The Mainova Frankfurt Marathon has been a springboard for a number of promising marathon runners in the past. The most prominent example is Wilson Kipsang, who won in Frankfurt with 2:04:57 in 2010 and then returned a year later, missing the world record by only four seconds and his time 2:03:42 remains the...
Vivian Cheruiyot is ready to run fast in Sunday’s Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. "I am grateful to have been invited to run my second marathon in Frankfurt,“ said the reigning 5,000 m Olympic Champion during a press conference in Frankfurt on Thursday. "I have prepared for this race for three...
Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei kept her stellar 2017 momentum alive at the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Half Marathon, taking one second off her own world record* to win the IAAF Gold Label road race in 1:04:51 on Sunday (22).
After Saturday’s technical meeting, it became clear that a serious attack on her current world record was on the...
Getu Feleke is the man with the fastest credentials going into the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 29. The 30-year-old Ethiopian has a highly impressive best of 2:04:50 and also ran a superb course record of 2:05:41 in the 2014 Vienna City Marathon. His compatriot Feyse Tadese is the fastest starter in the...
By Rich Sands, @sands
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NEW YORK (10-Oct) -- The darlings of American marathon running are heading back to New York, hoping to write momentous chapters in their already impressive biographies. For Meb Keflezighi, the TCS New York City Marathon will be the final...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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Rupp, Dibaba Dominate At Bank of America Chicago Marathon
CHICAGO (08-Oct) -- With powerful second half performances, Galen Rupp and Tirunesh Dibaba won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon here handily, overwhelming strong fields on a warm and sunny day...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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CHICAGO (06-Oct) -- Diego Estrada came here last year to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon with high hopes. The 2012 Olympian for Mexico, who now represents the United States, had dropped out of the 2016 USA Olympic Trials...
The Gold Coast Marathon has enhanced its position as one of the state’s most iconic attractions, with a new report revealing more than 41,000 international and interstate visitors came to Queensland for the 2017 event, pumping $25m into the economy.
The annual event, the first in Australia to hold an...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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CHICAGO (05-Oct) -- Sixteen years ago this week, it was a near-freezing day here and Kenya's Catherine Ndereba got off to a slow start at the Chicago Marathon. She was the defending race champion, and running with compatriot Lornah...
This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2017 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017 in Monaco on Friday 24 November.
The IAAF is pleased to confirm a list of 10 men and 10 women nominees who were selected by an international panel of...
