Athletics - Berlin Marathon - Berlin, Germany - September 26, 2021 Ethiopia's Guye Adola celebrates after winning the elite men's race REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
BERLIN (Reuters) - Ethiopian Guye Adola survived a midway comeback from race favourite Kenenisa Bekele and a late surge from Kenyan Bethwel Yegon to power to victory in the Berlin marathon on Sunday.
Yegon finished in second place ahead of Bekele, who was competing for the first time in 18 months and struggled with a COVID-19 infection nine months ago, in third.
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