Berlin, Germany - Kenenisa Bekele wins thrilling duel with Wilson Kipsang and misses world record by just six seconds at the Berlin Marathon 2016. … [Read more...]
Kipchoge, Dibaba named Marathon Runner of the Year
November 9, 2015
Greece 2015 - Eliud Kipchoge and Mare Dibaba receive Marathon Runner of the Year awards in Athens … [Read more...]
Ethiopian double at Frankfurt Marathon 2015
October 26, 2015
Ethiopians Sisay Lemma and Gulume Tollesa celebrate double win in Frankfurt Marathon 2015. Whereas, Lemma, eased to victory in 2:06:26 to underline his favourite tag, all the tension and tight finishes, was on show when Tollesa edged out her compatriot, Dinknesh Mekash Tefera. … [Read more...]
Lelisa Desisa wins Boston Marathon 2015
April 21, 2015
In 2013, Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa stormed to victory in the 117th Boston Marathon. Twelve months later, he returned with a weight of expectation on his shoulders; the result was a DNF. In 2015 he came to Boston with a point to prove - which he did in demonstrative fashion after a … [Read more...]
Kim Hye Gyong with Honk Kong surprise
January 26, 2015
In a major marathon upset, Kim Hye Gyong of the Democratic People’s Republic of (North) Korea won the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon early Sunday morning. … [Read more...]
Lemi Berhanu upsets fellow-Ethiopian stars
January 23, 2015
Lemi Berhanu upsets fellow-Ethiopian stars in Dubai, thrilling comeback victory for Aselefech Mergia Lemi Berhanu is the unexpected champion of the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon. It was not a debutant’s triumph as in the past three years but it was definitely a spectacular … [Read more...]
Hayle surprises and Mergia dominates Dubai
January 23, 2015
It was yet another day of dominance for Ethiopian athletes at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon as little known Lemi Berhanu Hayle and the sublime Aselefech Mergia swept the board in the world’s richest marathon. … [Read more...]
Haile Gebrselassie one more marathon
December 12, 2014
If Haile Gebrselassie was peeved at being upstaged by a couple of in-form Kenyans in the Marathon Singapore 10k last Sunday, he soon retrieved his equanimity, and was mulling over at least, “one more marathon,” before retiring to the celebrity circuit, and a leap into national … [Read more...]
Kiptoo and Kebede win Frankfurt Marathon
October 26, 2014
Mark Kiptoo and Aberu Kebede win Frankfurt Marathon, German Arne Gabius runs sensational sub 2:10 debut … [Read more...]
Regassa wins Eindhoven but Poland dominates women
October 12, 2014
Tilahun Regassa is starting to amass a formidable marathon record and after winning the 2014 De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven in 2:06:21 on Sunday he has now won two out of his four outings over the classic distance, both his victories coming on Dutch roads. … [Read more...]
