Derara Hurisa leads star cast in Mumbai Marathon

Derara Hurisa. Pic/Shadab Khan

Defending men's champion Derara Hurisa of Ethiopia will lead the star cast at the Tata Mumbai Marathon on January 15 as the city's big event returns after a two-year pandemic-forced break.

Hurisa is unlikely to have an easy run this time around with more than a dozen runners in the fray holding personal best timings of 2:08:09 seconds - the course record he set in 2020.

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With a total of 12 men and seven women with personal best timings under the course records competing here, the event looks extremely competitive.