By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BERLIN (21-Sep) -- While Kenenisa Bekele, Eliud Kipchoge and Wilson Kipsang battle each other for the world record at the front of Sunday's BMW Berlin Marathon here, Ryan Vail of Portland, Ore., will running several minutes behind waging his own personal...
The women’s elite field for the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday is ripe with talent, featuring five runners whose personal best is under 2:25. Gladys Cherono is the favourite among this quintet, having already won the race in 2015 with a world-class time of 2:19:25, going within 13 seconds of breaking the...
Benita Willis wins gold at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Video via YouTube Shane Ward
For the first time the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon will have an Olympic champion in the elite field. Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, winner of the 5,000m gold in Rio last year, will run the second marathon of her road running career in Frankfurt on October 29. The organizers expect up to...
STEVE MONEGHETTI: INAUGURAL INDUCTEE INTO BERLIN MARATHON HALL OF FAME Four time Olympian and Commonwealth Games Marathon gold medallist Steve Moneghetti had the dual honour today of opening the Berlin Marathon Hall of Fame and being recognised as one of the two inaugural inductees. This is acknowledgement of Moneghetti’s impact...
Record-Setter Dominic Ondoro Looks for Third Straight Victory in 36th Annual Event St. Paul, Minn. – September 18, 2017 – Kenya’s Dominic Ondoro, who shattered Phil Coppess’ long-standing men’s event record at last year’s Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, is set to return to this year’s race on October 1 with sights on becoming only the...
The 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon raised a record-breaking £61.5 million for charity, setting a new world record for an annual single day charity fundraising event for an eleventh successive year. The new record broke the £60 million barrier for the first time and was an increase of more than...
The Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 29 will offer round two of a contest which produced a thrilling encounter a year ago. The full set of podium finishers in the men’s race has been brought together by the organizers for a re-match. The title holder Mark Korir will race...
AUSTRALIA’S MAKDA HARUN HAJI WINS SYDNEY MARATHON WOMEN’S TITLE, SETS NEW RECORD & CLAIMS 2017 AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN MEN’S MARATHON: JAPAN’S SHOTA HATTORI WINS WHEELCHAIR MARATHON: KURT FEARNLEY WINS NUMBER 11 HALF MARATHON: MEN - THOMAS DO CANTO (NSW), WOMEN - LAUREN REID (NSW) BRIDGE RUN: MEN - ADRIAN PLUMMER (NSW),...
No less than seven women who have represented their country are entered for the world richest mile in Darwin this Sunday, the Lottoland Mitchell Street Million Dollar Mile. Race ambassador and defending champion Genevieve Lacaze will start as one of the key athletes to watch, as she prepares to round out her 2017...
