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Gebrselassie wins Berlin marathon, misses world record
Berlin :: Germany | 2 months ago
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Ethiopian Atsede Besuye won the women's race with an unofficial time of 2:24:47, her best marathon result so far. The 36-year-old Gebrselassie smashed his own record here at last year's race when he ran 2hrs 03min 59sec but admitted struggling during...
Tags: Haile Gebrselassie, Berlin Marathon, Ethiopian Gebrselassie, world records, gebrselassie wins, warm weather, fourth straight, Ethiopian Atsede Habtamu Besuye, gebrselassie won, Francis Kiprop, Germany, Berlin
Gebrselassie eyes London 2012 Olympic marathon gold
Berlin :: Germany | 2 months ago
Credibility World record holder Haile Gebrselassie has targeted the marathon title at the 2012 London Olympics, some 12 years after his last Olympic gold medal. The former Olympic and four-times world champion over 10,000 metres told reporters ahead of the Berlin...
Tags: Haile Gebrselassie, world records, Berlin, Duncan Kibet, berlin marathon, Germany
Berlin runners race for Shalit
Berlin :: Germany | 2 months ago
Credibility Some runners in the Berlin Marathon will dedicate the race to kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. More than 400 participants in Sunday's event have signed up so far to wear a light blue armband in his honor, according to Ron Segal, an Israeli film...
Tags: American Red Cross, Gilad Shalit, Berlin Marathon, Germany, Berlin
Al Jazeera: Gebrselassie confirms Dubai race
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | about 1 year ago
Credibility aile Gebrselassie will compete in January 2009 in the $2 million Dubai Marathon, the world's richest running race, the organisers have announced. The Ethiopian long-distance runner became the first man to run a marathon under 2 hours, 4 minutes last week...
Tags: Dubai Marathon, Berlin Marathon, Haile Gebrselassie, world record
Two-hour marathon a step closer
Century :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Now experts are for the first time raising the possibility of a sub two-hour marathon after Haile Gebrselassie, the greatest male marathon runner, knocked another 27 seconds off his own world record in Berlin yesterday. The Ethiopian, 35, smashed his...
Tags: marathon runner, Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, world record, Berlin Marathon
Gebrselassie shatters his world marathon record
Berlin :: Germany | about 1 year ago
Credibility Gebrselassie breaks world record Haile Gebrselassie smashed his marathon world record by 27 seconds Sunday, winning the Berlin Marathon in a city where he has had so much success. The 35-year-old Ethiopian took advantage of excellent conditions on a flat...
Tags: Haile Gebrselassie, Berlin Marathon, world records, Ethiopian Gebrselassie, marathon records, marathon world, excellent conditions, flat course, 2hrs 3min, gebrselassie smashed
Gebrselassie breaks world record in Berlin marathon
Berlin :: Germany | about 1 year ago
Credibility 9 for the 42.195-kilometre distance, taking 28 seconds off the record that he set in Berlin last year. Wearing his distinctive yellow vest and yellow shoes, Gebrselassie dropped the last of his challengers with around six kilometres left and his victory...
Tags: Berlin Marathon, Haile Gebrselassie, world record, Ethiopianâ, marathon world, gebrselassie breaks, marathon record
Gebrselassie to run Berlin marathon in Sept.
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie will run the Berlin marathon in September for a third straig ht year after shattering the world record in the German capital last year, organizers said on Tuesday. Gebrselassie's time of 2 hours 4 minutes and 26 seconds eclipsed...
Tags: Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie, Berlin Marathon, Paul Tergat, world record, berlin course, Ethiopian, Kenya, previous record, rival paul, consecutive berlin
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