Kelai-Jufar re-match in Toronto Marathon
16 September 2008 – Toronto, Canada - The promise of an excellent re-match between 31-year-old returning champion, John Kelai of Kenya, and 24-year-old Tariku Jufar of Ethiopia, highlights the...
View ArticleDefending champion Kraus returns to take on Mockenhaupt in Frankfurt Marathon
17 September 2008 - Frankfurt, Germany - Defending champion Melanie Kraus will return to the Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon on 26th October. The 33-year-old German had caused a major upset in...
View Article2nd AIMS Marathon Symposium in Marathon Town, Greece
20 September 2008 - As already announced, AIMS, IAAF, Marathon Town and SEGAS (the Greek National Athletics Federation) will organise the “2nd AIMS Marathon Symposium”, on Saturday, 8 November 2008 at...
View ArticleSmith, Wami and Tune line up for New York
22 September 2008 - New York, USA - First-time marathoner Kim Smith of New Zealand and experienced Ethiopians Gete Wami and Dire Tune will compete at the ING New York City Marathon 2008 on Sunday 2...
View ArticleKiplagat and Maiyo head Kenyan strength in Frankfurt
24 September 2008 - A group of strong Kenyans have entered the 27th edition of the Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon on 26th October. The event is an IAAF Silver Label Road Race.
View ArticleMikitenko ready for Berlin Marathon: “If I race, I always want to win”
25 September 2008 - Berlin, Germany - Germany’s Irina Mikitenko will run the Real Berlin Marathon on Sunday (28). A year ago she had a great debut at this race, finishing second in 2:24:51. Then she...
View ArticleKelai, Gigi set to defend Toronto Marathon titles
26 September 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Race Directors must deal with indescribable pressures in the days leading up to the big day and for Alan Brookes of the ScotiaBank Waterfront Toronto Marathon it’s...
View ArticleSolid fields set for Sunday’s Half-Marathon in Lisbon
26 September 2008 - Lisbon, Portugal - A strong international field is on tap on Sunday (28) for the 9th edition of the RTP Portugal Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.
View ArticleGebrselassie, Mikitenko in the Berlin spotlight on Sunday – Berlin Marathon...
26 September 2008 – Berlin, Germany - Haile Gebrselassie and Irina Mikitenko will be very much in the focus on Sunday’s real,-Berlin Marathon. While the Ethiopian chases his own world record the German...
View ArticleBack in his 'lucky city', Gebrselassie eyeing 2:04 barrier
27 September 2008 - Berlin, Germany - “Berlin is my lucky city,” says Haile Gebrselassie. “Sometimes in sport this happens that there is a place where you have always been successful.”
View ArticleFLASH! - Gebrselassie again! 2:03:59 World Record in Berlin
28 September 2008 – Berlin, Germany - Underscoring his stature as the finest distance runner in history, Haile Gebrselassie broke through the Marathon's 2:04 barrier with his jaw-dropping victory at...
View ArticleSang, Jeptoo set course records en route to Half Marathon victories in Lisbon
28 September 2008 - Lisbon, Portugal - Against all predictions, Kenyan Silas Sang took top honours at the RTP Portugal Half Marathon with a course record of 1:01:26. Rita Jeptoo also set a course...
View ArticleSeboka Breaks Course Record at Toronto Marathon
28 September 2008 – Toronto, Canada - Ethiopia’s Mulu Seboka gave herself an expensive birthday present at the 2008 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday when she won the race and set a new...
View ArticleHaile breaks 2:04 barrier, Mikitenko under 2:20 in Berlin - UPDATED
28 September 2008 - Berlin, Germany - Haile Gebrselassie and Irina Mikitenko delivered fascinating and thrilling performances at the 35th real,- Berlin Marathon in front of an enthusiastic crowd of at...
View ArticleGebrselassie looking at the bigger athletics picture, Women’s WMM battle...
29 September 2008 – Berlin, Germany - The 35th edition of the real,- Berlin Marathon did produce a number of records and a whole lot of personal bests. But Haile Gebrselassie sees a much bigger picture...
View ArticleCeulemans wins Brussels Marathon
5 October 2008 - Brussels, Belgium - The 2008 ING Brussels Marathon was won today by Rik Ceulemans in 2:19.31. The 36-year old Belgian surprisingly beat pre-race favourite Willy Cheruiyot from Kenya in...
View Article2:10:03 course record for Kurgat in Cologne
5 October 2008 - Kenya’s Sammy Kurgat won the Cologne Marathon with a course record of 2:10:03, beating his fellow countryman and defending champion Daniel Too into second.
View ArticleOlympic champion Dita-Tomescu returns to Chicago as runners watch weather...
10 October 2008 - Even though the top men’s marathoners at the Beijing Olympics demonstrated that you can run fast on a hot day, weather again looms as a story line for Sunday’s 31st running of the...
View ArticleCheruiyot, Grigoryeva beat the heat in Chicago - UPDATED
12 October 2008 – Chicago, USA - The nationalities of the men’s and women’s champions at Sunday’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon were not a surprise, but the individuals were.
View ArticleSometimes rules can be complicated to explain - Chicago Marathon Follow up
13 October 2008 - Many have the impression that road racing and athletics operate in separate but parallel “universes.” During this weekend’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon those worlds collided.
View ArticleFormer winners Cheboror and Busendich are back in Amsterdam - Updated PREVIEW
17 October 2008 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Before they start in the 33rd edition of the ING Amsterdam Marathon in the Olympic Stadium on Sunday (19 Oct) former winners Robert Cheboror and Solomon...
View ArticleKinyanjui, Chen return to defend titles at Beijing International Marathon
18 October 2008 - Defending champions Nephat Kinyanjui and Chen Rong will return to defend their titles at Sunday's 28th Beijing International Marathon.
View Article19-year-old Bai Xue saunters to victory with 2:26 run in Beijing Marathon
19 October 2008 - Beijing, China - Benjamin Kiptoo of Kenya and China's Bai Xue were the winner’s of today’s 2008 HYX Beijing International Marathon, in 2:10:14 and 2:26:27 respectively.
View ArticleKirui 2:07 and Cheromei 2:25 debut - Double Kenyan victory in Amsterdam
19 October 2008 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - The 33rd edition of the ING Amsterdam Marathon was topped out by Paul Kirui and Lydia Cheromei of Kenya, respectively the men’s and women’s division race...
View ArticleCan Disi, fastest in the field, wrest title from Kenyans in Marseille?
24 October 2008 - Marseille, France - The Marseille - Cassis International Classic, an IAAF Silver Road Race Label 2008, will celebrate its 30th edition on 26 Sunday October.
View ArticleKraus to defend women’s title; Kenyans set for romp in men’s race – Frankfurt...
24 October 2008 – Frankfurt, Germany – It looks a certainty that a Kenyan runner will win the men’s race at the Dresdner Kleinwort Frankurt Marathon on Sunday (26). However, the women’s elite division...
View ArticleBarmasai’s Marathon transition continues in Frankfurt
25 October 2008 - Frankfurt, Germany - The streets of Eldoret are paved with gold medallists. “Kipchoge Keino, Moses Tanui, Moses Kiptanui, Patrick Sang, Eliud Kipchoge, and many, many more. Eliud is...
View ArticleFavourites Chebet and Chenonge collect Marseille-Cassis titles
26 October 2008 - Cassis, France - A Kenyan double highlighted the 30th edition of the Marseille – Cassis International Classic, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, as favourites Wilson Chebet and Ines...
View ArticleIn debut, unknown Cheruiyot smashes Frankfurt Marathon record
26 October 2008 - Frankfurt, Germany - Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot smashed the course record in the Dresdener Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon Sunday morning, clocking two hours, seven minutes, 21 seconds....
View ArticleGoucher on Marathon debut in New York – ‘I believe I’m ready’
29 October 2008 - New York, USA - A year ago, Kara Goucher got a good look at the 26.2 miles of the 2007 ING New York City marathon course riding as a passenger in the lead car.
View ArticleAbdirahman looking for Marathon breakthrough in New York
30 October 2008 – New York, USA - With just three days to go before the start of the ING New York City Marathon, Abdi Abdirahman has never felt better – especially about the Marathon.
View ArticleMbote gunning for his own course record at JoongAng Seoul Marathon
31 October 2008 – Seoul, Korea – More than 23,000 runners are expected to toe the start line of the 10th Anniversary edition of the JoongAng Seoul Marathon and 10 km race on Sunday 2 November.
View ArticleRadcliffe vs Wami the talk of the town in the Big Apple – New York City...
31 October 2008 - New York, USA - Two icons of distance running head their respective fields for the 39th edition of what has itself become an icon, the ING New York City Marathon.
View ArticleMolla takes surprise victory in Seoul
2 November 2008 – Seoul, Korea - 21-year-old Solomon Molla of Ethiopia and 24-year-old Korean Sung Young Lee took victories at today’s JoongAng Seoul Marathon. Molla won’ the men’s race in 2:08:46 and...
View ArticleRadcliffe retains her title, Gomes dos Santos regains his - New York Marathon...
2 November 2008 - New York, USA - On a cool, windy day, Britain’s Paula Radcliffe and Brazil’s Marilson Gomes de Santo won their versions of the 39th ING New York City Marathon. Radcliffe wrapped up...
View ArticleBekele lines-up for 'first serious' road race at 25th anniversary edition of...
3 November 2008 - Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Kenenisa Bekele, already the master of the three competition surfaces of indoor and outdoor track and cross country, will make what he describes as his...
View ArticleMarathon talks, in Marathon
6 November 2008 - Athens, Greece - The ultimate race, or as world record holder, Haile Gebrselassie would have it, the ‘King of Distances’ returns to its source this weekend. The Athens Classic...
View ArticleCoached by Takahashi's mentor, Tagami has inspiration to succeed on Athens'...
7 November 2008 - Athens, Greece - This is where it all began, in Marathon 112 years ago, when the first ever marathon race was run. It wasn’t 42.195 kilometres back in 1896 (or in 490BC, when the...
View ArticleDelhi attracts high quality field and Jackie Joyner-Kersee's assistance -...
7 November 2008 - New Delhi, India - The strongest ever field has been assembled for the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon to be held in the capital city on Sunday (9).
View ArticleThe marathon spirit grows and expands throughout the world - AIMS Symposium
8 November 2008 - Marathon, Greece - Adding value to your marathon’ was the topic of the 2nd Marathon Symposium of the Association of International Marathons and Road Races (AIMS) held in Marathon on...
View ArticleAthens Marathon record broken by nearly two minutes
9 November 2008 - Athens, Greece - The Alpha Bank Athens Classic Marathon is one of the toughest courses in the world, but Paul Lekuraa, a Kenyan from the Masai Mara shrugged of fatigue, a splitting...
View ArticleThree go sub-60, as Ethiopia sweep titles in Delhi Half Marathon
9 November 2008 - New Delhi, India - Deriba Merga and Aselefech Mergia made it a sweep for Ethiopia in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon here on Sunday (9). In pleasant, but hazy weather conditions over a...
View Article2,500 years anniversary of the genesis of the marathon approaches
10 November 2008 - Marathon, Greece - ‘Adding value to your marathon’ was the topic of the 2nd Marathon Symposium of the Association of International Marathons and Road Races (AIMS) held in Marathon...
View ArticlePaul Lekuraa, international marathon man of mystery
10 November 2008 - Athens, Greece - It’s a measure of just how many Kenyans are training away by themselves in solitary hope of an opportunity for glory, and how difficult it is to keep track of them,...
View ArticleCan Shibui rise to the occasion? - Preview of the 30th Tokyo Women’s Marathon
14 November 2008 - The 2008 Tokyo Women’s Marathon, the 30th edition, is scheduled to be held on November 16 in Tokyo for the final time. Next year, the marathon will move to nearby Yokohama.
View ArticleWith late race charge, Ozaki triumphs at Tokyo Women’s Marathon
16 November 2008 - Tokyo, Japan - Overhauling pre-race favourite Yoko Shibui in the 38th kilometre, Yoshimi Ozaki won the final edition of the Tokyo Women’s Marathon on Sunday.
View ArticleTufa just shy of 15Km World record in Nijmegen - UPDATED
16 November 2008 - Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Ethiopians Mestawat Tufa and Ayele Abshiro were the winners of the 25th edition of the Fortis Zevenheuvelen loop (Seven Hills Run) an IAAF Silver Label...
View ArticleWhile Limo and Kebede battle, will a new star emerge? –Fukuoka Marathon preview
5 December 2008 – Fierce domestic competition and another stellar international field are on tap at Sunday’s 62nd annual Fukuoka Marathon – an IAAF Silver Label Road Race – as the race, the second...
View ArticleKebede cruises 2:06:10 course record in Fukuoka
7 December 2008 - Breaking away from his competitions after 30 kilometres and covering the next five kilometres in an incredible 14:17, Tsegaye Kebede won the 62nd annual Fukuoka International Marathon...
View ArticleLel speaks confidently of the World record, while Cheruiyot prepares for a...
15 December 2008 - Nairobi, Kenya - Renowned Kenyan marathoners Martin Lel and Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot spoke last weekend in Nairobi with Saddique Shaban in an exclusive interview for the IAAF...
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