Germany - On September 29, the elite of the marathon world will be at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. With the Ethiopian, Kenenisa Bekele, world class runners Guye Adola, Leul Gebrselassie, Sisay Lemma and Birhanu Legese, the men's race is strongly loaded (see press release from July … [Read more...]
Vantaa Marathon 2019, 50th anniversary
August 19, 2019
Tikkurila will be filled with running enthusiasts when the Vantaa Marathon takes place on Saturday, October 12, 2019. The event is held at the Tikkurila Sports Hall and the Swimming Hall. … [Read more...]
German victories at Dusseldorf Marathon
April 29, 2019
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 … [Read more...]
Double Ethiopian triumph in Hamburg 2019
April 29, 2019
Tadu Abatu and Dibabe Kuma celebrated success in duplicate for Ethiopia at the Haspa Marathon Hamburg on Sunday. In rainy conditions last year’s runner-up Abatu clocked 2:08:25, winning a sprint finish from Ayele Abshero. His fellow-Ethiopian crossed the line just one second … [Read more...]
Racheal Mutgaa sets Hannover course record
April 7, 2019
Debutant Silas Mwetich won the 29th HAJ Hannover Marathon while Racheal Mutgaa took the race, breaking the course record. Kenya’s Mwetich ran his marathon debut in fine weather conditions and surprisingly won the race in 2:09:37. Fellow-Kenyan Hosea Kipkemboi was second with … [Read more...]
Molla, Chepngetich take Dubai Marathon 2019 titles
January 25, 2019
Dubai, 25 January 2019 - In another record-shattering day at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya became the third fastest woman in marathon history when she clocked 2.17.08, taking over two minutes off the 12 month old course record, and a minute off … [Read more...]
Lagat, Alemu take Mumbia 2019 titles
January 21, 2019
Mumbai, India - 20 January 2019: Kenya’s Cosmas Lagat and Ethiopia’s Worknesh Alemu surprised the pundits and produced outstanding performances in hot conditions to triumph at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2019, winning in 2:09:15 and 2:25.45 respectively. … [Read more...]
