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[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Biwott targets third marathon victory, Yimer goes for personal best<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Benard Biwott has a clear goal: \u201cMy aim is to win,\u201d says the 24 year-old Kenyan. If he does so, he would spoil the party of German stars Amanal Petros, Samuel Fitwi and Richard Ringer. Three marathons, two victories and a strong personal best of 2:05:25: Benard Biwott\u2019s confidence is no fluke.<\/p>\n

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He started his marathon career in 2024 with a bang. As a debutant he won the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon and with a time of 2:05:54 recorded the seventh-fastest time ever run in this race. He was also right up there at the front in his second marathon: in spring of 2025 he triumphed in Paris and improved to 2:05:25.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am ready to run fast. A time of 2:04 should be possible. I will definitely be keeping up with the leading group,\u201d he says confidently ahead of Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

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However following his victories in Frankfurt and Paris, he was unable to maintain that high standard in his third marathon. In May 2026 he finished ninth in Cape Town with 2:07:34. \u201cI had a knee injury before and was not in the very best of form,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

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Biwott prepared for Frankfurt in his home town of Iten as part of a small training group. His dream is to secure a third marathon victory in his fourth race over this distance. Does he want to spoil the German party? \u201cYes, exactly,\u201d he says with a smile.<\/p>\n

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Zeineba Yimer: The favourite in the women\u2019s race<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Zeineba Yimer tops the women\u2019s start list with her personal best of 2:18:47. The 28 year-old Ethiopian is in strong form and aims to beat her personal best. \u201cI know the course in Frankfurt is fast. I want to make the most of that,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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It was only this spring that she set her personal best, finishing third in Barcelona. Four weeks ago she was hoping to improve on that in Berlin. However due to stomach problems she had to pull out at the 33 k mark. \u201cI was in good form. Now I want to show what I am capable of in Frankfurt,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Zeineba Yimer enjoyed international success already as a very young athlete. After finishing tenth in the junior women\u2019s race at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships in Kampala (Uganda), she competed at the World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia in 2018, where she came fifth at the age of 19.<\/p>\n

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In 2019 she continued her rise. Having won silver in the 10,000 m at the African Games, she ran her marathon debut in Valencia in December. She finished fifth and clocked a time of sub 2:20:00 (2:19:28) at the very first attempt.<\/p>\n

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In 2020 Zeineba Yimer finished fourth at the World Half Marathon Championships in Gda\u0144sk (Poland), improving to 65:39. The Ethiopian achieved the biggest victory of her career to date in the spring of 2023: she won the Barcelona Marathon in 2:19:44, setting a course record. In the same year she finished fourth in Berlin with 2:19:04. A knee injury set her back in 2024, but she made a strong comeback.<\/p>\n

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Zeineba Yimer comes from South Wollo in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. She lives in Addis Ababa and is a member of Getamesay Molla\u2019s training group. A close training partner is Heven Hailu Desse, the current winner of the Seoul Marathon in 2:19:09. Through her management team, she also knows marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge personally. \u201cFrom him you learn that you have to be very patient and work consistently towards your goals. That\u2019s what I want to do too.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”688608″][dhsv_vc_caption text=”Benard Biwott and Zeineba Yimer aim to set a personal best. Photo: Victah Sailer”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Three marathons, two victories and a strong personal ganzen Artikel lesen…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":688608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[353,362,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marathon-news","category-press-news","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInternational Favorites with Big Goals - mainova Frankfurt Marathon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frankfurt-marathon.com\/en\/international-favorites-with-big-goals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"International Favorites with Big Goals - mainova Frankfurt Marathon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Biwott targets third marathon victory, Yimer goes for personal best   Benard Biwott has a clear goal: \u201cMy aim is to win,\u201d says the 24 year-old Kenyan. 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