Great Ethiopian Run Winners to Receive Record Prize Money


Winners of the 2025 Sofi Malt Great Ethiopian Run 10km International Race will receive record-breaking prize money, organizers have announced.

A total prize pool of ETB 1.8 million will be shared among the top finishers, marking the highest payout in the event’s 25-year history.

The men’s and women’s champions will each earn ETB 400,000, a 60% increase from last year’s ETB 250,000. The second-place finishers will take home ETB 200,000, while third-place athletes will receive ETB 100,000.

The World Athletics Label Road Race, celebrating its silver jubilee, is scheduled for November 23, 2025, and will see 55,000 participants running — and celebrating — through the streets of Addis Ababa.

Girmachew Kebede

Founder of Tilafok.com, Girmachew Kebede is a sports journalist with more than a decade of newsroom and on-air experience. He served as Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Ethio-Sport newspaper, was host and News Editor for the Bisrat Sport radio show, and worked as a football analyst with Kuas Meda. He co-created the Rigore sports show. He was also sports and political stringer for Voice of America’s Horn of Africa Service. His articles were selected among the Top 10 in Africa by the AIPS Sport Media Awards in 2018 and 2022.

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