The Cardiff Half Marathon, another five-star certified road race by European Athletics Running for All, on Sunday staged the inaugural edition of the Commonwealth Half Marathon. Mohamud Aadan led England to a bronze medal in the men’s team race in seventh in 62:31 with Tracy Barlow fifth in the women’s race in 72:17. She also […]
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Tadu Abatu and Dibabe Kuma celebrated success in duplicate for Ethiopia at the Haspa Marathon Hamburg on Sunday. In rainy conditions last year’s runner-up Abatu clocked 2:08:25, winning a sprint finish from Ayele Abshero. His fellow-Ethiopian crossed the line just one second behind while Uganda’s 2012 Olympic Marathon Champion Stephen Kiprotich was third in 2:08:31. […]
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Svein Arne Hansen was re-elected unopposed as the European Athletics President for the next four years from 2019 to 2023 at the 26th European Athletics Congress in Prague on Saturday. Svein Arne Hansen re-elected European Athletics President “Thank you, I am very gratified that you (the European Athletics Member Federations) have put your confidence in […]
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Scotland – Laura Muir wrote her way into history – yet again – while final day victories for Marcin Lewandowski in the 1500m and in the women’s 4x400m relay in the final event of the programme saw Poland top the medal table again at the Glasgow 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Two days after winning […]
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Six days after Boston there was another surprising American marathon victory: In rainy conditions Annie Bersagel won the Metro Group Marathon Duesseldorf with a personal best of 2:28:59. She overtook Selomie Getnet with only three kilometres to go. Annie Bersagel takes Duesseldorf, Gilbert Yegon wins men’s race The Ethiopian, who had a big lead in […]
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Scotland – In the first major international event of 2019, Team Europe celebrated victory at the Simplyhealth Great Stirling XCountry, a European Athletics Cross Country Permit event, as they successfully defended their title at a competition which has traditionally been held in Edinburgh. Team Europe triumphed with 55 points from Great Britain & Northern Ireland […]
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USA – Mo Farah scored the first marathon victory of his career in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday (7), setting a European record and dispatching a stellar line-up in the process. Already the European record-holder over 1500m (3:28.81) and 10,000m (26:46.57), Farah demonstrated his prowess extends all the way up to 26.2-miles as he pulled […]
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Italy – In one month, on 28thOctober, the Huawei Venicemarathon will blow out 33 candles, and one of the special guests will be the marathon runner Yuki Kawauchi, who will try to become the first Japanese to win in the lagoon. Yuki Kawauchi seeks Venice Marathon win Yuki Kawauchi – “I want to be the […]
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Denmark – Sifan Hassan surprised everyone – including herself – with her scintillating performance in the Copenhagen Half Marathon, a five-star certified road race by European Athletics Running for All, on Sunday (16) morning. Hassan sets European half marathon record with 65:15 At the end of a long and demanding track season which included a […]
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Eliud Kipchoge crowned the 45th edition of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON with a fantastic world record in 2:01:39. The 33-year-old Kenyan led from the start, following his own schedule and was never challenged for the lead. When he crossed the finish line he had obliterated the world record of 2:02:57, set by his compatriot Dennis Kimetto […]
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