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Aselefech Mergia keen to regain London Marathon title
- Updated: April 21, 2016
Aselefech Mergia says seeing her fellow Gemedu Dedefo-coached athlete Atsede Baysa win the Boston Marathon on Monday has given her confidence ahead of her own race over 26.2 miles at the Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday (April 24).
Mergia and Baysa form part of a strong group of Ethiopian athletes coached by Dedefo, with Boston runner-up Tirfi Tsegaye, Mumbai Marathon winner Shuko Genemo and Feyse Tadese, who also runs in London on Sunday, among his charges.
Baysa claimed an impressive victory in Boston, overcoming a 37-second deficit at 22 miles to surge past the two athletes in front of her to secure the win, and Mergia, who says she watched the race on television, hopes she will also reap the rewards of months of hard training.
“I have had good training for this competition, I have prepared long and hard,” she told Athletics Weekly, speaking through a translator. “I haven’t had any competitions since finishing second in New York (in November, behind Mary Keitany).
“I really want to win on Sunday and so I have trained well and really focused on this competition.”
On the success of Baysa and Tsegaye in Boston, she added: “The fact that Atsede was first and Tirfi was second, I am very happy about. It really gives me confidence because we are all doing the same training, so the …
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