Addis Ababa, July 16, 2023 (FBC) – Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa will head to the BMW Berlin Marathon, seeking to defend her title in the women’s race when the World Athletics Elite Platinum Label road race returns on 24 September, the World Athletics governing body confirmed.
Tigist achieved an impressive performance in Berlin last year, as she improved the women’s course record by more than two minutes with 2:15:37, a time that places her fifth on the world all-time list.
She will go up against athletes from different countries across the world.