by maraadmin | Dec 12, 2014 | Articles, Ethiopia, Featured, News
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...
by maraadmin | Feb 5, 2014 | Featured, Hamburg, News, Pre event
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...
by maraadmin | Feb 26, 2012 | Featured, Kenya, News, Tokyo
Kenya’s Michael Kipyego tore up the script to win the Tokyo Marathon with former world record holder Haile Gebrselassie left floundering in fourth. The former 3000m steeplechase specialist Kipyego clocked a winning time of two hours, seven minutes and 37 seconds...
by maraadmin | Sep 26, 2011 | Berlin, Featured, Kenya, News
Patrick Makau has crowned the 38th BMW BERLIN MARATHON with a world record. The 26 year-old Kenyan clocked 2:03:38, beating Haile Gebrselassie and improving the record of the Ethiopian by 21 seconds. With a dramatic surge after 27 k defending champion Patrick Makau...
by maraadmin | Sep 16, 2011 | Berlin, Featured, News
The Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie faces one of his toughest ever challenges in the BMW BERLIN MARATHON on September 25th. With Patrick Makau at the starting line Gebrselassie is facing the fastest marathon runner of 2010. Last year the Kenyan won the...