Ethiopians Dereje Debele Tulu and Melkam Gizaw took the 11th edition of the METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf on Sunday. In ideal weather conditions 26 year-old Dereje Debele Tulu broke the course record with 2:07:48. It was the first sub 2:08 time in Duesseldorf. Second placed Pius Ondoro clocked 2:08:17 while Duncan Koech (both Kenya) took […]
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Expectations are high once again for a very fast race in the 43rd edition of the BMW BERLIN MARATHON on September 25. All the omens are favourable with the recruitment of another high quality field which, given good weather conditions, points to another year of outstanding, world class times. Berlin Marathon – Wilson Kipsang vs […]
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World-class field headed by sub 2:05 runner Endeshaw Negesse at Marathon Duesseldorf The strongest field in the history of the event will line up for the 12th edition of the Metro Group Marathon Duesseldorf on 27April. Ethiopians Endeshaw Negesse and Selomie Getnet head the current start lists with personal bests of 2:04:52 and 2:25:15 respectively. […]
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Berlin, Germany – Kenenisa Bekele wins thrilling duel with Wilson Kipsang and misses world record by just six seconds at the Berlin Marathon 2016. Kenenisa Bekele wins Berlin Marathon Kenenisa Bekele established himself as the second fastest marathon runner ever, winning the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON with a time of 2:03:03 on Sunday. In a thrilling duel […]
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Six days after Boston there was another surprising American marathon victory: In rainy conditions Annie Bersagel won the Metro Group Marathon Duesseldorf with a personal best of 2:28:59. She overtook Selomie Getnet with only three kilometres to go. Annie Bersagel takes Duesseldorf, Gilbert Yegon wins men’s race The Ethiopian, who had a big lead in […]
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Berlin Marathon – Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya is currently the best marathon runner in the world. The 2016 Olympic champion is aiming to run faster at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on September 24 than his compatriot Dennis Kimetto who set the world record on the renowned fast course in 2014, stopping the clock at 2:02:57. Eliud […]
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Tom Gröschel and Anja Scherl are the winners of the Metro Marathon Düsseldorf. It is the first time in the history of the event that there are two national winners. Both also took the German Championship as this was included in the race. Tom Gröschel clocked 2:13:49 in cloudy but dry weather conditions, which is […]
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With the Spring marathon season drawing to a close, the 27th running of the Haspa Marathon Hamburg on Sunday morning (29th) looks like giving further impetus to the wholesale revision of winning times that has taken place over the last couple of years. Where 2hr 6mins was once, even recently, worthy of a whistle of […]
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Marathons can be won and lost in many different ways. Shami Dawit of Ethiopia and Rael Kiyara of Kenya employed a similar tactic to win the men’s and women’s races at the 27th Haspa Marathon Hamburg this morning, attacking between 30 and 40 kilometres, and breaking both course records, with 2.05.58 and 2.23.47. The big […]
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Comeback at Haspa Marathon Hamburg, Haile Gebrselassie will start the 4th May in Hamburg Hamburg, 4 February 2014. In the first moment there was silence in the press room of the new event-sponsor Hanseatic health insurance (HEK), as athletes Manager Jurrie van der Velden presented a life-size image of the running legend from Ethiopia, drawn […]
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