabuday (USA) – 2:14:47
- Taiki Suzuki (Japan) – 2:16:09
- Kento Otsu (Japan) – 2:16:38
- Junnosuke Matsuo (Japan) – 2:17:36
- John Dressel (USA) – 2:17:50
- Lee Wesselius (Canada) – 2:18:26
- Mohamed Aagab (Morocco) – 2:18:33
- Andrew Bowman (USA) – 2:18:59
- Chihiro Ono (Japan) – 2:19:01
- Will Nation (USA) – 2:19:03
- Blair Morgan (Canada) – 2:19:49
Ottawa Marathon Elite Women’s Results
- Waganesh Mekasha (Ethiopia) – 2:24:47
- Malindi Elmore (Canada) – 2:27:44
- Melat Kejeta (Germany) – 2:27:50
- Aberu Ayana Mulisa (Ethiopia) – 2:30:57
- Jacqueline Gaughan (USA) – 2:31:37
- Ayantu Kumela (Ethiopia) – 2:33:36
- Sarah Pagano (USA) – 2:33:52
- Alyssa McElheny (USA) – 2:37:30
- Tammy Hsieh (USA) – 2:37:43
- Alexandra Hynes (Canada) – 2:46:42
- Melanie DesAutels (Canada) – 2:49:23
- Phoebe Oehmig (USA) – 2:53:16
- Alison Barwick (Canada) – 2:53:24
- Gillian McCabe (Canada) – 2:54:42
- Sasha Gollish (Canada) – 2:54:42
- Mary-Alex Zickefoose (USA) – 3:03:52
