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Despite Heat, Chelanga and Ominami Excel at Rotterdam Marathon
Posted April 15th, 2007 at 11:00 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons
Joshua Chelanga is a man of iron.
Just eight days after his 34th birthday, the Kenyan athlete won the 27th edition of the Fortis Rotterdam Marathon in 2:08:21 in very high temperatures of over 25°C (77°F). Due to the extreme heat and very sunny conditions, the organizers decided to stop the race after three and one-half hours to protect the runners against health problems.
Chelanga was the only athlete to break 2:10:00, remarkable because of the strength of the field assembled by race director Mario Kadiks (15 men had personal best times below 2:09:00). He was nearly two minutes ahead of runner-up Takayukuki Matsumiya of Japan who ran 2:10:04, breaking his personal best by sixteen seconds. William Kipsang of Kenya came home third in 2:11:04.
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Tadesse Replaces Gebrselassie as Top Road Runner in the Latest IAAF World Rankings
Posted October 27th, 2006 at 4:00 PM by Martha Jones
Section: News & Results, Announcements
PRESS RELEASE: Just over two weeks ago, Zersenay Tadesse became the first athlete from Eritrea to win a World title in any major sport when he triumphed at the inaugural IAAF World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
This week, the 24-year-old became the first athlete from the east African nation to head any Event Ranking in the IAAF World Rankings. Tadesse replaced Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) at the top of the Men’s Road Running – Marathon Event Rankings after the former World and Olympic 10,000m champion from Ethiopia dropped points and slipped into second place, after his win from last year’s Amsterdam Marathon (2:06:20 - 1376 points) became out of date. Read the rest of this entry »
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