From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Sat Oct 17 2009 - 17:23:35 EDT
Excerpt: "Gilbert Kirwa, who won his debut marathon in Vienna this
spring with a promising 2:08:21,Yared Asmerom (Eritrea), who placed
eighth in the Olympic Marathon in Beijing 2008 and fourth in the World
Championships' race in Osaka 2007, are two others to be watched on 25th
October."
Yared Asmerom
http://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/US/athletes/athlete/155/
People's Daily Online (China)
Kenya's Cheruiyot to defend Frankfurt Marathon title
16:32, October 17, 2009
A few days after confirming his participation in next month's New York
Marathon, Kenya Robert Cheruiyot joins the field of elite athletes for
the Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon on October 25 in Germany.
The defending champion joins star-studded runners, 15 of whom boast
personal best times of sub 2 minutes 09 seconds. He is also set for the
New York marathon on November 1.
The Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon, which boosts a new title sponsor, is
an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.
Cheruiyot looks forward to defending the title about two month's after
another Kenyan, Abel Kirui, won the World Championship men's marathon
gold in Berlin.
His participation in the Frankfurt marathon rules him out of the Oct. 25
Standard Chartered Nairobi International Marathon here, a race he had
won in the past.
At the 28th edition of Germany's oldest city marathon organizers expect
a record entry of up to 13,000 runners.
The Kenyan had caused one of the biggest sensations in marathon running
in 2008, when he took the race at his debut clocking 2:07:21.
The time still stands as his personal best, but in the meanwhile he
confirmed his quality by taking fifth place at the Boston Marathon in
spring.
The 21 year-old is one of a number of athletes capable to break the
course record, which he set last year.
Cheruiyot, however, ins't the only Kenyan gearing up for the event as
Benjamin Kiptoo, who had won the Rome Marathon in spring with a personal
best of 2:07:17, Hosea Rotich (PB: 2:07:24), JasonMbote (2:07:37),
Joseph Ngolepus (2:07:57) and William Kiplagat (2:06:50) are the others
in with a PB of sub 2:08, are also set for the race.
While the three-time Frankfurt winner Wilfred Kigen, another Kenyan, had
to withdraw due to lack of form.
But the race organizers say Kigen's cousin, Wilson Kigen, will return to
the Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon.
He placed second last year with 2:08:16. Gilbert Kirwa, who won his
debut marathon in Vienna this spring with a promising 2:08:21,Yared
Asmerom (Eritrea), who placed eighth in the Olympic Marathon in Beijing
2008 and fourth in the World Championships' race in Osaka 2007, are two
others to be watched on 25th October.
Among a number of debutants and runners who have never competed outside
their African home countries so far (as applied last year's winner
Cheruiyot) there is one who has recently shown that he is ready for his
first marathon: John Kiprotich (Kenya) finished sixth in the Rotterdam
Half Marathon in September, clocking a world-class time of 59:23
minutes.
Carrying the European hopes in this extraordinary field is Gunther
Weidlinger. The former world class steeplechaser from Austria had run
his debut in Vienna this April finishing with 2:12:39.
The women's field, which had been announced recently, also is the
strongest in the history of the event. While Kenyans Rose Cheruiyot
(2:25:48) and Agnes Kiprop (2:26:22) are among the favorites in the
women's race, organizers now released the top names of the men's field.
Six of the athletes signed for the race have so far broken 2:08while
another nine feature personal bests of sub 2:09.
No other German city marathon has brought a similar number of high
caliber runners to the start line so far.
Source: Xinhua
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/6786033.html
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