OTTAWA (HAN) May 30.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. On your mark, get ready, sweat. The fact that the city is nicknamed Hottawa didn’t stop close to 47,000 of people from running in this year’s annual Ottawa Race Weekend.
Ethiopia’s Dino Sefir ran the full marathon in the fastest time, finishing the 42.2 kilometre trek with a time of 2:08:14. The top Canadian man, Kip Kangogo of Lethbridge, Alta., finished in 2:21:22.
The fastest woman to finish the marathon was Koren Jelela from Ethiopia. She crossed the finish line after 2:27:06.
Tarah Korir was the top Canadian woman in the marathon, finishing in 2:35:44.
Around 11:30 a.m. the marathon course was shortened by about 10 kilometre to offset the rising temperature.
Ottawa paramedics said they responded to more calls than usual during Sunday’s races, with nearly 90 runners checked at the medical tent or on the course and two taken to hospital.
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