Uganda’s Naibei wins 2026 EDP Lisbon Marathon

David GOMBE

Ugandan long-distance runner Martin Naibei Musau received the thirteenth EDP Lisbon Marathon held on Saturday, tenth October.

Musau clocked 2:08:07 to say victory within the Portuguese capital on Saturday, beating a robust East African area.

Kenyan duo Gilbert Kipkurui Korir (2:08:33) and Stephen Chebon Kipkech (2:08:35) completed second and third respectively in a good podium battle.

Musau, pulled away within the remaining kilometres to safe the win by 26 seconds and enhancing his earlier private greatest by 35 seconds.
In reality all of the three podium finishers achieved new private bests.

The EDP Lisbon Marathon is a World Athletics Gold Label Street Race that pulls elite runners from world wide.

Within the ladies’s race, Meskerem Mamo Hayile who was making her marathon debut, produced a robust end to safe victory in 2:28:04.

Tejitu Siyum Alamayehu crossed the road seven seconds later in 2:28:11, whereas Bashanke Imoshe Bilo completed third in 2:28:15, solely 11 seconds behind the winner.

Defending champion Abebech Afework was unable to repeat final 12 months’s success, ending fifth in 2:29:00.

Remarkably, her ending time was similar to the one which had secured her victory within the 2025 version.

2026 EDP Lisbon Marathon – Males’s Prime 10 Outcomes

1. Martin Naibei Musau (Uganda) — 2:08:07

2. Gilbert Kipkurui (Kenya) — 2:08:33

3. Stephen Chebon Kipkech (Kenya) — 2:08:35

4. Desalegn Yilie (Ethiopia) — 2:09:08

5. Elkana Langat (Kenya) — 2:09:20

6. Victor Kiplimo (Kenya) — 2:10:34

7. Abdi Ali Gelchu (Ethiopia) — 2:11:11

8. Demisu Gemeda (Ethiopia) — 2:11:29

9. Zablon Chumba (Kenya) — 2:12:23

10. Dechasa Nugusa Demsa (Ethiopia) — 2:12:53

2026 EDP Lisbon Marathon – Ladies’s Prime 9 Outcomes

1. Meskerem Mamo Hayile (Ethiopia) — 2:28:04

2. Tejitu Siyum (Ethiopia) — 2:28:11

3. Bashanke Bilo (Ethiopia) — 2:28:15

4. Sintayehu Tilahun (Ethiopia) — 2:28:19

5. Abeebech Afework (Ethiopia) — 2:29:00

6. Ruth Chebitok (Kenya) — 2:29:18

7. Ruth Chepkoech (Kenya) — 2:32:41

8. Waganesh Endawork Asegie (Ethiopia) — 2:33:00

9. Genet Sahle (Ethiopia) — 2:34:04