The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) is delighted to announce that Ethiopian Marathon Legend Haile Gebrselassie will be honoured with the AIMS Lifetime Achievement Award at the fourth annual AIMS Best Marathon Runner’ (BMR) Awards Dinner Reception to be held in the birth place of the...
Sixty-two able-bodied and forty para-athletes have today been extended the offer of National Athlete Support Structure (NASS) membership by Athletics Australia. Capturing Rio 2016 Olympic Games medallists Jared Tallent (Vic) and Dane Bird-Smith (Qld) and Paralympic champions Scott Reardon (ACT), Brayden Davidson (SA) and James Turner (NSW), the NASS is...
The following world records have recently been ratified… World U20 record Men's javelin: 86.48m Neeraj Chopra (IND) Bydgoszcz 23 Jul 2016 Previous: 84.69m Zigismunds Sirmais (LAT) Bauska 22 Jun 2011 World records Women’s 100m hurdles: 12.20 (0.3m/s) Kendra Harrison (USA) London 22 Jul 2016 Previous: 12.21 (0.7m/s) Yordanka Donkova (BUL) Stara Zagora 20 Aug 1988 Women’s...
Kenenisa Bekele after winning Berlin: “I proved what I can do“ It was one of the best duels in marathon history and with his victory Kenenisa Bekele proved himself once and for all that he is a world-class performer at the distance. The 34-year-old Ethiopian’s win in 2:03:03 in the BMW...
BMW BERLIN-MARATHON WRAP 2016 Kenenisa Bekele wins thrilling duel with Wilson Kipsang and misses world record by just six seconds Kenenisa Bekele established himself as the second fastest marathon runner ever, winning the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON with a time of 2:03:03 on Sunday. In a thrilling duel the Ethiopian superstar beat Kenya’s...
Australia’s Josh Harris, Brady Threlfall, and Cassie Fien will be running the Berlin marathon hours from now. Runner’s Tribe was able to have a quick chat to Josh and Brady before the race. We’ve also provided some PB’s, their race numbers if you wish to track their process through...
Ethiopia’s superstar Kenenisa Bekele and Kenya’s former world record holder Wilson Kipsang will be the top stars in Sunday’s BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. In this interview they talk about the race.
BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday: Keen Anticipation for Duel between Wilson Kipsang and Kenenisa Bekele The former world record holder Wilson Kipsang versus the fastest man ever at 5 and 10,000m, Kenenisa Bekele – that is the grand showdown for the 43rd edition of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday. Kipsang of Kenya...
Aberu Kebede has another crack at the 2:20 barrier in Berlin No rival in the women’s field has such as successful record in the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON as Aberu Kebede. The Ethiopian is also unmatched in her knowledge of local conditions as she prepares to contest the most spectacular German road...
Published with special thanks to Athletics Australia- visit http://athletics.com.au/ GOLD for Wellings & Robinson at the Australian Road Running Championships Eloise Wellings (NSW) and Brett Robinson (Vic) have capped off their 2016 season with victory at the Australian Road Running Championships, held as part of the Sunday Mail City-Bay Fun Run in Adelaide...
