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ADAC Marathon Hannover on 26th March

Amanal Petros, Julien Wanders and Matea Parlov Kostro
head elite fields in Hannover

Some of Europe's top names in long distance running will compete at the
ADAC Marathon Hannover on 26th March. Germany's multiple record holder
Amanal Petros and European half marathon record holder Julien Wanders of
Switzerland are on the start list for the traditional spring race while the
European Championships' silver medallist Matea Parlov Kostro of Serbia
returns to the race where she clocked her personal best. With a PB of
2:04:56 Kenya's Jonathan Maiyo currently is the fastest athlete in the
elite field while Rabea Schoneborn of Germany heads the women's list with
2:27:03.

Organisers of the ADAC Marathon Hannover, who moved the race from the
traditional April date to the end of March for the first time, expect to
register over 20,000 runners for the 31st edition, including races at
shorter distances. Last year's Hannover marathon champion Hendrik Pfeiffer,
who switched clubs recently and now competes for local club TK Hannover,
will compete in the half marathon on 26th March since he will run the
Boston Marathon on 17th April. The ADAC Marathon Hannover is a World
Athletics Road Race Label event. Online entry for all races is still
possible at: www.marathon-hannover.de

Amanal Petros recently became the first German male athlete in history to
have broken the three main national road running records: He already held
the best marks for the half marathon (60:09) and the marathon (2:06:27) and
then added the 10k record with a time of 27:32 in Castell?n, Spain. The 27
year-old, who was fourth in the European Championships' marathon in Munich
last summer, currently trains in Iten, Kenya. "I am looking really forward
to run in Hannover for the first time. I am curious about the fast course,"
said Amanal Petros, who is a training partner of Julien Wanders. "If my
training continues to go well and weather conditions are good on the day I
hope to run another personal best." With such a result he would smash
Hannover's 2:08:32 course record.

Julien Wanders so far could not transform his enormous potential to the
marathon distance. The 26 year-old European record holder at 10k (27:13)
and in the half marathon (59:13) ran his debut in Paris in spring 2022.
Suffering of stomach problems he had to stop three times but still finished
in 2:11:52. Wanders then did not finish his second marathon in Valencia in
December after running a first half of 63:22. With its flat course and very
good pacemaking options the ADAC Marathon Hannover might well be the place
where Julien Wanders can finally perform well in the marathon. "A time of
sub 2:10 would be nice. I opted for Hannover after speaking with Amanal
about the race," said Julien Wanders.

It will be interesting to see what Jonathan Maiyo will be capable of in
Hannover. The 34 year-old Kenyan clocked his personal record of 2:04:56
back in 2022 in Dubai. At that time it was a world-class time. Although
Maiyo did not yet manage to run that fast again he showed a number of fine
performances. In December he ran a solid 2:09:47 and took fourth place in
Malaga.

Germany's Rabea Schoneborn, the twin sister of Deborah Schoneborn, returns
to the ADAC Marathon Hannover and currently is the fastest woman on the
start list with a PB of 2:27:03. She was runner-up here a year ago with
2:27:35 and then showed a fine performance at the European Championships.
Finishing in 12th position she won the European Cup with the German team in
Munich.

The athlete who finished behind Rabea Schoneborn last year in Hannover then
turned the tables at the European Championships and became a surprise
silver medallist: Matea Parlov Kostro was third at the ADAC Marathon
Hannover with a PB of 2:28:39 and then finished runner-up in soaring
temperatures in Munich with 2:28:42. The 30 year-old recently improved her
half marathon PB to 69:53 and could be in a position for a big personal
best in Hannover.

With a PB of 2:27:05 Viktoriia Kaliuzhna of Ukraine is the second fastest
woman on the start list. Due to the war in Ukraine she currently lives near
Wroclaw in Poland. Kaliuzhna competed in the 2021 Olympic Games as well as
the European Championships, but on both occasions did not finish in very
high temperatures. She will now be eager to bounce back. Aleksandra
Brzezinska will be full of confidence when she travels to Hannover. The
Pole ran a PB of 2:28:09 in Valencia in December.

More information about the ADAC Marathon Hannover is available at:
www.marathon-hannover.de

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