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Athlete Interviews
“Trust is like cement” – Eliud Kipchoge’s special relationship with Patrick Sang
Gliding along the compacted dirt, Eliud Kipchoge is a boy full of hopes and dreams, but like any first taking up the sport, one with more questions than answers.
Athlete Interviews
A 20 year exercise in self-belief – Kaan Kigen Özbilen bids for World Championship glory.
Nine weeks is a long-time in marathon running. Kaan Kigen Özbilen knows that better than most. Mike, as he’s known to family and friends, is in a bullish mood. At the age of 37, the Kenyan-born Turkish international is in the form of his life. Earlier in the day Kigen…
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Kiptum and Hassan take 2023 London Marathon titles
Kelvin Kiptum closes in 59:45 for London Marathon title??! Kelvin Kiptum produced a devastating second half to tear apart a competitive London field, closing the second half in a scarcely unbelievable 59:45, the second fastest marathon in history 2:01:25 and a new course record. The men’s race was aggressive from…
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Wanjiru and Gelmisa take Tokyo Marathon 2023 titles
Rosemary Wanjiru secured her biggest win to date as the Kenyan ran away from Tsehay Gemechu to take the 2023 Tokyo marathon title in a new personal best of 2:16:28. In only her second career marathon, having made her debut in a second-place at Berlin in 2022, Wanjiru moves to…
Who is the greatest female marathon runner of all time?
With the news this week of the retirement of marathon supremo Mary Keitany we ask ourselves the perennial question, who is the greatest female marathon runner of all time? Here’s our top five. In deciding the list we’ve taken into account times run (for their era), major marathons won, global…
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Remember the name, Luvo Manyonga
On 13th August 2016 a twenty-five year old from Paarl in the Western Cape of South Africa stood at the end of a runway. A camera to his right and 130 feet of polymetric rubber in front of him. All around him a dark Rio de Janeiro night. The scattered…
Doha Diamond League – Full Event Preview
Despite the weather, Gateshead Diamond League did have its bright spots. Dina Asher-Smith’s win over Sha’Carri Richardson provided the first chapter to what looks like a compelling battle for the fastest woman on planet earth. Mohamed Katir upset the odds to add himself to the 5,000m medal mix come Tokyo…
Gateshead Diamond League – Full Event Preview
Athletics fans are in for a treat. Ostrava on Wednesday, now Gateshead this weekend, over the coming weeks the storylines will be set for this summer’s Olympic Games. Who will launch themselves into Olympic contention and will we see a changing of the guard just when the established order least…
States round up – UK distance stars breaking America
Amy-Eloise Markovc‘s (Reebok Track Club) Euro Indoors gold was a welcome reminder that British distance running’s success relies on more than just what our athletes do on local shores. While nothing new an increasing cohort of athletes are taking their studies to the US and a growing crop of senior…
