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Cybrian Kotut
Cyprian Kimurgor Kotut (born 1992), also known as Cybrian Kotut, is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. His best for the distance is 2:04:47 hours. He was the winner of the 2016 Paris Marathon. He also holds a half marathon best of 59:12 minutes, set in 2014. Career The brother of Martin Lel (a former winner of the London Marathon),Kenya’s Cyprian Kotut wins Paris Marathon ''Daily Nation'' (2016-04-03). Retrieved on 2016-04-03. Kotut began to compete in professional in 2012. He placed fourth at both the |
Cross Zornotza
The Cross Internacional Zornotza is an annual cross country running event which takes place in January in Amorebieta-Etxano (Zornotza), the Basque Country, Spain. The competition was first held in 1954 and has taken place every year since, with the sole exception of 1961. Organised by the Club Deportiva Zornotza, the event began as a mainly national-level competition and it started to attract elite international competitors from the mid-1980s onwards. Zornotza has previously been an IAAF and European Athletics status meeting, as well as being in the now-defunct IAAF World Cross Challenge circuit, but is not currently part of an international cross country series. The race suffered from economic problems leading up to the period around 2010, but organisers continued its focus of attracting some of the sport's top competitors. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cracovia Marathon
The Cracovia Marathon (Polish: ''Cracovia Maraton'') is an annual marathon which has taken place every year in Kraków, Poland since its inception in 2002. It is one of Poland's largest marathons in terms of the number of finishers. History The Cracovia Marathon was established in 2002 and has been run every year since. The marathon is held usually in May. The competition features professional athletes and amateur fun runners. A total of 3,200 people finished the race in 2011 while in 2013 a total of 4,415 participants finished the race, which made it the third largest such race in Poland after the Warsaw Marathon and the Poznań Marathon. The marathon is one of five in the Crown of Polish Marathons program, along with the Dębno Marathon, Poznań Marathon, Warsaw Marathon, and Wrocław Marathon. Since 2016, the Cracovia Marathon has been part of the Royal Running Triad (Polish: ''Królewska Triada Biegowa'') alongside Cracovia Royal Half-Marathon and the Three Mound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Marathon
The Florence Marathon () is an annual full-length marathon race held in late November in Florence, Italy, since 1984. History Established in 1984, the international competition has significantly grown in size since its inaugural edition of 462 runners – a total of 10,211 runners started the 2010 edition, making it the second largest Italian marathon after the Rome City Marathon. Orlando Pizzolato, a two-time New York Marathon winner, was present to inaugurate the race in 1984.Presentation . Firenze Marathon (2009). Retrieved on 2009-12-02. The competition's first course was about a kilometre short of the true marathon distance, and it was increased for all subsequent editions.Civai, Franco (2008-12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg Marathon
The Hamburg Marathon () is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of held in Hamburg, Germany. In 2009, 13,938 participants were counted. The marathon is categorized as a IAAF Road Race Label Events, Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics. History The first edition took place in 1986 with about 8,000 participants. The Hamburg Marathon was named for the sponsoring companies ''Hansemarathon'' (1986–1990), ''Shell-hanse-Marathon'' (1991–1997), ''Shell-Marathon'' (1998–1999), ''Hansaplast-Marathon'' (2000–2002), ''Olympus-Marathon'' (2003–2005), ''Conergy Marathon'' (2006–2008) and 2009–2010 ''Möbel Kraft Marathon Hamburg'', with 13.938 participants. Several championships are integrated in the marathon, the Hamburg Championships, the ''Hamburger Betriebssport- Meisterschaften'', the ''Hamburger Polizei- Meisterschaften''. In 1988, 1995 and 1999, the German Championships, and in 2006 and 2007, the German Championships for the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Boston Marathon
The 2025 Boston Marathon was the 129th official edition of the Boston Marathon, annual marathon race in Boston, Massachusetts, held on Monday, . It was a World Athletics Label Road Races, Platinum Label marathon, one of seven World Marathon Majors scheduled for 2025 and the second to be run, following the 2025 Tokyo Marathon of early March. In early April, organizers announced that Bill Rodgers (runner), Bill Rodgers, four-time winner of the event, and Bob Hall, "the father of wheelchair racing", would serve as Grand Marshal (parade dignitary), grand marshals. Each won their division in the 1975 Boston Marathon. Entrants A total of 32,080 runners appeared on the official entry list (24,000 chosen based on their performances in Boston Marathon Qualifying Standards, qualifying events), an increase from the 29,685 runners on the entry list of the 2024 edition. Entrants came from all 50 U.S. states and 118 countries. Notable professional entrants in the event included: * Men: Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Korir
Mark Korir (born 10 January 1985) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ... in Beijing, China. References External links * 1985 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Place of birth missing (living people) Paris Marathon male winners 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Half Marathon
Paris Half Marathon (''French language, French: Semi-marathon de Paris''), known as the Harmonie Mutuelle Semi de Paris for sponsorship reasons, is an annual half marathon held every March in Paris, France since 1993. Kenya's Stanley Biwott is the men's course record holder, with his winning time of 59:44 from the 2012 race. The women's course record is held by Pauline Njeri Kahenya, who ran a time of 1:07:55 again in 2012. Around 30,000 runners took part in the event in 2011. The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021, obtaining a voucher of equivalent value, or obtaining a refund after 18 months. Winners Key: : Source: Wins by country See also * 20 Kilomètres de Paris * Paris Marathon Notes References {{World Athletics Label Road Races Half marathons in France Athletics in Paris Recurring sporting events established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Marathon
The Milano City Marathon is a marathon race held every April in Milan, Italy. It was first organised in 2000 by the Milano City Marathon Club and the first nine editions were held in November. History The 2009 edition of the race, initially set for November 2009, was shifted to April the following year. The newly scheduled event featured a marathon, half marathon, and relay marathon event. The move proved popular and at least 7213 runners took part in the activities that year. At the 2011 edition, the marathon and relay events saw more than five thousand participants each, making a record total of 10,203 runners. Barclays Bank became the title sponsor in 2012 and 13569 people participated in the day's events, including the marathon and relay races. The 20th edition of the race, originally scheduled for 2020, was postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown of Italy, with all registrants given the option of receiving a 100% discount code for the 20th edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CPC Loop Den Haag
The CPC Loop Den Haag (abbreviated for ''City-Pier-City Loop'') is an annual half marathon competition held in The Hague, Netherlands, every mid-March. The inaugural edition was held in 1975 and featured a 14.5 km course. This was extended to the half marathon distance the following year. The competition has been used as the Dutch half marathon championships on a number of occasions. The course is a relatively flat one, which lends itself to fast times for athletes. A former men's half marathon world record of 58:33 minutes was set at this race by Samuel Wanjiru in 2007.IAAF, March 17, 2007Wanjiru again! World records broken in Half Marathon and 20 km in The Hague/ref> This remains the men's course record, while Tegla Loroupe is the women's course record holder with her run of 1:07:32 hours from 1998. The most successful athletes of the CPC race are both Dutch: Carla Beurskens and Marti ten Kate have both topped the podium on four separate occasions. In its earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi Half Marathon
Delhi Half Marathon, currently branded as the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual half marathon foot-race held in New Delhi, India. Established in 2005, it is both an elite runner and mass participation event. It is an AIMS-certified course and is listed as a Gold Label Road Race by the IAAF. The race has seen the best of the athletes competing since the course is considered one of the fastest half marathon route. The event sees about 40,000 participants through the race categories of half marathon, the 7 km ''Great Delhi Run'', a 4.3 km run for senior citizens, and a 3.5 km wheelchair race Course The course starts in the Nehru Stadium, although this was temporarily moved to the grounds of the Secretariat Building while the stadium was under renovation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The race is largely flat and has delivered fast winning times in its short history, with men producing a number of sub-one hour times and women recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedan Karoki Muchiri
Bedan Karoki Muchiri (born 21 August 1990) is a Kenyan professional long distance runner who competes in track, cross country and road running disciplines. He represented Kenya at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He was a silver medallist at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and also in the 10,000 m at the 2011 All-Africa Games. His half marathon best of 58:42 minutes ranks him in the all-time top ten for the distance. Career Bedan Karoki Muchiri was born in Nyandarua. Muchiri attended Muthiga and Kagondo primary schools in Kenya and joined the Mt.Kenya Talents Development Centre, before going on to study in Japan. He graduated from high school there and attained a high level of proficiency in Japanese. Karoki spent much of his early career running on the Japanese racing circuit, including wins at the Chiba International Cross Country three years in a row, from 2009 to 2011. He also won the Fukuoka In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
