Diriba breaks the Amsterdam course record in the rain, Berhanu misses his by three seconds
Buze Diriba ran 2:16:10 to break the Amsterdam Marathon course record and Lemi Berhanu won the men's race in 2:03:33, an Ethiopian sweep in cold rain.
Photograph: Little Savage, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Amsterdam Marathon 2014)Ethiopia won both races at the Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday, October 18, and the rain did not stop either winner from going after a record.
Buze Diriba took the women's race in 2:16:10, breaking the course record of 2:16:52 that Yalemzerf Yehualaw set in 2024. Last year's winner, Aynalem Desta, was second in 2:17:06, and Meseret Belete made it an Ethiopian top three in 2:18:06. Marathon Handbook lists Diriba at 2:16:12; the official result will settle the two seconds, and either way the record fell by about 40.
Lemi Berhanu won the men's race in 2:03:33, three seconds outside the 2:03:30 Geofry Kipchumba ran here last year. Nicholas Kipkorir of Kenya was six seconds back in 2:03:39 and his countryman Patrick Mosin was third in 2:03:58. The whole published top ten finished under 2:06.
Noah Schutte was the first Dutch man, 25th in 2:09:35, and Mikky Keetels the first Dutch woman, 14th in 2:30:36.
Wet and cold, and still the fastest women's time ever run in Amsterdam. Flat courses forgive a lot.
Sources: NL Times; Marathon Handbook.
