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The National Athletics Federation of Eritrea conducted the 31st National Half-Marathon Competition in Mendefera on Sunday, 9 August.<\/p>\n
More than 150 male and female athletes from the Southern, Central and Gash-Barka regions, as well as the Ministry of Defense\u2019s Denden Club, took part in the competition.<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s category, Athlete Major Tedros from the Southern Region won the race, finishing in 1 hour, 4 minutes and 41 seconds. Athlete Teklehaimanot Berhane from the Southern Region and Athlete Saimon Mebrahtu from Denden Club finished second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s category, Olympian Nazareth Woldu from the Gash-Barka Region won the race, finishing in 1 hour, 19 minutes and 1 second. Athlete Mikal Tsegazeab and Olympian Dolci Tesfu, both from Denden Club, finished second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n
Likewise, in the men\u2019s five-kilometre category, Athlete Yobel Zerit from the Central Region won the race, finishing in 14 minutes, 14 seconds and 3 microseconds. In the women\u2019s category, Athlete Delina from the Central Region finished first in 16 minutes, 43 seconds and 24 microseconds.<\/p>\n
In the one-mile race, Athlete Fitsum Abraham from the Southern Region and Athlete Canary Teklemariam from the Central Region won the men\u2019s and women\u2019s categories, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n