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The men’s field for this Sunday’s inaugural WesTrac Bunbury Geographe Gift is arguably stronger than the famous Stawell Gift the race is modelled on. Featuring two Commonwealth Games sprinters and this year’s Stawell Gift champion, the 120m handicap is guaranteed to produce some of the most exciting racing ever seen...
Emmanuel Mutai hopes he will return to running fast again when he competes in the Haspa Marathon Hamburg on Sunday. The Kenyan is the fourth fastest marathon runner ever with a personal best of 2:03:13. In what is probably the strongest men’s elite field ever assembled in the history of...
The two fastest runners in the history of the METRO Marathon Düsseldorf will clash on Sunday when the race will see its 16th edition. Ethiopia’s Dereje Debele Tulu, who ran the current course record of 2:07:48 in 2013, will be challenged by Gilbert Yegon. The Kenyan was the winner of the...
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The IAAF this week issued new Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification (Athlete with Differences of Sexual Development) for events from 400m to the mile, including 400m, hurdles races, 800m, 1500m, one mile races and combined events over the same distances (‘Restricted Events’). The new Regulations require any athlete who...
For the first time, more than 40,000 runners completed the Virgin Money London Marathon after record numbers left the Start Line this morning, making the 38th edition of the race the biggest in its history. By 19:00 this evening, 40,255 had conquered the hottest Race Day on record to cross the Finish...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LONDON (20-Apr) -- There are three Americans among the 15 elite women entered in Sunday's Virgin Money London Marathon: Stephanie Bruce (HOKA Northern Arizona Elite), Becky Wade (Asics) and Liz Costello (New Balance).  Bruce, 34, has the fastest career time of...
Kenya’s defending champion Nancy Kiprop and Helen Tola of Ethiopia are the likely favourites at the 35th edition of the Vienna City Marathon on Sunday. While world-class runners from Africa will surely again dominate the race, on a more broader aspect Austria’s biggest sporting event has achieved a remarkable...
In this article, we focused on the age distribution of marathon finishers. And we were looking for the patterns in the participants' age.   For this research, we have analyzed 2,340,118 results of marathon finishers from 148 races.  Also, we interviewed 7 experts and asked for their observations and explanation of the visible trends. Key...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LONDON (19-Apr) -- At 33, Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge's marathon career is already the stuff of legends.  In nine starts, he has won eight times, including twice here at the Virgin Money London Marathon and at the 2016 Rio Olympics. ...