Kemboi, Rotich triumph in Prague

Kemboi, Rotich triumph in Prague

Nicholas Kemboi and Caroline Rotich celebrated their biggest career wins on the streets of the Czech capital on Sunday, taking the 19th edition of the Volkswagen Prague Marathon. Kemboi, who originally comes from Kenya but competes for Qatar since 2005, ran 2:08:51...
April takes Hannover in May

April takes Hannover in May

Despite warm weather conditions both course records were broken in the TUI Marathon Hannover: South Africa’s Lusapho April clocked 2:08:32 while Ukraine’s Olena Burkovska crossed the line in 2:27:07. While temperatures climbed to over 20 Celsius during the final part...
New course record in Duesseldorf

New course record in Duesseldorf

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....

Partridge and Samuels selected for Worlds

British Athletics have announced two athletes selected to represent the GB & NI team in the marathon at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, in August. Susan Partridge (coach: Steve Jones) was selected following a three minute personal best of...

Joubert never expected win

Tuesday, 19 February 2013 – 24 year-old Cornelia Joubert became South Africa’s youngest ever Marathon Champion after winning the title at the SA Marathon Championships in Oudtshoorn on 3 February 2013. The biggest surprise was that she never expected to win the...