BMW BERLIN-MARATHON ON 27 SEPTEMBER:
Tigst Assefa returns to Berlin to assault the world document
Ethiopia’s Olympic silver medallist Tigst Assefa will return to the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on twenty seventh September, making an attempt to regain the world document. Whereas defending champion Rosemary Wanjiru of Kenya intends to defend her title within the German capital, Amane Beriso, one other world-class runner from Ethiopia, has additionally dedicated to the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. Organisers of Germany’s largest and most spectacular marathon race earlier introduced that marathon celebrity Sebastian Sawe will return to Berlin. The Kenyan smashed the world document in London this April with 1:59:30, turning into the primary athlete to interrupt the two-hour barrier in a record-eligible race.
“The BMW BERLIN-MARATHON guarantees as soon as once more to grow to be an occasion of the best calibre. Round 60,000 runners from 160 nations replicate the occasion’s monumental worldwide attraction. We’re significantly delighted with the robust girls’s elite area. Athletes like Tigst Assefa, Amane Beriso and defending champion Rosemary Wanjiru promise an exciting race. Berlin stays a stage for information, feelings and extraordinary achievements,“ stated Race Director Mark Milde. He additionally confirmed that Germany’s Esther Pfeiffer will run her first severe race on the traditional distance on twenty seventh September. “Esther has made an exciting growth not too long ago and will proceed this within the marathon.“
Former middle-distance runner Tigst Assefa has already gained the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON twice, producing sensational instances on each events: In 2022 the Ethiopian improved her private finest by nearly 20 minutes to 2:15:37. A yr later she broke the world document, reaching new dimensions with a time of two:11:53. The 29 year-old Olympic marathon silver medallist from Paris 2024, who additionally gained silver on the 2025 World Championships, is the present world document holder for women-only races (with out male pacemakers). Tigst Assefa first broke the document in London in 2025 with 2:15:50 after which improved the mark to 2:15:41 this spring throughout her profitable title defence in London. Returning to Berlin, she targets the principle world document of two:09:56.
“It’s with immense pleasure that three years after my world document in 2023, I can be operating once more on the streets of Berlin and making an attempt once more to interrupt the world document. I thank the organisers for inviting me yet one more time and everybody concerned for his or her assist throughout the marathon days, and I hope to see many spectators cheering me on,“ stated Tigst Assefa.
Amane Beriso is one other world-class runner from Ethiopia and a coaching associate of Tigst Assefa in Addis Ababa. The 34-year-old brought about an upset on the 2022 Valencia Marathon when she was heading in the right direction for a world document for a lot of the race, then completed in 2:14:58, the third-fastest time on the time. Following this victory, she additionally took the World Championships’ marathon in Budapest in scorching circumstances in the summertime of 2023. After combating accidents, Amane Beriso now intends to bounce again in Berlin.
Defending champion Rosemary Wanjiru returns to the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. The 31-year-old Kenyan ran an excellent debut right here in 2022, when she completed runner-up in a robust 2:18:00. Six months later, Wanjiru gained the Tokyo Marathon. In 2025, she returned to the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON and gained with 2:21:05 regardless of being extraordinarily exhausted in unusually heat circumstances. The Kenyan will definitely try to enhance her private finest of two:16:14 on the quick Berlin course.
Esther Pfeiffer has the potential to maneuver into the highest 5 girls of the German all-time record in what can be her first severe marathon race. Three years in the past, she gained her debut in Cologne nearly unchallenged in 2:37:00. The 28-year-old has not run the 42.195 okay distance since then. However she has developed strongly at shorter distances. The spouse of high German marathon runner Hendrik Pfeiffer ran a 67:25 PB on the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON earlier this yr.
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