The 2023 Cape Town Marathon was won by Ethiopians Adane Kebede Gebre and Tsige Haileslase Abreha on Sunday, 15 October.
Windstill conditions on the start line, alongside the Cape Town Stadium in Green Point, belied the gusty nature of the wind on the rest of the course.
Turning back towards the central business district the route returned via Mowbray, Observatory, Salt River and Gardens. That was until Gadisa Bekele Gutama pushed the pace exiting Newlands and taking advantage of a short descent to open a 2 second lead.Lucky Mohale, Thabang Masihlelo and Bayelign Teshager Yegzaw all took turns to lead the chase, eventually reeling the lone Ethiopian in before the race passed the Rondebosch Common at the half-way mark.This also caused a gradual whittling down, with the lead group thinning from 27 to 11 main contenders heading into the final 10km.
“The race was really very good and I enjoyed both it and my time in Cape Town. We’ve been welcomed by the city so well and have enjoyed incredible hospitality.” Tsige Haileslase Abreha overcame cramps in the closing kilometres but missed out on breaking the women’s course record, by just 15 seconds, on her way to victory in the 2023 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. Photo by Johan Minnaar.
Haileslase Abreha forced the pace and the pressure over the next 5km, until only Sheila Chepkech, of Kenya, and four Ethiopians remained in contention. Haileslase Abreha finished 15 seconds off the record, but has the consolation that her time was good enough to meet the Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifying standard.The second-place finisher on the day also beat the Olympic qualifying mark of 2 hours, 26 minutes and 50 seconds.
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