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Patrick Makau of Kenya and Benita Johnson of Australia won today’s 27th Vattenfall Berliner Halbmarathon (Berlin Half-Marathon) in fast times.
Makau, who ran 59:13 at Ras al Khaimah last February, became the third man to break the 59 minute barrier on a record-standard course, breaking the tape at Berlin in 58:56, a course record. It […]

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The Vattenfall Berliner Halbmarathon (Berlin Half-Marathon), scheduled for Sunday, April 1, will feature a clash between defending champion and course record holder, Edith Masai of Kenya, and multiple national record holder, Benita Johnson of Australia.
Masai clocked 1:07:16 at last year’s race, the fastest half-marathon run in the world last year by a woman. Johnson’s […]

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