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28. October 2018
Kelkile Gezahegn triumphs, Meskerem Assefa breaks women’s Course Record in windy Frankfurt
Runner-up last year, this time the number one: the Ethiopian Kelkile Gezahegn won the 37th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon in cool and at times extremely windy conditions in 2:06:37. After a thrilling duel he broke away from Martin Kosgey of Kenya who finished in 2:06:41. Fellow Kenyan Alex Kibet finished third on his ganzen Artikel lesen...
27. October 2018
England Athletics Quartet aim to flourish at Mainova Frankfurt Marathon
The race beside the River Main has proved a successful hunting ground for British runners in recent years and the England Team of Dani Nimmock, Aaron Scott, Matt Sharp and Steven Bayton are keen to exploit Frankfurt’s reputation as a fast course with favourable weather conditions on Sunday. The precedents are highly encouraging: a ganzen Artikel lesen...
26. October 2018
Frankfurt aims for new Heights with Strength in Depth
Frankfurt this year especially is rich in running talent with 14 men who have broken 2:10 and ten women with personal bests of sub-2:25, making the latter field among the strongest in the event’s 37-year history. Top of the women’s marathon charts on lifetime performances is the former World champion Mare Dibaba from Ethiopia, the ganzen Artikel lesen...
25. October 2018
Arne Gabius and Katharina Heinig say they are ready to race
Arne Gabius and Katharina Heinig are ready for the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday. Last year the leading German duo won their respective national titles at this prestigious race which holds the IAAF Gold Label, the highest distinction awarded by the world governing body of athletics. Although the German national titles will not be at ganzen Artikel lesen...
24. October 2018
Elite race preview of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon
A dozen runners who have broken 2:10 and Ethiopia’s Mare Dibaba, World Marathon Champion in 2015, are on the start lists of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. Dibaba will be the first woman to run Frankfurt with a personal record of sub-2:20. There are ten women who have run below 2:25. Should weather conditions be suitable ganzen Artikel lesen...
4. October 2018
Wilson Chebet and Betsy Saina complete strong Elite Field for Frankfurt
The world-class Kenyan runners Wilson Chebet and Betsy Saina are the latest entries for the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 28. The addition of these top flight athletes completes the elite field for this longstanding event, ensuring that a high quality field will once again be on the start line beside the River Main on ganzen Artikel lesen...
4. September 2018
Top women expected to attack 2:20 mark in Frankfurt
Will the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon witness its first ever women’s time under 2:20? That is the hope of the organizers after assembling an elite women’s field with impressive strength in depth to achieve this quest. The course record stands at 2:21:01, set by the Ethiopian Meselech Melkamu six years ago and, given good weather conditions, ganzen Artikel lesen...
27. October 2017
Frankfurt Marathon plans to turn up the heat
The Mainova Frankfurt Marathon has been a springboard for a number of promising marathon runners in the past. The most prominent example is Wilson Kipsang, who won in Frankfurt with 2:04:57 in 2010 and then returned a year later, missing the world record by only four seconds and his time 2:03:42 remains the course record ganzen Artikel lesen...
26. October 2017
Vivian Cheruiyot eyes fast race in Frankfurt
Vivian Cheruiyot is ready to run fast in Sunday’s Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. „I am grateful to have been invited to run my second marathon in Frankfurt,“ said the reigning 5,000 m Olympic Champion during a press conference in Frankfurt on Thursday. „I have prepared for this race for three months and my shape is the ganzen Artikel lesen...
22. October 2017
Mainova Frankfurt Marathon live
TV broadcasting by hr fernsehen hr-fernsehen runs a live broadcast from 10:00am to 2pm as part of the “heimspiel! extra” program (and as an internet live stream as well on www.hessenschau.de) The broadcast will be hosted by hr sports editor-in-chief Ralf Scholt with Olympic Champion Dieter Baumann for expert commentary. The Frankfurt Marathon will also ganzen Artikel lesen...
