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24. October 2025
Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday: Buze Diriba eyes course record at Frankfurt Marathon
The 42nd edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon will once again present a high quality field on the start line on Sunday. The Ethiopian Shura Kitata and Magdalyne Masai from Kenya lead the elite entry of the prominent German race with personal bests of 2:04:09 and 2:18:58 respectively. Masai is the fastest woman ever to compete ganzen Artikel lesen...
23. October 2025
Magdalyne Masai: “Frankfurt is the perfect race for me, I am 100 percent ready“
Magdalyne Masai is the star of the women’s field at the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. With her personal best of 2:18:58 she is the fastest runner ever to appear on the women’s start list in Frankfurt. She demonstrated her outstanding form a month ago at the World Championships marathon in Tokyo which unfortunately ended badly for ganzen Artikel lesen...
17. September 2024
Seven with PBs under 2:07 and a novelty in Frankfurt
Seven runners with personal bests of sub 2:07 are on the start list of the 41st edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on 27th October. It looks very likely that the eventual winner will come from one of the two great running nations, Kenya and Ethiopia. While Herpasa Negasa of Ethiopia remains the number one ganzen Artikel lesen...
27. August 2024
Negasa, Kiptanui, Masai and Abayechew look for new momentum in Frankfurt
A group of athletes who have achieved world-class results in different events in the past want to use the fast course of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon to give their careers new momentum. Among the runners targeting fast times is Ethoipia’s Herpasa Negasa, who became the eighth fastest ever at the Dubai Marathon 2019, and Kenya’s ganzen Artikel lesen...
29. October 2023
Brimin Misoi and Buzenesh Gudeta win with top times in Frankfurt
Brimin Misoi and Buzunesh Gudeta were crowned champions of what proved to be the highest quality race in the history of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon in terms of combined winning times. Misoi of Kenya retained the men’s title in the 40th anniversary event, crossing the finish line in the Festhalle in 2:04:53, the second fastest ganzen Artikel lesen...
Defending champion Brimin Misoi and Buzunesh Gudeta take titles with fine times in Frankfurt
Brimin Misoi and Buzunesh Gudeta won the 40th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, producing one of the fastest races in the history of the event. The defending champion from Kenya crossed the line in Frankfurt’s Festive Arena in 2:04:53 which is the second fastest winning time ever in the race. Brimin Misoi became the ganzen Artikel lesen...
28. October 2023
40th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday: Matea Parlov Kostro – how she became a Croatian Sports Star
Press Release - 40th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday: Matea Parlov Kostro: How she became a Croatian Sports Star The German roads are much to Matea Parlov Kostro’s liking. Within little more than six months she has celebrated both the biggest success of her career to date and her greatest ganzen Artikel lesen...
5. September 2023
Guye Adola and defending champion Brimin Misoi add their quality to the elite field
Guye Adola has joined the starting line-up for the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday, October 29. The Ethiopian of proven world-class for the event, winner of the Berlin Marathon in 2021 when he left the great Kenenisa Bekele trailing, has a best of 2:03:46 to his credit. Among his rivals in Frankfurt will be the ganzen Artikel lesen...
30. October 2022
Kenyans Brimin Misoi and Selly Kaptich take Frankfurt titles in warm conditions
Kenyans Brimin Misoi and Selly Kaptich took the 39th Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. 33 year-old Misoi became a surprise winner with a personal best of 2:06:11. Fellow-Kenyan Samwel Mailu, who had been a pacemaker until 30k but then continued the race, took second in 2:07:19 while Deresa Ulfata of Ethiopia was third with 2:07:30. In ganzen Artikel lesen...
13. September 2020
Amanal Petros and Melat Kejeta dominate Frankfurt half marathon
Amanal Petros and Melat Kejeta dominated the Frankfurt Half Marathon Invitational on a warm Sunday morning. While Petros clocked 63:31 Kejeta ran a strong time of 69:04 on the flat 3k loop course inside the Frankfurt fairground. Both will head the German teams for the World Half Marathon Championships, which are planned to go ahead ganzen Artikel lesen...
