Updated On: 22 January, 2024 07:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
Defending champion Hayle and debutant Aberash, both Ethiopians, win elite men’s and women’s titles at Tata Mumbai Marathon on a sizzling Sunday with minimum fuss in the Maximum City

Tata Mumbai Marathon winner Hayle Lemi. Pic/Shadab Khan; (right) women’s winner Aberash Minsewo
Lemi get this straight: We need to ‘Hayle’ Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM) men’s winner Hayle Lemi, who defended his title in style on a Sunday, when the mercury showed little mercy.
The Ethiopian became only the second athlete to defend the men’s crown in the history of the TMM, breaking the tape at 2:07:50. Kenya’s John Kelai had previously won titles in 2007 and 2008.