Athens, the birthplace of the Marathon, will be the focus of attention for the international running scene for three days from November 6 to 8. Firstly the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) will honour the best marathon runners of the year with the 2015 AIMS Best Marat...
The new Nov. 15 Saitama International Marathon is the inheritor of the defunct Yokohama International Women's Marathon, itself the lesser offspring of the great Tokyo International Women's Marathon that folded under the pressure of the big new mass-participation Tokyo Marathon. At the...
On Oct. 19 a number of sources confirmed that 2000 Sydney Olympics women's marathon gold medalist and former world record holder Naoko Takahashi, 43, was named the new chairperson of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committe's Athletes' Commission, charged with presenti...
The men's race was fast and furious as Tisia Kiplangat took an early lead. As he passed halfway in 1:06 course record holder Lamech Mokono and defending champion Daniel Kipkoech were hanging on. Kiplangat continued to blaze away at the front but he started cramping at 40km and collapsed in
Overnight rain was quickly drying up by the time Marathoners and 30km runners departed in ideal conditions: 14°C under an overcast sky. Dániel Soós crossed the line first, also taking the top spot in the Hungarian national championship. Among the women Tímea Merényi r...
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