{"id":3243,"date":"2019-09-24T01:33:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T07:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2019-09-24T01:33:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T07:33:52","slug":"deep-fields-for-berlin-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/news\/deep-fields-for-berlin-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep fields for Berlin 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Germany – Ethiopia\u2019s superstar Kenenisa Bekele and Kenya\u2019s triple BMW BERLIN-MARATHON champion Gladys Cherono are very much in the focus at the 46th edition of the Germany\u2019s biggest and best quality road running spectacle. <\/p>\n

Deep Berlin fields headed by Kenenisa Bekele and Gladys Cherono<\/p>\n

Next Sunday Kenenisa Bekele intends to bounce back once again at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, a race he won in thrilling fashion three years ago with a personal best of 2:03:03. Gladys Cherono aims to win a fourth Berlin title which would make her the sole record winner of the event. While fellow-Kenyan<\/a> Vivian Cheruiyot had to cancel her start due to an Achilles tendon problem there are still five women on the start list with personal bests of sub 2:22. Four men feature personal records of sub 2:05, all of them from Ethiopia. A number of athletes will attempt to achieve the Olympic qualifying times of 2:11:30 and 2:29:30 for men and women respectively on the fast Berlin course.<\/p>\n

Organisers recorded a record entry number of 46,983 runners from 150 nations. Along with races in Tokyo, Boston, London, Chicago and New York, the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON is part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors. For the first time the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON will be the final event in this year\u2019s series.<\/p>\n

After a series of disappointing results it remains to be seen in what sort of form Kenenisa Bekele is on Sunday. It is likely that his strongest rivals will be fellow-Ethiopians. Birhanu Legese took the title in Tokyo in March with 2:04:48. In 2018 he made a spectacular debut with 2:04:15 in Dubai where he was sixth. Two more of the Berlin entries were in action in Dubai 2018 and ran their personal bests there: Leul Gebrselassie was the runner-up in 2:04:02 while Sisay Lemma clocked 2:04:08 in fifth position. While Felix Kandie, who has a PB of 2:06:03, is the fastest Kenyan on the start list two fellow countrymen could be in for a surprise: Training partners Abel Kipchumba and Bethwel Yegon showed very good form in the build-up to their marathon debuts in Berlin.<\/p>\n

After victories in 2015 and 2017 Gladys Cherono achieved her third triumph in the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON<\/a> last year with a course record of 2:18:11. The Kenyan may well have to run another sub 2:20 to win title number four because there is a group of runners who have the potential to achieve such a time as well. One Ethiopians is on the start list, who has already achieved a sub 2:20 time: Mare Dibaba, who won the world marathon title in 2015 and one year later took the bronze medal at the Rio Olympics, has a personal record of 2:19:52. Another prominent Ethiopian athlete on the start list is Meseret Defar. She is the double Olympic 5,000 m champion (2004 und 2012). Meseret Defar has the potential to run much faster than her current PB of 2:23:33.<\/p>\n

image credit: www.photorun.net<\/em><\/p>\n

Berlin Marathon Elite Runners with Personal Bests<\/strong><\/p>\n

Men:<\/p>\n

Kenenisa BekeleETH2:03:03
\nLeul GebrselassieETH2:04:02
\nSisay LemmaETH2:04:08
\nBirhanu LegeseETH2:04:15
\nFelix KandieKEN2:06:03
\nJonathan Korir KEN 2:06:51
\nYohanes GebregergishERI2:08:14
\nKenta Murayama JPN 2:09:50
\nKennedy NaibeiKEN2:09:54
\nShogo KanezaneJPN2:10:19
\nWilly Ngelel KEN 2:10:31
\nScott OverallGBR2:10:55
\nLiam Adams AUS 2:11:36
\nGuojian Dong CHN 2:11:42
\nMatt LlanoUSA2:12:28
\nYuichi Yasui JPN 2:12:39
\nKeisuke KusakaJPN2:12:42
\nPhilipp Pflieger GER 2:12:50
\nFlorent Caelen BEL 2:12:51
\nValentin Pfeil AUT 2:12:55
\nJonathan Mellor GBR 2:12:57
\nAbel Kipchumba KEN Debut
\nBethwel Yegon KEN Debut
\nHaron Lagat USA Debut<\/p>\n

Women:<\/p>\n

Gladys Cherono KEN 2:18:11
\nMare Dibaba ETH 2:19:52
\nHaftamnesh Tesfay ETH 2:20:13
\nHelen Tola ETH 2:21:01
\nAshete Bekere ETH 2:21:14
\nSally Chepyego KEN 2:23:15
\nMeseret Defar ETH 2:23:33
\nRahma Tusa ETH 2:23:46
\nZhixuan Li CHN 2:26:15
\nSara Hall USA 2:26:20
\nAnna Hahner GER 2:26:44
\nAndrea Deelstra NED 2:26:46
\nMaja Neuenschwander SUI 2:26:49
\nSally Kipyego USA 2:28:01
\nMartina Str\u00e4hl SUI 2:28:07
\nKrista Duchene CAN 2:28:32
\nAdriana Nelson USA 2:28:52
\nVirginia Moloney AUS 2:29:14
\nNina Lauwaert BEL 2:30:24
\nTracy Barlow GBR 2:30:42
\nSamantha Bluske USA 2:31:55
\nDawa Jila CHN 2:31:55
\nMarisa Casanueva ESP 2:32:22
\nMelat Kejeta GER Debut<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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