Luxury | March 19, 2012 Fatuma Sado wins LA Marathon Associated Press | March 19, 2012 SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Fatuma Sado of Ethiopia has won the Los Angeles Marathon women’s race, breaking her personal best by more than 2 minutes and earning a $100,000 gender challenge bonus. Kenya’s Simon Njoroge won the men’s race. The 20-year-old Sado led over the final 20 miles and won in 2 hours, 25 minutes, 39 seconds in just her fourth marathon. She took advantage of a 17:31 head start the women’s elite runners received over the men to win the prize given to the first runner, male or female, to finish. Her previous best time was 2:28:01 last year in Istanbul. She previously won in Hamburg in her marathon debut. Njoroge left countryman Weldon Kirui behind in the 22nd mile and finished in 2:12:12 for his seventh marathon victory. Ethiomedia.com – An African-American news and views website. Copyright 2012 Ethiomedia.com. Email: [email protected] Ethiopia carries out 2nd attack in Eritrea Is the government serious about fighting corruption?
