“It’s an amazing day, I’m so happy to be here and win in Valencia which is so beautiful. It’s my debut and I’m really happy to win today”
“Someone told me that athletes attending press media before the race had bad luck. Broken any “Maleficio” was always a good idea. I was testing myself, I’m really happy to be good prepare, I demonstrate it”
“First part of course I see how it was going, second part I try to push myself, finally I was seeing I can do it better. And I did it”
“I was used to run Half Marathon, I was comfortable during the first half, then I was next to head of race, I saw my fellow and in that moment I think I could go faster than him, and I just did it”
“After this first Marathon I’m sure I can obtain more records”
MEGERTU ALEMU:
“I can do better mark but I’m happy to win today”
“Between 35km and 40 km I wasn’t feeling good, so I decided to reduced rhythm”
“At the finish line, all people was clapping, and that was really special, I can feel today it’s a different day for Valencia”