Kenenisa Bekele wins Paris Marathon, Top 10 Results
PARIS (Sporting Alert) — Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia made a very impressive and winning marathon debut after he won the Paris Marathon on Sunday with a new course record performance.
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Kenyans Hillary Yego, Joan Rotich win tough Athens Marathon
Hillary Yego produced a major surprise by taking the Athens Classic Marathon on his debut at the distance.
Kenyans Geoffrey Mutai, Priscah Jeptoo Win New York City Marathon
NEW YORK (Sporting Alert) — Geoffrey Mutai and fellow Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo captured the men’s and women’s races at the 2013 ING New York City Marathon on Sunday. Jeptoo ran a very conservative race at the start, and then made her move in the second half of the race to cut a huge three and a half … Read more
Kipruto and Kilel win BMW Frankfurt Marathon: Top Ten Results
Massive Cheers For Local Stars Anna Hahner and Lisa Hahner In Frankfurt. FRANKFURT (Sporting Alert) — Vincent Kipruto broke away from a small pack and then battled home in the final stretch with fellow Kenyan Mark Kiptoo to win the BMW Frankfurt Marathon in a times of 2:06:15 on Sunday. Kiptoo, who stayed with Kipruto when the pair separated … Read more
Kenyan Kimetto sets course record to win Chicago Marathon
CHICAGO (Sporting Alert) — Dennis Kimetto of Kenya won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon title and set a new course record on his way to victory on a cool morning on Sunday. Kimetto broke away from a small pack with a little over a mile to go on his way to posting two hours, … Read more
Edna Kiplagat defends World Championships marathon title
MOSCOW, Russia (Sporting Alert) — Edna Kiplagat of Kenya became the first woman to successfully defend a marathon world title, following her champion run at the IAAF World Championships on day one in Moscow, Russia on Saturday. Kiplagat, who decided against going with the early quick pace, ran herself back into contention as the race … Read more
World Juniors: Gemili, Jepkemei and Liu look good early
BARCELONA (Sporting Alert) — Title favourite Adam Gemili was amongst the quickest qualifiers in the men’s 100 metres on the opening day of the World Junior Championships in Barcelona on Tuesday morning. The Great Britain star, who has the fastest personal best in the field – clocked 10.37 seconds to win his heat comfortably and … Read more