Samuel Kosgei of Kenya won the Berlin BIG25 race in world record time, one of the most popular 25K races in the world. Kosgei triumphed in a time of 1:11:50. Countryman Gilbert Kirwa was second just 8 seconds behind while Terefe Maregu of Ethiopia was third in 1:13:16. Kosgei’s time bettered the previous record of [...]
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Prague International Marathon The Prague International Marathon originated in 1995 and has been on a fast track to international acclaim since then. Marathon runners around the world associate the race specifically with its visually stunning course. Patrick Ivuti of Kenya returns to defend the title he won last year in 2:07:48, which took over a [...]
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Pre-race favorite Eshetu Wondimu of Ethiopia won the 30th edition of the Berlin Half Marathon in a time of 60:16. The 2007 course record of sub 59 of Patrick Makau was however under no threat. In the womens race, Pasalia Kipkoech of Kenya emerged the winner with a 69:43 win. Berlin Half Marathon – Results [...]
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Haile Gebrselassie won the Berlin Marathon for a fourth consecutive time, in reportedly warmer conditions, with a time of 2:06:08, and the world record attempt also did not take off. Francis Kiprop from Kenya was second in 2:07:04, recording his personal best in the process. Negari Terfa from Ethiopia was third in 2:07:40, also his personal [...]
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On September 20th, it will be the 36th edition of one of the greatest marathons in the world, the real,-Berlin Marathon 2009. Voted recently as the Marathon of the Decade by IAAF, Berlin is known for its super fast flat course, and a witness to as many as 6 world records over the last 20 [...]
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As results come in from the Womens marathon at the World Athletics Championships at Berlin, it looks like China has come out on tops overall with some great finishes to take up the team world cup, while Japan and Russia came second and third respectively. It was Xue Bai who won the event, with a [...]
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Results/updates from the live blog at berlin.iaaf.org Abel Kirui wins the World Championship marathon in 2:06:55, a Championship record. Here comes Mutai, silver in 2:07:48. Here comes Kebede for the bronze. Kebede 2:08:35. Tsegay just seven seconds back for fourth. Yes, it looks like Cheruiyot for fifth. Here he comes: 2:10:46. Sixth will be a [...]
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Two magical nights, two World Records. And just like Beijing, it could be one more magical performance left with the 4*100M relay. Running into the 0.3m/s headwind, Bolt once again took out 0.11s out of the existing world record to record a 19.19s finish in the 200M, just like the 0.11s he took off from [...]
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There has already been a lot of excitement at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, some due to what happened (like Usain Bolt’s 9.58 WR in 100m), or some due to what did not happen (like Yelena Isinbayeva’s miss at the pole vault). Since this blog mostly covers long distance events, I [...]
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