Amane Beriso Shankule led an Ethiopian 1-2 as she won the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.

Shankule, whose victory at last year’s Valencia marathon put her third on the world all-time list, timed 2hr 24min 23sec on the streets of Budapest.

Defending champion Gotytom Gebreslase claimed silver, 11sec behind, with Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi taking bronze in 2:25.17 in scorching and humid conditions with temperatures hitting 29 degrees Celsius (84 degrees Fahrenheit) by the time the race finished.

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