Kemal Husen and Sorome Negash seal Ethiopian double at Dublin Marathon

Stephen Scullion claimed his second national marathon crown and Ann-Maire McGlynn won her first title.

FIRST HOME: Kemal Husen celebrates after winning the men's event in the 2023 Irish Life Dublin Marathon. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Ethiopia's Kemal Husen stormed to victory in a new course record at the 2023 Irish Life Dublin Marathon on the streets of the capital this morning.

In what was only his second ever marathon, the 20-year-old knocked over one minute off his personal best from earlier this year, crossing the line in a time of two hours six minutes, and fifty-two seconds.