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Kenya champion Mary Keitany eyes gold at Beijing athletic event
(Coast Week.com) London marathon champion Mary Keitany of Kenya will compete in one race in the Czech Republic in June before focusing on her quest to win the gold at the Beijing athletic worlds in August. | ||
News From: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 | ||
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Kiprop Could be Uganda's Master Card in Moscow
(Monitor.co.ug) Jackson Kiprop will be the Uganda runner that may offer a bit of surprise to the World Track and Field championships on Saturday | ||
News From: Sunday, August 11, 2013 | ||
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Kiplagat Gets First Gold of Worlds in Marathon
(Boston Globe) Edna Kiplaga, Kenya, won the Women's World Track and Field Championship Marathon with a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 44 seconds. | ||
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Jess Trengove Claims Aussie Marathon Record with Top 15 Finish in Moscow
(Herald Sun) Jess Trengove finished eleventh at the Moscow World Championship Marathon with a new Australian record ousting her idol Kerryn McCann | ||
News From: Friday, August 9, 2013 | ||
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I Am Sorry, Rono Says
(The Star) Kenya's head coach has asked for forgiveness for leaving one the team's athletes at the airport while the rest of the team flew to Moscow. | ||
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Top Athletes Head to Moscow
(New Era) Namibia's long-distance runner Beata Naigambo is representing her country at the fourteenth IAAF World Championships in Moscow. | ||
News From: Friday, August 2, 2013 | ||
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Marchant Headed to IAAF World Track & Field Marathon Championships
(GoMocs.com) Lanni Marchant, a 2007 graduate of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, will represent her home country of Canada at the 2013 World Championships in the marathon. | ||
News From: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | ||
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South Australian Runner Jess Trengove Set To Take on the World
(Perth Now.com) Jess Trengove will compete in the World Championship Marathon after her thirty-ninth at the London Olympics Marathon. She is building up to a hopeful position at the Games of Rio. | ||
News From: Thursday, November 22, 2012 | ||
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Marathoner Kiplagat to Defend Title in Moscow at World Championships
(All Africa.com) Edna Kiplagat will defend her World Championship marathon title in Moscow in August of 2013. She is currently training in Eldoret, Kenya. | ||
News From: Sunday, August 28, 2011 | ||
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Kenya Sweeps Women's World Championship Marathon
(Daily Yomiuri) A late race tumble didn't stop Edna Kiplagat from leading Kenya in a one,two,three finish at the IAAF World Championship Marathon. Her time was 2 hours 28 minutes and 43 seconds. | ||
Moody Top U.S. Finisher In Worlds Marathon
(Chicago Tribune) Tera Moody had three foot surgeries in February that kept her from running for four months. She managed to finish in seventeenth place at the World Championship Marathon with a time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 4 seconds. | ||
News From: Saturday, August 27, 2011 | ||
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Despite Tumble, Kiplagat Runs Away with World Marathon Title
(Race Results Weekly) After choosing a strategy to hang to the back of the pack for the 1st half the race, Kenya's Edna Kiplagat turned it on to push the field, only to tumble into co-leader and teammate Sharon Cherop at the 38th kilometer water station. She regained her steam, and pushed ahead for the win, in 2:28:43. | ||
News From: Friday, August 26, 2011 | ||
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Women's Marathon Opens World Championships Tomorrow
(Race Results Weekly) Top women's marathoners from around the world will look to battle each other and the anticipated humidity as they try to conquer the fast, flat course at this weekend's IAAF World Championship Marathon. | ||
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Daegu All Set For Nation's First World Championships
(Korea Times) The women's marathon will kick off the thirteenth IAAF World Championships on Saturday at 9am. | ||
News From: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 | ||
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Goucher Named To U.S. World Marathon Championship Team
(Duluth News Tribune) Kara Goucher has been named to the United States Women's Marathon Team for the 2011 World Championships on August 27 in Daegu Korea. Tera Moody, Colleen De Reuck, Kathy Newberry and Alissa McKaig were also named to the team. | ||
News From: Friday, April 22, 2011 | ||
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Four Added To Japan Women's Squad For World Marathon Championships
(Mainichi Daily News) The Japanese Association of Athletics Federations announced the addition of four more runners to Japan's World Marathon Championship team which will travel to Daegu, South Korea. | ||
News From: Thursday, April 21, 2011 | ||
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Japanese World Championships Marathon Squad Selected - Daegu 2011
(IAAF.com) Despite the cancellation of several qualifying races, Japanese officials have selected the remaining slots for the nations World Championships in Daegu, Korea | ||
News From: Thursday, August 20, 2009 | ||
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Kara Goucher looks for her first marathon win at the IAAF World Championships
(Examiner.com) Kara Goucher has made her plans very clear for this Sunday's World Championship Marathon. She is fixed on the Gold Medal. With third place finishes in both Boston and New York she is on her way to the future of women's marathon running in the United States. | ||
Gomez Marathons at World Championships
(Valley Courier) Zoila Gomes ranks as one of the best distance runners in Colorado's Adams State College's history. She will join the United States World Championship team for the marathon race in Berlin | ||
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World Record Holder Radcliffe out of World Championship Marathon
(The Washington Post) Paula Radcliffe has decided not to run the IAAF World Championship Marathon after failing to get back to full fitness after her foot surgery. Her victory in the New York City Half-Marathon last weekend may have been a good test but probably too much for a marathon attempt right now. | ||
News From: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 | ||
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Paula Radcliffe claims she will only run in World Championships if she is 100 percent fit after New York win
(Mirror.co.uk) Paula Radcliffe would only state that she could run the World Championships in Berlin if she was one-hundred percent after her New York City Half-Marathon victory. | ||
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The Africans Are Hearing Footsteps
(The Wall Street Journal) Kara Goucher will be chasing a little bit of immortality by attempting to claim the top spot in the marathon on Sunday in Berlin. She is no longer caught up in the rigors of training but much more about racing. | ||
News From: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 | ||
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Hansons-Brooks Runner to Compete in World Championships
(The Source) The Hansons-Brooks Distance Project had it's first Olympic men's marathon finisher in 2008. The Rochester Hills-based group will send it's first women's competitor to the 12th IAAF World Championship Marathon to be completed on August 23rd in Berlin. Desiree Davila will join four other women in the marathon final. | ||
News From: Saturday, August 15, 2009 | ||
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Buffs Set For World Championships
(CUBuffs.com) The best track and field athletes from the United States will face the worlds best in Berlin at the IAAF World Championships. Kara Goucher and Tera Moody are joined by coach Casey Malone of Colorado University in the marathon while Dathan Ritzenhein will run the 10K | ||
News From: Friday, August 14, 2009 | ||
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Disi Ready For Berlin World Championship Marathon Challenge
(AllAfrica.com) Dieudonne Disi will challenge the world's elite runners at the twelfth world championships marathon in Berlin. Disi has been training in the French Pyrenees and will arrive in Berlin on August twentieth | ||
News From: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 | ||
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IAAF Worlds Preview: Women's Marathon
(IAAF.com) With Irina Mikitenko and Brit Mara Yamauchi pulling out of the World Championship marathon in Berling the women's field is as wide open as the men's race and that could lead to an amazing finish. | ||
For Ethiopian Marathon Hope Tune, Third Time Lucky in Berlin?
(IAAF.com) Dire Tune is seemingly perpetually happy nearly two weeks prior to the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin. She is excited about the health of the team and says she has a confidence and peace about the marathon race | ||
News From: Saturday, August 8, 2009 | ||
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Mikitenko Misses Out On World Championship Marathon
(Sky Sports) Irinia Mikitenko of Germany has announced her removal from the IAAF World Championship Marathon this month. The death of Mikitenko's father has interrupted her focus on the games | ||
News From: Thursday, August 6, 2009 | ||
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In-form Suuto Keen to Impress in World Championships
(Daily Monitor) Jane Suuto is the first Ugandan female to qualify for the World Championships. She ran the Annecy Marathon in France with a time of 2 hours, 40 minutes, and 31 seconds to shatter the former national record. | ||
News From: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 | ||
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Charles van Commenee worries over brittle Great Britain squad for World Championships
(Times Online) Charles van Commerce hates to hear the phone ring for fear that someone named to the World Championships in two weeks will be calling to pull out of a race due to injury. He won't be surprised if Paula Radcliffe pulls out to save herself for the New York City Marathon | ||
News From: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | ||
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After 5,000, Goucher alive, kicking for marathon
(USA Today) Kara Goucher has raced the 5000 meter at the U.S. National meet to work on her finishing kick that can often determine a race. Her third place finish at the Boston Marathon had her feeling a little uneasy with her kick as she heads into the World Track and Field Marathon Championships at Berlin in August. | ||
News From: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | ||
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World champ Ndereba wont race in Berlin
(Daily Nation) Catherine Ndereba has pulled out of the World Athletics Championships in Berlin citing that she is not ready for the 42 kilometer race after suffering a nagging sore toe in the London Marathon in April | ||
News From: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 | ||
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Radcliffe aiming for world glory at IAAF World Marathon Championships in Berlin
(BBC News) Paula Radcliffe is hoping to regain her marathon world title in Berlin as the 2005 World Champion has been named to the Great Britain Marathon team along with Mara Yamauchi | ||
News From: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | ||
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Yamauchi looking to continue Mara-thon breakthrough in Berlin
(IAAF.com) Mara Yamauchi plans on showing her presence at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin. The sixth place finisher at the Beijing Olympic Marathon has improved her training to take the runner up spot in the London Marathon last month. | ||
Mikitenko wants medal in front of home crowd during World Marathon Championship
(Guardian) Irina Mikitenko, who won the London Marathon for the second time last month, has been selected for the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. Mikitenko is hoping to win a medal in front of a German crowd. | ||
News From: Monday, May 25, 2009 | ||
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Moody back on track with spot in elite race
(The Denver Post) Colorado University graduate Tera Moody seems to be back on track with her running career after a frustrating stint in college. Moody will be joined by Carrie Messner and Alisha Williams at the World Championships Marathon in Berlin. | ||
News From: Thursday, September 6, 2007 | ||
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Low-key Reception For World Marathon Champion Ndereba
(The Standard) The pageantry that greeted the arrival of her team mates the day before was consciously missing, with only a handful of family members and a few journalists on hand to receive her. No government or Athletics Kenya officials or politicians showed up to meet her. | ||
News From: Monday, September 3, 2007 | ||
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Ndereba Reigns - Kenyan Runner Wins World Championship Marathon
(Sowetan) Ndereba was crowned the new world marathon queen when beating a competitive field with a time of 2hrs:30min:37sec. Chunxiu Zhou, the winner of the 2007 London Marathon, came second in 2:30:45 and was followed home by local superstar Reiko Tosa in 2:30:55. | ||
Rillstone Makes Her Mark In World Marathon
(Reuters) Rillstone, from Auckland, clocked 2hr 33min 58sec, just 3min 21sec behind the winner, Catherine Ndereba, of Kenya. | ||
Kenya's Ndereba Strikes Marathon Gold
(Asahi) Ndereba added another World Championship medal to the gold she captured at the 2003 worlds in Paris and the silver she took home from Helsinki in 2005, completing the course through the streets of Osaka in 2 hours, 30 minutes and 37 seconds. | ||
News From: Sunday, September 2, 2007 | ||
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Kenyan Ndereba Powers To World Marathon Gold
(Guardian Unlimited) Ndereba, who also won gold in 2003 and took silver in 2005, hit the front at the 36km mark and surged clear over the last two kilometres to clock two hours 30 minutes 37 seconds in Osaka. | ||
Ndereba Takes Back Title in World Championships Marathon
(Race Results Weekly) Comments on the race, and by C. Ndereba. | ||
News From: Saturday, September 1, 2007 | ||
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Japanese Medal Hopes Riding With Women Marathoners
(Race Results Weekly) The women's marathon will be the last opportunity for the Japanese team to win a medal. | ||
News From: Friday, August 31, 2007 | ||
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Chinese Marathon Runner Resorts To Calmness Ahead Of Athletics Worlds
(People's Daily Online) Chinese marathon athlete Zhou Chunxiu, the winner of this year's London marathon race, said she was not in her best form but she will try to keep a calm mind, which will be the key to win in Osaka world athletics championships. | ||
Japan's Only Hope At World Championships: Marathon Runner Tosa
(The Associated Press) The last time a host nation failed to win a medal at the world championships was Canada in 2001, a feat Japan's track stars would rather not repeat with the Beijing Olympics less than a year away. | ||
News From: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 | ||
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Tomescu-Dita Withdraws from World Championships
(Race Results Weekly) Constantina Tomescu-Dita, the winner of the bronze medal in the marathon at the last IAAF World Championships in Athletics, has been forced to withdraw from because of an injury. | ||
News From: Sunday, August 12, 2007 | ||
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Mara Prepares For World Championships Marathon In Her Adopted Home
(The Independent) Britain's No 1 marathon runner of 2006 and 2007 has been in St Moritz for the past four weeks preparing for the World Championships, which open in Osaka. | ||
News From: Monday, July 30, 2007 | ||
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European Marathon Champ Withdraws From Worlds
(AFP News) Ulrike Maisch of Germany has pulled out of the World Championships in Osaka, Japan, due to injuries. | ||
News From: Monday, June 18, 2007 | ||
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Morris Ready For World Marathon Encounter
(South Wales Echo) Tracey Morris considers herself fit enough to contest the marathon at the World Championships in Osaka after testing herself in BUPA Great Womens-Only Run in Sunderland. | ||
News From: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 | ||
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U.S. Names World Championships Marathon Team
(Race Results Weekly) USA Track & Field named their marathon squads for the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka. |
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