Derara Hurisa leads star cast in Mumbai Marathon

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

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.

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