Haile Gebrselassie (left) finished in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 29 seconds on Friday, well ahead of countryman Deressa Chimsa who came in second. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
DUBAI - HAILE Gebrselassie has won the Dubai Marathon, but fell short of breaking his own world record on the flat and fast course.
The 35-year-old Ethiopian finished in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 29 seconds on Friday, well ahead of countryman Deressa Chimsa who came in second.
Bezunesh Bekele Sertsu of Ethiopia was the women's winner in 2:24:01.
The race had offered a US$1 million (S$1.45 million) bonus - on top of the US$250,000 winner's prize - for breaking the world record of 2:03:59 set by Gebrselassie in Berlin in September. -- AP
