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News From: Sunday, October 28, 2012
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   Makau's Record Maintain Thwarted by Freezing Conditions at Frankfurt Marathon (KBC.com)
Patrick Makau hoped to set a new marathon world record at the Frankfurt Marathon. In freezing conditions he managed to win but ran a few minutes shy of the record with a time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 8 seconds.

   Patience Pays for Makau In Frankfurt, Debut Win for Melkamu (IAAF.org)
Patrick Makau won the Frankfurt Marahton with a time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 8 seconds in near freezing temperatures.


News From: Wednesday, October 24, 2012
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   Makau Leaves for Frankfurt with Record Aim (Capital FM.co.ke)
Marathon world record holder, Patrick Makau hopes to improve on his personal best time when he toes the line of the Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday.


News From: Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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   Makau Motivated By Mutai's Fast Berlin Run - Frankfurt Marathon Announces Elite Field (IAAF.org)
The best field in the history of the Frankfurt Marathon has been announced and includes defending champion Mamitu Daska and world record holder Patrick Makau.


News From: Thursday, September 20, 2012
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   Daska And Bekele To Headline Women's Field In Frankfurt Marathon (IAAF.org)
Mamitu Daska will hope to run a sub 2:20 marathon at the Frankfurt Marathon on October 28.


News From: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
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   Four Strong Athletes to Challenge Makau in Frankfurt (Race Results Weekly)
Current marathon world record-holder Patrick Makau will be tested by an elite field at the 2012 Frankfurt Marathon, with Adhane Yemane Tsegay, Albert Matebor, Bazu Worku and Gilbert Kirwa joining the lineup.

   Formidable Foursome To Take On Makau In Frankfurt (IAAF.org)
World marathon record holder Patrick Makau will have his hands full of competition when he races in the Frankfurt Marathon on October 28

   Makau Confirms Frankfurt World Record Bid (Capital FM Sports)
Patrick Makau confirmed that he will chase his world record marathon time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 38 seconds on October 28 in Frankfurt.


News From: Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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   Makau Set For Frankfurt (IAAF.org)
World record marathon runner Patrick Makau is set to run the Frankfurt Marathon on October 28


News From: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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   Kipsang's Sensational Frankfurt Run Complicates Kenyan Olympic Team Picture (IAAF.org)
Wilson Kipsang won the Frankfurt Marathon with a time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 42 seconds which throws at four Kenyan names on the list of 2 hour and 3 minute marathon runners that should be in the Olympics in 2012.


News From: Monday, October 31, 2011
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   Kipsang Tantalizes With 2:03:42 World Record Assault In Frankfurt (IAAF.org)
Wilson Kipsang won the Frankfurt Marathon with a time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 42 seconds just 4 seconds shy of the current marathon world record.

   Kipsang Leads Frankfurt Sweep But Four Seconds Short Of Marathon World Record (Daily Nation)
Wilson Kipsang won the Frankfurt Marathon with the second fastest marathon time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 42 seconds.


News From: Friday, October 28, 2011
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   Kipsang Promises Fireworks At Frankfurt Marathon (IAAF.org)
Wilson Kipsang hopes to defend his course record at the Frankfurt Marathon and one of his two stated goals for Sunday's race is to break the world record.


News From: Thursday, September 29, 2011
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   Frankfurt Boosts Women's Field For 30th Edition (IAAF.org)
The Frankfurt Marathon will kick off on October 30th and the women's field has just added a strong contention of women athletes from Ethiopia and Kenya.


News From: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
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   Three Past Champions To Return to Frankfurt Marathon (Race Results Weekly)
The Frankfurt marathon announced that the three previous champions will compete at the 2011 event: Kenyans Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (2008), Gilbert Kirwa (2009) and Wilson Kipsang (2010) will take on the fast, flat course at Frankfurt.


News From: Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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   Kipsang And Kirwa Set For Frankfurt Return (IAAF.org)
Two former champions of the Frankfurt Marathon, Wilson Kipsang and Gilbert Kirwa, will highlight the thirtieth annual event and could prove to be a world record course.


News From: Thursday, December 16, 2010
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   Weidlinger Already Targeting Frankfurt Marathon (IAAF.org)
The Frankfurt Marathon has signed Gunther Weidlinger to run the marathon in October of 2011. The race will carry the IAAF's Gold Label for the 2011 marathon.


News From: Monday, November 1, 2010
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   Tadese Tola Finishes Second In Frankfurt Marathon (EthioSports)
Twenty-three year old Tadese Tola took home the bronze medal at the Frankfurt Marathon with a time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 31 seconds.

   Fast Kenyan Double In Frankfurt Marathon; 2:04:57 And 2:23:25 (IAAF.org)
Wilson Kipsang won the Frankfurt Marathon with a time of 2 hours 4 minutes and 57 seconds


News From: Sunday, October 31, 2010
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   Records Smashed at Frankfurt Marathon (Race Results Weekly)
Both men's and women's course records were broken at the Frankfurt marathon, with Kenyan Wilson Kipsang becoming just the eighth man to break the 2:05 mark, with his time of 2:04:57. Kenya's Caroline Cheptonui Kilel won the women's race in 2:23:55.


News From: Thursday, October 28, 2010
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   Tune And Dibaba Target Women's Course Record At Frankfurt Marathon (Athletics Of Africa)
Dire Tune of Ethiopia has set her sights on the course record for women at the Frankfurt Marathon. The men's field is loaded with talent.


News From: Thursday, August 5, 2010
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   Wilson Kipsang To Run Second Marathon In Frankfurt In October (World Track)
October 31st will mark the return to the marathon for Wilson Kipsang when he races in the Frankfurt Marathon.


News From: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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   Frankfurt Organizers Target Even Better IAAF Gold Label Race (Track and Field Resource)
Gilbert Kirwa won the 2009 Frankfurt Marathon with a time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 23 seconds. The race organization and other details have confirmed the IAAF Gold Label Status for the 2010 event.


News From: Thursday, October 29, 2009
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   Sub-2:07 Marathons Reach Historic Point (IAAF.com)
Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot finished second in Frankfurt last weekend, but he made history by running the one-hundredth sub 2 hours and 7 minute marathon in the world.


News From: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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   Two Hour Barrier Not In Grave Danger (More Than The Games)
The four-minute barrier has been broken for the mile and ten-seconds has fallen in the one-hundred meter dash. Gilbert Kirwa ran 2 hours and 6 minutes in the Frankfurt Marathon but Haile Gebrselassie doesn't think the two-hour barrier will be broken anytime soon.


News From: Sunday, October 25, 2009
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   Blind Runner Breaks the Marathon World Record (Examiner.com)
Michaela Kummer finished the Frankfurt Marathon in 3 hours 20 minutes and 43 seconds. Her time set a new visually-impaired women's marathon world record.

  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Kenya's Kirwas and Kiprop Claim Frankfurt Marathon Titles (More than Games)
Gilbert Kirwa won the Frankfurt Marathon with a course record of 2 hours 6 minutes and 14 seconds. Agnes Kiprop walked away with the women's marathon title in 2 hours 26 minutes and 57 seconds.


News From: Friday, October 23, 2009
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   Kiprono Cheruiyot Ready for Frankfurt Defense (IAAF.org)
Kiprono Cheruiyot won the 2008 Frankfurt Marathon and many of the papers showed an incorrect photo of another famous Robert K Cheruiyot who won the Boston Marathon. Kiprono will hope to run the Frankfurt Marathon and defend his title.


News From: Saturday, October 17, 2009
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   Kenya's Cheruiyot to Defend Frankfurt Marathon Title (China View)
Robert Cheruiyot will join a dense field of elite athletes for the Frankfurt Marathon on October 25 in Germany. Fifteen runners have entered the race with personal bests under 2 hours and 9 minutes for the marathon.


News From: Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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   Kiprop and Dado Join Frankfurt Marathon Field (IAAF.org)
The Frankfurt Marathon takes place on October 25 and the women's field has added two champions. Agnes Kiprop, of Kenyan, and Firehiwot Dado, of Ethiopia, won the Turin and Rome marathons respectively.


News From: Thursday, July 23, 2009
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   Cheruiyot and Kigen to meet in Frankfurt Marathon (Sporting Life)
Robert Cheruiyot will take on fellow countrymen Wilfred Kigen at the Frankfurt Marathon on October 25. Cheruiyot, running in his first marathon last year, set a course record of 2 hours 7 minutes and 21 seconds eclipsing Kigen's record by 37 seconds.


News From: Sunday, October 26, 2008
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   Newcomer Leads Kenyan Sweep in Frankfurt (Race Results Weekly)
Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot set a new course record in winning the 2008 Frankfurt Marathon.


News From: Thursday, September 25, 2008
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   Kiplagat and Maiyo spearhead Kenyans in Frankfurt (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
A group of fast Kenyans have entered the 27th edition of the Frankfurt Marathon to be held on the 26th of October. The event has earned the IAAF's Silver Label for a road race. William Kiplagat and Benjamin Maiyo, with personal bests of 2:06:50 and 2:07:09 respectively, are the fastest registered for the marathon. Kiplagat, 36, will be the fastest runner ever to start in the Frankfurt Marathon.


News From: Sunday, October 28, 2007
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   Kigen Wins Third Straight Frankfurt Marathon (USA Today)
Wilfred Kigen of Kenya won his third straight Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 58 seconds.


News From: Sunday, September 16, 2007
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   Svetlana Zakharova Choses Frankfurt for Marathon Comeback (European Athletics)
Zakharova's personal best time of 2:21.31, will make her the fastest ever female entrant.


News From: Sunday, October 29, 2006
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   Kigen and Ponomarenko win Frankfurt Marathon (Race Results Weekly)
Kigen, the defending champion, overwhelmed the field to win by more than a minute in 2:09:06.


News From: Saturday, October 28, 2006
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   Frankfurt Marathon Set for Sunday (Race Results Weekly)
Race preview and top athletes participating.


News From: Friday, October 27, 2006
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   Kigen Versus Kimaiyo, The Battle For Frankfurt Marathon (IAAF)
The Messe Frankfurt Marathon celebrates its 25th anniversary with the renewal of a Kenyan rivalry, between Wilfred Kigen and Boaz Kimaiyo, who have won the race three times between them.


News From: Tuesday, November 8, 2005
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   Trio Disappoints at Franfurt Marathon (Kantipur Online)
Nepali marathoners failed to impress in the recently concluded Frankfurt Marathon and the timings they have managed are not enough to secure South Asian gold medals based on the previous records.


News From: Sunday, October 30, 2005
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   Kigen, Biktimirova Win Frankfurt Marathon (SF Gate)
Race results are given. Russia's Alevtina Biktimirova broke the course record in the women's race with a time of 2:25:12.


News From: Friday, October 28, 2005
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   Renders is Women’s Race Favourite, as Kimaiyo Goes for Three Wins in Frankfurt Marathon (IAAF)
Article on results expected for Frankfurt Marathon.


News From: Saturday, October 22, 2005
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   Frankfurt Marathon: Nepal Runners Participating (Kantipur Online)
Three promising long distance runners of Nepal - Arjun Kumar Basnet, Arjun Prasad Dhakal and Akkal Bahadur Bohora will be leaving for Frankfurt, Germany on Monday to represent Nepal in the Frankfurt International Marathon Race.


News From: Sunday, October 31, 2004
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   Frankfurt course record falls to Kimaiyo (IAAF)
Boaz Kimaiyo of Kenya set a new course record at the Frankfurt Marathon Sunday with a time of 2:09:09.

   Kenyan sweep in Frankfurt Marathon (SFGate)
Kenyans swept the top five spots at the Frankfurt Marathon this weekend - led by Boaz Kimaiyo won for the second year in a row.


News From: Sunday, October 26, 2003
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   Kimayo Sets Course Record to Win Frankfurt Marathon (VOA Sports)
Kenyan runner Boaz Kimayo set a new course record Sunday at the Frankfurt Marathon in Germany, capturing the race in two hours, nine minutes and 28 seconds.


News From: Sunday, October 27, 2002
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   Kerling leads Kenyan sweep at Frankfurt Marathon (Nando Sports Server)
Eliud Kerling won the Frankfort Marathon that was marked by winds hitting 60 mph, rain, and his 2:12:32 finish, the first of a clean sweep for Kenyans. Maria Abel of Spain won the women's division in 2:26:58

   Kwambai runs 59:01 Half (20.3km) in Marseille; Maria Abel wins with 2:26:58 in Frankfurt (IAAF & AFP)
Frankfurt, Germany - Spain's Maria Abel captured the women's Marathon in 2:26:58. Germany's Luminita Zaitucu finished second with 2:29:57, after Abel passed her around the 26km (17th mile) point in the race.



 

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