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Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on twenty sixth October:
Magdalyne Masai returns to Frankfurt:
“I’m within the Type of my Life“ Magdalyne Masai will run the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon subsequent Sunday. Her late addition to the sector was potential as a result of the Kenyan recovered rapidly from collapsing in brutal warmth throughout the World Championships’ Marathon in Tokyo final month.
For Masai will probably be the third Mainova Frankfurt Marathon in a row. In 2024 the 31 year-old was runner-up with a robust private greatest of two:18:58. With this time she is the quickest lady ever on a begin checklist of the normal Mainova Frankfurt Marathon stand.
The forty second version of the race will see the strongest elite subject in its historical past. There are six ladies on the beginning checklist who’ve achieved private information of sub 2:23:00. Two of them have damaged 2:20:00. Apart from Magdalyne Masai that is fellow-Kenyan Sharon Chelimo, who improved to 2:19:33 when she took the Barcelona Marathon this spring. Ethiopians Etagegne Woldu (2:20:03) and Aminet Ahmed (2:21:24) needed to withdraw because of accidents.
Magdalyne Masai was within the bronze medal place on the World Championships’ marathon in Tokyo in extraordinarily scorching and humid circumstances however then suffered issues within the warmth and collapsed. “After a break to recuperate my first coaching classes went so properly that I actually needed to run one other marathon within the autumn. I’m in the most effective form of my life and didn’t need to waste it,“ stated Magdalyne Masai.
“Frankfurt is the right race for me. I’m actually excited to have the prospect to return again!“ The lads’s subject of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon may be very sturdy as properly. Seven runners characteristic private bests of sub 2:08:00. Ethiopia’s Shura Kitata, the winner of the 2017 race, is returning. With a private greatest of two:04:49 he leads the sector forward of his extremely rated compatriot Dejene Megersa (PB: 2:05:42).
Germany’s Filimon Abraham hopes to provide a positive efficiency and goals to interrupt his private greatest of two:08:11 on the quick Frankfurt course.
Elite Runners with Private Bests:
MEN:
Shura Kitata ETH 2:04:49
Dejene Megersa ETH 2:05:42
Kipkemoi Kiprono KEN 2:06:45
Belay Asfaw ETH 2:07:00
Getachew Masresha ETH 2:07:04
Stanley Rono KEN 2:07:05
Kirbrom Habtu ETH 2:07:05
Filimon Abraham GER 2:08:11
Edwin Kibichiy KEN 2:08:29
Benson Murkomen KEN 2:08:35
Timothy Misoi KEN 2:08:38
Vincent Mutai KEN 2:09:09
Therence Bizosa BDI 2:09:18
Yismaw Yitayew ETH 2:09:32
Yasin Haji ETH 2:09:52
Lulu Negera ETH 2:09:54
Tom Thurley GER 2:12:45
Jan Lukas Becker GER 2:15:20
Emmanuel Wafula KEN Debüt
Taresa Bekuma ETH Debüt
Diriba Girma ETH Debüt
WOMEN:
Magdalyne Masai KEN 2:18:58
Sharon Chelimo KEN 2:19:33
Buze Diriba ETH 2:20:22
Linet Masai KEN 2:21:01
Tsige Haileslase ETH 2:22:10
Catherine Cherotich KEN 2:22:42
Urge Diro ETH 2:23:05
Stacy Ndiwa KEN 2:23:29
Betty Chepkemoi KEN 2:24:14
Abbie Donnelly GBR 2:26:21
Ayinadis Teshome ETH 2:27:58
Tegest Ymer ETH 2:29:27
Pascaline Kibiwott KEN 2:29:47
Katharina Saathoff GER 2:35:08
Yalemget Yaregal ETH Debüt
Ayal Dagnachew ETH Debüt
Picture by Victor Sailer
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