Ruth Chepngetich, one of the world’s leading long distance runners, will be the star attraction of the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon on Sunday. The Kenyan, who broke the world record on this course with 64:02 two years ago, has a unique win streak in Istanbul. The 28 year-old competed five times in Turkey’s two major international road races, the half marathon and the marathon. She always won and broke the course record on each occasion.
Melbourne, Australia; April 28, 2023 - Australian athletics has experienced a surge in popularity and in its performances, as evidenced by record-breaking results achieved during the Chemist Warehouse Australian Summer of Athletics.
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Seb Coe, the President of World Athletics, recently shared a heartwarming anecdote in an interview about a conversation he had with Norwegian middle-distance runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen during the World Athletics Championships last year. Ingebrigtsen had just suffered a defeat in the 1500m final, and Coe offered his congratulations, but the athlete did not respond with enthusiasm.
Mo Farah, one of the most successful long-distance runners in British history, has announced that he will retire from competitive racing after the Great North Run in September. This news comes after the athlete finished in ninth place in his final London Marathon and has previously stated that this year's event would be his last.
Samwel Mailu was glued to the TV screen in Kenya when in October 2019 his idol Eliud Kipchoge broke the two-hour marathon barrier in Vienna’s Prater Park. The sensational achievement made worldwide headlines. It was exactly on the same stretch of road in the Prater, where Samwel Mailu broke away from his remaining rivals on Sunday during the 40th Vienna City Marathon. “But I did not think about Eliud at this moment as I was not aware that it was exactly on this road where he was running in 2019,“ said Samwel Mailu. With around 10 kilometers left in the race, the 30-year-old went on to break the nine-year-old course record of the Vienna City Marathon with a time of 2:05:08 in warm conditions.
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The scheduled date for the 2024 London Marathon, is Sunday, April 21, 2024. Approximately 17,000 spots are available (the exact number is not disclosed), but more than 410,000 applicants are expected to apply for the race next year.
