Video captures the last few minutes of Patrick Makau’s record breaking run at 2011 Berlin Marathon where he broke Haile Gebrselassie’s world marathon record time of 2:03:59 from 2008 Berlin Marathon by winning in 2:03:38, breaking the record by 21 seconds! Gebrselassie was going strong with Makau till about 27 km but that had problems, [...]
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Olympic champion Dayron Robles was disqualified for interfering with Chinese star Liu Xiang in the 110-meter hurdles Monday, giving runner-up Jason Richardson of the United States the victory in one of the most anticipated races at the world championships. Robles crossed the line first, but Liu appealed after the Cuban tangled with him over the [...]
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David Rudisha of Kenya took the gold medal of the men’s 800m race in one minute and 43.91 seconds on Tuesday night at the Daegu World Championships. Abubaker Kaki of Sudan took the silver by clocking 1:44.41. Yuriy Borzakovskiy of Russia collected the bronze in 1:44.49. Results David Lekuta Rudisha KEN 1:43.91 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:44.41 [...]
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Ethiopia’s Ibrahim Jeilan produced an amazing home-stretch sprint to trump British favourite Mo Farah at the line of an enthralling men’s 10,000m at the world championships on Sunday. Jeilan was a shock winner after defending champion Kenenisa Bekele, bidding for a fifth consecutive title and unbeaten over the distance, pulled out of the race with 10 [...]
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Usain Bolt again did the unbelievable when it mattered most in the 100 metres. This time, no gold medal or world record, but a false start and straight elimination from the world championships in a race he has regally reigned over for three years. Bolt’s training partner, Yohan Blake, won the race in 9:92. Results [...]
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Kirani James of Grenada fought from behind to beat favorite LaShawn Merritt of the United States at the line to win the 400 meters Tuesday at the world championships. Results 1 5 525 Kirani James GRN 44.60 (PB) 0.137 2 4 1099 LaShawn Merritt USA 44.63 0.263 3 6 171 Kévin Borlée BEL 44.90 0.182 [...]
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Fastest Marathon Ever, what more can we say. Watch the dramatic and historic moment yourself, video of the men’s and women’s winners from the 2011 Boston Marathon. Men’s Winner Geoffrey Mutai KEN 2:03:02 Women’s Winner Caroline Kilel KEN 2:22:36 2011 Boston Marathon Video http://boston.cbslocal.com/boston-marathon-live-finish-line/ More Videos: Womens Finish. Check out the top 10 mens and womens finishers [...]
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Kenyans Emmanuel Mutai and Mary Keitany rewrote the record books in the Virgin London Marathon today. Mutai broke the course record by 30 seconds. Improving his PR from 2:06:15 to 2:04.40, he moved up from equal 28th on the men’s all-time list to fourth. Only Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie (2:03:59) and Mutai’s fellow Kenyans, Duncan Kibet [...]
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Kenyan runners dominated the Paris Marathon on by achieving one-two in both the Men’s and Women’s Marathons at Paris. In another coincidence, Ethiopian runners were 3rd in both the races. Enjoy the race video. Paris Marathon 2011 Video Check out the overall top results of the event at Paris Marathon 2011 Results.
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