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Note on the News: Honolulu Marathon Champ Disqualified

Posted June 24th, 2008 at 11:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Drugs In Sports

News outlets in Honolulu are reporting that Ambese Tolossa, the Ethiopian marathoner who won last December’s Honolulu Marathon, has been disqualified for failing a drug test. The news broke after today’s release of IAAF News which listed Tolossa as having failed an in-competition doping control in Honolulu, and he had already been suspended by his federation for a two year period beginning last February.

Jimmy Muindi, who finished second, was declared the race winner. It was his sixth Honolulu Marathon title.

You can read various reports at these links:

http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=7314

http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=8549843

http://www.kitv.com/news/16698675/detail.html

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Chicago Marathon ‘07: Men’s race about to get under way

Posted October 7th, 2007 at 8:57 AM by Jeremy Sussman

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage

Robert Cheruyiot 2007 picture 2 Men’s race is about to get under way. Currently, it’s 73 desgrees Fahrenehiet off of Lake Michicagn herre in CHicago and about 77 degrees away from the lake.

The runners to be watching are of course, returning champion Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, as well as Jaoouad Gharib, Patrick Ivuti,
Tariku Jufar, James Koskei, Bong-ju Lee, Felix Limo, Benjamin Maiyo, Jimmy Muindi, Daniel Njenga Muturi, Evans Rutto, and Daniel Yego.

Felix Limo, Evans Rutto and Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot are the favorites.

John Yuda , Charles Munyeki and William Chebon are the Pacers who were asked to go out in 63:20.

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Gharib, Limo and Rutto Headline Chicago Field

Posted September 12th, 2007 at 7:05 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

felix limo 2006 london marathon A great battle is in store at the fastest marathon in the United States when the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon celebrates its 30th edition on Sunday, Oct. 7.

Making his Chicago debut will be two-time world champion Jaouad Gharib of Morocco. Boasting a 2:07:02 personal best, Gharib snagged the world titles in both Paris in 2003 and Helsinki in 2005. He passed-up this year’s world championships so he could be best prepared to win a World Marathon Majors title in the fall. Chicago’s extremely fast course should play to his strength as a runnner who prefers a pace which is both steady and fast.

The man who won Chicago in 2005, Felix Limo (Pictured) of Kenya, should be Gharib’s top rival. Limo, who also won London in 2006 and Berlin in 2004, has four sub-2:07 marathons to his credit. At London last April he was in the hunt for victory in the final meters, but finished third to Martin Lel and Abderrahim Goumri in nail-biting sprint finish. Limo had planned to run Chicago last year, but an injury forced him to scratch from the race.
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Race Recap:
2006 Honolulu Marathon

Posted December 12th, 2006 at 10:00 PM by Jenna Sumara

Section: News & Results, Marathons

In a surprising turn of events, Ambesse Tolossa of Ethiopia managed to upset defending champion Jimmy Muindi to win the 2006 Honolulu Marathon on Sunday (Dec. 10); ending the10-year winning streak of the Kenyan runners. Tolosa’s came in at 2:13:42 and Muindi, who was seeking his sixth Honolulu victory, was almost a complete minute behind at 2:14:39.

Coming in third was Kenyan Eric Wainana at 2:16:08, Araya Haregot of Ethiopia was fourth in 2:16:59, followed closely by Eric Nzoiki of Kenya in 2:17:10.
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