The youngest Champion in history of Marathon is returning to defend his NYC Marathon title. BY SABRINA YOHANNES | RUNBLOGRUN After his first marathon victory at the Beijing world championships in 2015, Eritrea’s Ghirmay Ghebreslassie mused on the fact that his family had objected to his taking up running. “My parents wanted me to be […]
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Since 2006, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has awarded 130 naturalized citizens from more than 50 countries with the honor. Now, it’s Meb’s turn. BY MONICA GARSKE | NBC 7 Olympian and marathon icon Meb Keflezighi has won many titles but on Wednesday, he was awarded an honor very close to his […]
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By Lets Run and IAAF, Ali Kaya of Turkey cruised to dominating victory at the third edition of the Vodafone Istanbul Half Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, on Sunday (24). Kaya, last year’s European cross country champion, clocked 1:00:16 to win by 15 seconds in a race that featured a rare head-to-head battle […]
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By Alan Baldwin | for Reuters, Half Marathon record holder Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea has joined Britain’s Mo Farah and Kenya’s reigning champion Geoffrey Kamworor in an elite field for the world championships in Cardiff on March 26. Tadese, 34, has held the record of 58 minutes 23 seconds since March 2010 and will be […]
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By TesfaNews, Ethiopia’s Birhanu Legese won the 2015 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon today (29) after clocking 59:20 minutes while his compatriot Mosinet Geremew, who was third in 2014, finished a second later. Eritrea’s Zersenay Tadese, the world record holder in half marathon, finished third in 59:24 minutes. Kenyans Edwin Kiptoo (59:26 minutes) and Jonathan Maiyo […]
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ብ ጀማል መሓመድ ኣማን፡ ኤርትራውያን ኣትሌታት ናዝሬት ወልዱን ራሕማ መሓመድን ኣብ ቻይና፡ ከተማ ዙጂ – ሻንጋይ ብ21 ሕዳር ኣብ ዘካየድኦ ውድድር ፍርቂ ማራቶን፡ ቀዳመይትን ራብዐይትን ብምውጻእ ደሚቐን ከምዝወዓላ ኣሰልጣኒኤን ኣቶ ሊቪንግስቶን ኣብርሃም፡ ገሊጹ። ብመሰረት’ቲ ኣሰልጣኒ፡ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሻምፕዮን ኣትለቲክስ ዓለም፡ ንፈለማ ግዜኣ ኣብ ናይ 10,000 ሜተር ዝተኻፈለት ናዝሬት ወልዱ፡ ነቲ 21 ኪ.ሜተር ዝሽፍን ውድድር፡ 1 ሰዓት […]
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By SK Running, Half Marathon world record holders Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea), Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) along with defending champion Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) and Meseret Hailu (Ethiopia) interacted with media at Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM) 2015 Media Centre in New Delhi on Thursday. Zersenay, one of the senior and most experienced athletes is ready to face […]
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By Spikes | for IAAF, Ghirmay Ghebreslassie caused one of the bigger upsets in Beijing last month for two reasons: 1) His marathon win at the World Championships delivered gold to Eritrea for the first time in the championships’ history; 2) At 19-years-old, he became the first ever teen to win the event. We find […]
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