{"id":15675,"date":"2026-10-25T12:29:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T12:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/?p=15675"},"modified":"2026-10-25T12:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T12:29:31","slug":"frankfurt-marathon-2026-results-jirata-dinki-zeineba-yimer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/15675","title":{"rendered":"Jirata Dinki and Zeineba Yimer Win the Frankfurt Marathon for Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jirata Dinki and Zeineba Yimer of Ethiopia won the Frankfurt Marathon in Germany on Sunday. Jirata won the men’s race in 2 hours, 5 minutes and 26 seconds, the race organizers reported<\/a>. Zeineba won the women’s race in 2:19:45.<\/p>\n

It was the second year in a row that Ethiopians won both races in Frankfurt. In 2025, Belay Asfaw and Buze Diriba took the titles<\/a>. This year the runners started in rain and had to pass through deep puddles on the course, the German broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk (hr<\/a>) reported.<\/p>\n

Jirata Passes the European Champion<\/h2>\n

Jirata came to Frankfurt with a best time of 2:08:18, according to the organizers’ start list<\/a>. He ran almost three minutes faster on Sunday to set a new personal best, the German Press Agency (dpa<\/a>) reported.<\/p>\n

Germany’s Amanal Petros, the European champion, attacked after about 30 kilometers, hr said. At first only Kenya’s Benard Biwott could stay with him. Jirata kept running close behind and reached Petros again a few kilometers from the finish, when Biwott could no longer stay with the German.<\/p>\n

Near the end, while Petros was leading, a food delivery rider who had stopped his bicycle close to the course got in his way, the news site t-online<\/a> reported. Petros lost his rhythm, and Jirata used the moment to move past him. Jirata reached the finish inside the Festhalle 20 seconds ahead of him.<\/p>\n