By Rich Sands, @sands (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (31-Oct) -- Nina Kuscsik. Kathrine Switzer. Grete Waitz. Tegla Loroupe. Paula Radcliffe. Mary Keitany. The TCS New York City Marathon has a long history of showcasing iconic women's distance runners. But for many years the female stars of...
The IAAF is pleased to announce the distinguished panel of experts that will select the Best Athletics Photograph of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017 on 24 November. IAAF Photo Award Panel of Judges - David Burnett has been a photographer for some fifty years, working for Time, LIFE, National Geographic, and along the way...
Weekly NZ results wrap courtesy of @AthleticsNZ AUCKLAND ASB Auckland Marathon – 29 October 2017 First time winners Hannah Oldroyd (Christchurch) and Matt Davy (Australia) took out the ASB Auckland Marathon titles for 2017, both doing so under immense pressure, with Davy emerging on top in one the closest men’s finishes seen...
After running the fastest marathon by a Briton in three years with 2:09:49 for fifth place in Frankfurt – and on his debut at the distance – Dewi Griffiths laughs when asked if his running and lifestyle is a “throwback” to the 1980s, an era when British men and Europeans in general had...
Ethiopian Shura Kitata Tola and Kenya’s Vivian Cheryuiot took the 36th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. There were strong results by European men, headed by Britain’s Dewi Griffiths who produced a 2:09:49 finish for fifth place in his debut. In difficult conditions with some strong wind Shura Kitata...
Shura Kitata Tola of Ethiopia and Kenya’s Vivian Cheryuiot won the top prizes at the 36th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. Kitata chopped almost two minutes off his personal best in difficult conditions while Cheruiyot, the reigning Olympic 5,000m champion but now concentrating on road racing, improved her...
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...
