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News From: Sunday, September 30, 2012
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   Mutai Wins Berlin Marathon, Likely Clinches WMM Points Title (Race Results Weekly)
Geoffrey Mutai, of Kenya outkicked Dennis Kimetto, his training partner, to win the 2012 Berlin Marathon in a narrow finish: 2:04:15 to 2:04:16.

   A Bizarre Berlin Marathon Ending To A Great Race (Digibet.info)
Dennis Kimetto and Geoffrey Mutai were on marathon world record pace with just a few kilometers to go. Kimetto, who has won several shorter races with astonishing times and blazing kicks, seemed to just settle behind Mutai to take 2nd place by a mere second.

   Close Victory For Mutai But More Straightforward For Kebede In Berlin (IAAF.org)
Geoffrey Mutai won the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2 hours 4 minutes and 15 seconds beating his training partner Dennis Kimetto by one second. Kimetto recorded the fastest debut marathon ever with his 2 hours 4 minutes and 16 seconds.


News From: Friday, September 28, 2012
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   Makau Cross At Not Defending Berlin Title (Captial FM.co.ke)
Patrick Makau will not defend his Berlin Marathon this Sunday as his management team has decided to keep him out of the race.


News From: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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   Berlin Marathon 2012: Route, Date, Start Time And TV Info (Bleacher Report)
The Berlin Marathon is one of the world's five major marathons and is home of the world record marathon time set just last year with Patrick Makau's time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 38 seconds.


News From: Saturday, September 15, 2012
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Geoffrey Mutai To Lead Fast Berlin Marathon Field (IAAF.org)
Geoffrey Mutai will lead a very fast field of marathon runners in Berlin on September 30

   Kenya's Kipsang To Debut In Berlin Marathon (News Track India)
World cross-country junior champion Geoffrey Kipsang will run his first marathon race in Berling on September 30 among a strong list of elite athletes.


News From: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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   Makau Insists World Record Will Not Be Easy To Break In Berlin (Coast Week)
Berlin Marathon champion Patrick Makau has said that breaking his world record of 2 hours 3 minutes and 38 seconds will not be easy to break this summer.


News From: Tuesday, July 10, 2012
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   Kenyan Racer Geoffrey Mutai To Attack Berlin Marathon Course (Shanghai Daily)
Geoffrey Mutai was not selected for the Kenya Athletics Olympic Marathon team. He has set his eyes on the Berlin Marathon in September to make his attempt at a world record.


News From: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Patrick Makau's Marathon World Record Ratified (Herald Sun)
Patrick Makau's world record performance of 2 hours 3 minutes and 38 seconds at the 38th Berlin Marathon has been ratified by the IAAF along with his 1 hours 27 minute and 38 second time as he passed by the 30K mark in the same race.


News From: Thursday, September 29, 2011
 Berlin Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   World Champion Vows To Remain True To His Roots (Daily Nation)
Patrick Makau may have dazzled the world with his 2 hour 3 minute and 38 seconds world record setting marathon time in Berlin. But he hopes to keep in touch with his humble beginnings.


News From: Monday, September 26, 2011
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   Kiplagat Wins Berlin Women's Marathon (Pakistan Observer)
Florence Kiplagat won the women's division of the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2 hours 19 minutes and 43 seconds.

   Makau Sets New World Record As Radcliffe Has Encouraging Return (Independent)
Patrick Makau won the Berlin Marathon with a world record time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 38 seconds while Paula Radcliffe finished third and earned a spot on the Olympic team.

   Paula Radcliffe Secures Olympic Marathon Place With Fast Berlin Time (Guardian)
Paula Radcliffe finished third in the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 46 seconds and gained a qualifying standard for the London Olympics by nearly seven minutes

   Kenya's Patrick Mackau Sets A New World Record In The Marathon In Berlin (Telegraph)
Patrick Makau won the Berlin Marathon with a new world record time of 2 hours 3 minutes nd 38 seconds.

   'Frustrated' Radcliffe Finishes Third In Berlin Marathon (BBC.co.uk)
Paula Radcliffe finished third in the women's division of the Berlin Marathon and earned a qualifying time for the 2012 London Olympics.


News From: Sunday, September 25, 2011
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   World Marathon Record for Makau in Berlin (Race Results Weekly)
Kenya's Patrick Makau defended his Berlin Marathon title, in a pending world record time of 2:03:38, besting the previous world record set by Haile Gebrselassie on the Berlin course three years ago, by a full twenty-one seconds.


News From: Friday, September 23, 2011
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   You're Only As Old As You Run (New York Times)
Paula Radcliffe and Haile Gebrselassie hold the world record for the marathon and both will run in the Berlin Marathon. Many people consider them both old for the sport of marathon running.

   Gebrselassie And Radcliffe Target 2012 Olympic Place At Berlin (BBC.co.uk)
Haile Gebrselassie and Paula Radcliffe are hoping that running a fast time at the Berlin Marathon this weekend will secure them a spot on the 2012 Olympic team.


News From: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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  Human Interest Story
   Makau In Berlin Marathon Showdown With Gebrselassie (Times of India)
Patrick Makau who won the 2011 Berlin Marathon will race against marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie.


News From: Monday, June 27, 2011
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   Paula Radcliffe Targets Berlin Marathon As London 2012 Launchpad (Mirror UK)
Paula Radcliffe has announced she will race the Berlin Marathon slated for the German capital in September.


News From: Friday, June 17, 2011
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Gebrselassie Bids For Fifth Berlin Marathon Win (Times Of India)
Marathon world record holder, Haile Gebrselassie, hopes to win the Berlin Marathon for a fifth time on September 25.


News From: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Kirui Will Not Defend Title In Daegu (Standard.)
Abel Kirui will not run the world championships in Korea this year. Instead he set his sights on a world record in Berlin.


News From: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Makau Now The Marathon's Man To Beat (IAAF.org)
Patrick Makau won the rain-swepted Berlin Marathon on Sunday with a time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 8 seconds despite standing water over much of the course.


News From: Monday, September 27, 2010
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Makau And Kebede Triumph In Rainy Berlin (IAAF.org)
Despite a rain-soaked course, Patrick Makau won the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 8 seconds only two seconds ahead of the runner-up, Geoffrey Mutai.

   Berlin Marathon 2010 Results: Kenyan Patrick Makau, Ethiopian Aberu Kebede Win (Examiner.com)
Kenyan Patrick Makau won the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 8 seconds.


News From: Sunday, September 26, 2010
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  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Makau, Kebede Win Berlin Marathon (Race Results Weekly)
Kenya's Patrick Makau outlasted fellow countryman Geoffrey Mutai in a replay of their battle at April's Rotterdam Marathon to win the Berlin Marathon in 2:05:08, two seconds ahead of Mutai. Ethopia's Aberu Kebede outperformed her countrywoman Bezunesh Bekele by a minute to take the women's race in 2:23:58.


News From: Wednesday, September 22, 2010
 Berlin Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Berlin Marathon Event Preview: The Top 5 Elite Women For 2010 (Examiner.com)
Germany's top female marathon runner, Irina Mikitenko, is headed to Chicago for her marathon race. Many other top female runners have opted for the notoriously fast course in Berlin this weekend.


News From: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
 Berlin Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Man Runs Berlin And Loch Ness Marathons In Memory Of Friend And For Cardiac Risk In The Young (Waterford Observer)
Geoff Goodwin will run the Berlin Marathon at the end of September followed by the Loch Ness Marathon the next weekend.


News From: Friday, September 3, 2010
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Berlin Marathon Still Banking On Speed (Race Results Weekly)
With seven contenders, including Kenyans Patrick Makau and Geoffrey Mutai, with career best's under 2:07:00, the Berlin Marathon is setting up to be deliver some of the year's fastest marathon performances.


News From: Thursday, September 2, 2010
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  Human Interest Story
   Joe's Real Berlin Marathon In Aid Of The Parkinson's Disease Society. (Echo)
Joe Elliott, 22, will run another marathon to raise money for the charity which cared for his grandfather who died from complications due to Parkinson's Disease.


News From: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
 Berlin Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Runners Head To Berlin For September Marathon (Just The Flight)
The Berlin Marathon will see more than forty-thousand runners hit the streets of the popular German city and sights such as Victory Column and Castle Bridge


News From: Friday, July 16, 2010
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  Human Interest Story
   N-TV Nabs Berlin Marathon (Variety.com)
German web TV N-TV has acquired the rights to the Berlin Marathon set to be held on September 26.


News From: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
 Berlin Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   September's Berlin Marathon To Attract 40,000 Runners (Web Wire.com)
More than forty-thousand runners are expected for this year's Berlin Marathon slated for September 26. Direct rooms says that the chance of finding a room to be slim heading into marathon weekend.


News From: Friday, January 29, 2010
 Berlin Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Samuel Wanjiru Sets Eyes On Marathon World Record (Coast Week)
Haile Gebrselassie failed in his third attempt to set the marathon world record in the Dubai Marathon earlier this year. Samuel Wanjiru has stated that he feels "Geb" has peaked due to his age and that he, Wanjiru, can take the record down by thirty seconds at the Berlin Marathon in September.


News From: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Wanjiru Aims High (Sky Sports)
While Sammy Wanjiru is about to turn 23 years of age he has also revealed that he will attempt to smash the current marathon world record at the Berlin Marathon next September.


News From: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
 Berlin Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Marathon King Eyes a New World Mark in 2010 (Dispatch Online)
Haile Gebrselassie has vowed to return to Berlin in 2010 to make another attempt at his marathon world record. The heat and humidity at race time this year slowed the Kenyan runners as he neared the finish line missing the world mark by nearly three minutes.


News From: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
 Berlin Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Berlin Marathon Comes Up Short (BBC News)
The warm still air at the Berlin Marathon seemed to hamper what could have been an amazing race. Instead Haile Gebrselassie was left to fend for himself as he struggled along for the last ten kilometers....still mustering a 2 hour and 6 minute marathon.


News From: Sunday, September 20, 2009
 Berlin Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Haile Gebrselassie Wins the Berlin Marathon (2:06:08), But No New World Record (Examiner.com)
Haile Gebrselassie won his fourth title at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday morning missing his own marathon world record by finishing with a time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 8 seconds.

   Gebrselassie retains Berlin crown (BBC Sports)
Haile Gebrselassie took home his fourth title at the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 8 seconds in very warm conditions which hampered his attempt to break his own world record.


News From: Saturday, September 19, 2009
 Berlin Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Marathon Record to Stay, Say Tergat and Wanjiru (Saturday Nation)
Haile Gebrselassie is hoping to race to a new marathon world record in Berlin this weekend. Paul Tergat and Samuel Wanjiru said the it is unlikely as the pressure and weather will not be conducive to a record setting day.


News From: Thursday, September 17, 2009
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  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Gebrselassie Meets Kibet in Possible Epic Berlin Marathon Battle (IAAF.com)
This Sunday's Berlin Marathon will mark the start of the fall marathon season. Haile Gebrselassie and Duncan Kibet will race side by side as the two fastest marathon runners ever.


News From: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
 Berlin Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Gebrselassie Says He Can Break His Marathon Record (IBN live)
Haile Gebrselassie is hoping to break his own marathon world record which he set in Berlin. "Geb" is hoping to run near the 2 hour and 2 minute mark which would shatter his own world record by nearly 2 minutes.


News From: Monday, August 31, 2009
 Berlin Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Gebrselassie to Face Rival in Berlin Marathon (Independent Online)
Haile Gebrselassie ran 2 hours 3 minutes and 59 seconds during the 2008 Berlin Marathon and he will face Duncan Kibet who ran 2 hours 4 minutes and 27 seconds. The September 20th Berlin Marathon is building to one of best line-ups in the fall marathon season.


News From: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
 Berlin Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Unknown Kibet Stalks World Marathon Record At September's Berlin Marathon (Daily Nation)
Duncan Kibet, 30, is confident that he will break the world marathon record of 2:03.59 at September's Berlin Marathon.


News From: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
 Berlin Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Ndereba may not defend title at Berlin (The Standard)
A foot injury sustained at the London Marathon last month may force Catherine Ndereba out of her title defence in Berlin. Severe blistering on her feet slowed the runner as she managed to muster a sixth place finish.


News From: Thursday, October 2, 2008
 Berlin Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Berlin Marathon a great experience. (Malvern Gazette)
Mark Cawthorne, a fitness instructor, paced a friend to a five hour and thirty minute marathon at the Berlin Marathon. The heat of the day made the race a little more challenging. Cawthorne finished the race along with 38,000 other runners who made the Berling Marathon a special event.


News From: Monday, September 29, 2008
 Berlin Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Haile Gebrselassie sets marathon world record (Seattle Times)
With the help of several paces, Haile Gebrselassie smashed his own world record in the marathon by running 2 hours 3 minute and 59 seconds. He is the first man to ever run under 2 hours and 4 minutes for the marathon.


News From: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
 Berlin Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   World-leading 30:57 10km by Mikitenko in Karlsruhe, Berlin Marathon next (IAAF)
Irina Mikitenko ran 30 minutes and 57 seconds at the German 10 Km Road Race Championships in Karlsruhe on Saturday the 13. She placed second in her debut marathon at Berlin with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 51 seconds and will return on September 28 to race in the Berlin Marathon.


News From: Thursday, September 11, 2008
 Berlin Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Gebrselassie hopes to break world record at Berlin Marathon (International Herald Tribune)
Haile Gebrselassie is confident to break the world record again when he runs the Berlin Marathon. He ran a 2:04:26 on Berlin's relatively flat course in 2007 to take the world record title from Paul Tergat who set the previous mark of 2:05:55 in 2003.



 

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