{"id":664933,"date":"2026-10-25T13:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T13:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664933\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T13:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T13:26:14","slug":"abay-alemu-lesa-wins-mens-dublin-marathon-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664933\/","title":{"rendered":"Abay Alemu Lesa wins men\u2019s Dublin Marathon \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Abay Alemu Lesa from Ethiopia won the outright honours in the Irish Life <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin-marathon\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin-marathon\/\">Dublin Marathon<\/a> on Sunday, crossing the line in 2:10:28, just six seconds ahead of Ebba Tulu Chala from Sweden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Continuing the good sporting year for Mayo, Hugh Armstrong of Ballina AC took the honours in the race for the top Irish men\u2019s finisher. The 32-year-old crossed the line in eighth place overall, clocking 2:14:51.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Zenebu Fikdau Jebesa from Ethiopia took the women\u2019s title in 2:24:26, with Judith Storm from Derry just getting the better of Sorcha Nic Dh\u00f3mhnaill in the race for the first Irish woman\u2019s finisher, crossing the line just a few strides ahead in 2:35:46.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Patrick Monahan from Kildare won a ninth title in the wheelchair race in 1:46:03. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">More to follow<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Men \u2013 Overall<\/p>\n<p>Abay Alemu Lesa (Ethiopia) \u2013 2:10:28Ebba Chala (Sweden) \u2013 2:10:36Sahlesilassie Nigussie (Ethiopia) \u2013 2:11:25<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Women \u2013 Overall<\/p>\n<p>Zenebu Fikdau Jebesa (Ethiopia) \u2013 2:24:26Tenebeb Nega Aynalem (Ethiopia) \u2013 2:25:50Sechele Dalasa Adunga (Ethiopia) \u2013 2:27:22<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Irish National Marathon Championships \u2013 Men<\/p>\n<p>Hugh Armstrong (Ballina AC) \u2013 2:14:51Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) \u2013 2:15:44Stephen McAuley (Letterkenny AC) \u2013 2:16:37<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Irish National Marathon Championships \u2013 Women<\/p>\n<p>Judith Storm(City of Derry Spartans AC) \u2013 2:35:46Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick AC) \u2013 2:35:58Meghan Ryan (Dundrum South Dublin AC) \u2013 2:40:47<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Wheelchair Race <\/p>\n<p>Patrick Monahan (Ireland) &#8211; 1:46:03<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abay Alemu Lesa from Ethiopia won the outright honours in the Irish Life Dublin Marathon on Sunday, crossing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[45574,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-664933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-dublin-marathon","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}