Geay triumphs in Daegu Marathon 2025

SEOUL: TANZANIAN runner Gabriel Geay won the men’s elite title in the 2025 Daegu Marathon, with an impressive finish of 2:05:20, narrowly edging out Ethiopia’s Addisu Gobena by just two seconds (2:05:22).

The race proved to be a nail-biter, with a highly competitive field of elite athletes from across the globe.

The men’s race was tightly contested, with the top four runners finishing within a mere 44 seconds of one another.

Geay’s victory came after a fierce battle against Gobena, who was hot on his heels, and Dejene Megersa (2:05:59) and Ogbe Kibrom Ruesom (2:06:04) from Ethiopia and Eritrea, respectively.

The margin between first and fourth place was just 44 seconds, highlighting the razor-thin competition at the front of the pack.

Further adding to the drama, Morocco’s Othmane El Goumri (2:06:07) and Kenya’s Gilbert Kibet (2:06:39) were also in contention, with only a 19-second gap separating the two.

Kenyan runners Stephen Kiprop (2:07:16) and Sezgin Atac from Turkey (2:07:26) rounded out the top eight, all finishing in under 2 hours 8 minutes.

In the women’s race, Ethiopia’s Meseret Belete dominated with a time of 2:24:08, finishing well ahead of Bahrain’s Ruth Jebet (2:25:43) and Ethiopia’s Tigist Girma (2:26:45), who took third. Belete’s victory came after a strong final push, with just 1 minute 35 seconds separating her from second place.