World Record-Holder Zersenay Tadese to Face Off Patrick Komon in Istanbul

By IAAF, Zersenay Tadese and Leonard Patrick Komon will face off in a rare road-racing clash at the 2nd Vodafone Istanbul Half Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, on Sunday (24). Tadese, from Eritrea, set the world record in the half marathon in 2010, clocking 58:23. Komon meanwhile set the world records at both […]

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Five-time World Half Marathon Champion Vying for Sixth

By IAAF, Five-time winner Zersenay Tadese has revealed he will be vying for an unprecedented sixth individual gold medal. Without doubt the most successful athlete in the history of the event, the Eritrean is the reigning champion. He also holds the championship record of 58:59, set in 2007 in Udine in a race that remains […]

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The Indomitable Zersenay Tadese wins Prague Half Marathon

Six-time world champion and current world half-marathon record holder Zersenay Tadese wins Gold  ahead of his fellow countryman Mesel Amanuel who won Silver By František Novák, Eritrean five-time IAAF world half marathon champion, Zersenay Tadese took home gold at the Hervis Prague Half Marathon IAFF Gold Label Road Race in the Czech Republic. Tadese came […]

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