Fate Tola has good reason to be cheerful after winning German title in Mainova Frankfurt Marathon
After Fate Tola had closed the gap on the eventual women’s winner, Ethiopia’s Mamitu Daska, to just 15 seconds at the finish in Frankfurt’s Festhalle, she was asked if she might have made up...
Athletics NZ weekly round-up 31 Oct 2016
By Athletics New Zealand @AthleticsNZ
ASB Auckland Marathon and Half Marathon – 30 October 2016
Oska Inkster-Baynes put eight months of planning and training for an assault on the Auckland marathon title on the line with an outstanding display of front running to win by six...
Mark Korir wins three-way Kenyan contest, Mamitu Daska just holds off Fate Tola’s late surge
Mark Korir won a three-way Kenyan contest and took the 35th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon with a time of 2:06:48. The 28 year-old beat fellow Kenyans Martin Kosgey and Cybrian Kotut who ran...
Mark Korir and Cybrian Kotut are among the favourites for Sunday’s Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. The Kenyans have both already won the Paris Marathon and clocked their respective personal bests at this spring race. While Korir ran 2:05:49 in Paris in 2015, Kotut became his successor this year with 2:07:11.
With...
Frankfurt expected to deliver its traditionally high quality serving of fast times
The 35th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon shows every sign of maintaining tradition by serving up high quality racing in depth and fast performances on Sunday. The elite men, who will be led by Ethiopia’s Tadesse Tola...
The Australian pole vault record holder, Alana Boyd, has today formally announced her retirement from athletics.
Closing out her career with a stunning 4.80m leap to place 4th at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Boyd followed the lead of her parents, sprinter Denise and pole vaulter Ray, into athletics before...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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BOSTON (12-Oct) -- Fewer than 48-hours after announcing that she had decided to part ways with coach Alberto Salazar and the Nike Oregon Project, Mary Cain raced to a third place finish here on a very windy day at...
The competition calendar for Australia’s upcoming Summer of Athletics has today been confirmed by Athletics Australia and its Member Associations.
Culminating in the eight-day 2017 Australian Athletics Championships that will bring together more than 3500 participants in an all-ages format at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre, the 2016/2017 Australian...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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BOSTON (12-Oct) -- With memories of last year's Boston Mayor's Cup Cross Country Meet fresh in their minds, both Liv Westphal and Jim Spisak were motivated to finish atop the podium at today's meet in historic Franklin Park. After...
