Ethiopians Tadese Takele and Sutume Asefa Kebede won their divisions of the Tokyo Marathon on a perfect nearly spring day in the Japanese capital.

Ethiopia's Tadese Takele won his first Tokyo Marathon men's title on Sunday, while compatriot Sutume Kebede successfully defended her

Tadese Takele (2:02:23) and Sutume Asefa Kebede (2:16:31) won the men’s and women’s races at the 2025 Tokyo Marathon.

Ethiopia's Tadese Takele won the Tokyo Marathon in a time of 2hr 3min 23sec on Sunday as Uganda's double Olympic track champion Joshua Cheptegei finished ninth. Cheptegei, who won gold in both the Tokyo Olympics 5,