The 5000m is always a special event at the KBC Night of Athletics. In the women’s race, it was Norwegian Susanne Wigene who boldly took to the front when the pacemakers dropped out at the 3000m mark. With Kenyans and Ethiopians including Gete Wami following ....
Casablanca – Tanzania’s Zakia Mrisho ended Morocco’s Zhor El Kamch’s domination of the Casablanca women’s race Courir pour le Plaisir (Run for Fun) today as she crossed the line ahead of 20,000 women in 32 minutes 49 seconds. Five-time winner Zhor El Kamch pulled up halfway through the race with severe cramps after leading the field through to the five kilometer point, leaving three contestants in the leading pack: Mrisho and the two Ethiopian contestants, Adaneche Zekiros Adane and Letay...
In very warm temperatures of more than 25° Celsius at the end of the race Mubbarak Shami (Qatar) and Florence Barsosio (Kenya) won the 22nd edition of the Vienna City Marathon. Shami, who switched nationality from Kenya to Qatar a year ago, clocked 2.12.20 in his debut marathon. He was formerly known as Richard Yatich. Japhet Kosgei (Kenya) was second with 2.15.15 while Henry Serem (Kenya/2.15.26) finished third.
Should the Manchester weather be on the helpful side, organisers believe the trio are well capable of challenging the course record of 27:54
The 22nd edition of the AVON RUNNING Berlin Women’s Run will take place this coming Saturday in the Tiergarten park with a record number of as many as 12,000 participants. The event will start at 3:15 p.m. on the boulevard Straße des 17. Juni. The athletic highlight will be the 10 k race, when at 6 p.m. the German top female runners, Sabrina Mockenhaupt (LG Sieg) and Claudia Dreher (Gänsefurth Sport Movement) will face one another.
