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Lead Stories: Friday, November 21, 2008

Cheboror and Bushendich Lead Amsterdam Marathon Field

Posted October 16th, 2008 at 2:43 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Former winners Robert Cheboror and Solomon Bushendich will be among the favorites at Sunday’s 33rd ING Amsterdam Marathon.

Cheboror won the event in 2004 with a personal best of 2:06:23 while Bushendich took the title two years ago in 2:08:52, also a personal best.

In all, the strong field assembled include eight men who have run under 2:10. In addition to Cheboror and Busendich, the field includes Kenyans Paul Kiprop Kirui (2:06:44), James Rotich (2:07:12), Jackson Koech (2:08:02), Paul Malakwen Kosgei (2:09:15) and Albert Matebor (2:09:33) and Dejene Berhanu (2:08:46) of Ethiopia.
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TFS News Briefs: 10/19/07

Posted October 19th, 2007 at 5:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, TFS News Briefs

Elite Men Planning a 2:06 Time in Amsterdam Marathon
Kenyans Jason Mbote (2:08:13) and Paul Kiprop Kirui (PB: 2:06:44) both plan to run new personal bests this Sunday, October 21st, 2007 at the ING Amsterdam Marathon. Mbote said he wants to run between 2:06 and 2:07. The women’s race is expected to be around 2:26. Read more at: [IAAF]

Bulgarian High-Jump Record Holder Says Her 20-Year-Old Record is Legit
High-Jump World Record Holder Stefka Kostadinova, known at home in Bulgaria as “queen of the high-jump,” expects Blanka Vlašić (pictured at right) to break her 20-year-old record next year and is happy that so many women are making an assault on it. She said that it “proves that my achievement is truly feminine and perfectly within human reach.” Read more at: [Yahoo! Sport]

“Pick the Olympic Trials Winners” Contest at Runner’s World
Runner’s World is conducting a contest in which you can pick who you expect will be the top 3 finishers in the U.S. Men’s Olympic Trials Marathon next month in NY City. The contest winner receives a T-shirt autographed by the trials winners. Enter the contest at: [Runner’s World]
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Marathon Recap: October 14-15, 2006

Posted October 18th, 2006 at 10:48 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons

This past weekend was quite eventful for the world’s marathoning community.

He is a recap of some of the most notable marathons from last weekend:

ING Amsterdam Marathon:

• Kenya swept the event. Solomon Busendich won the men’s field in 2:08:52 and Rose Cheruiyot was the female winner with a time of 2:28:26.
• Last year’s fastest time, Haile Gebrselassie’s 2:06:20, took place at the Amsterdam Marathon. However, heavy winds prevented a repeat this year.

ANA Beijing International Marathon:

• On the men’s side, Kwambai won the $20,00 grand prize by running the race in 2:10:36. This year’s Rome marathon winner, fellow Kenyan David Kipkorir, came in second and finished only 10 seconds behind Kwambai.
• In the women’s race - China’s own runners were dominating; making up seven of the the top ten finishing spots. Sun Weiwei finished #1 in 2:34:41 and won $15,000 in prize money.

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