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Deriba Merga ready for Dubai Marathon
Dubai, UAE - Ethiopian Deriba Merga will be looking to underline his growing racing maturity when he joins a powerful line-up at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on 27 January.
The Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.
Merga’s rise to international prominence saw him win the Boston Marathon in 2009 as well as claiming a fourth place finish at the Beijing Olympics...
Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya wins Boston Marathon in record time
Boston, USA – The previous world best of 2:03:59 was set by Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie in Berlin on 28 September 2008.
But Mutai’s run does not qualify as an official world record because the Boston course is downhill and he benefited from a strong tailwind.
The 29-year-old beat fellow countryman Moses Mosop by just four seconds.
And Mutai smashed the course record, set in last...
Teyba Erkesso to defend Boston Marathon title
Boston, USA – Defending champion Teyba Erkesso of Ethiopia will defend her title at the 115th running of the Boston marathon race on Monday 18 April 2011.
The Boston Marathon is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.
Men’s Category
The major challenge for defending champion Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya will come from fellow compatriot Geoffrey Mutai, who is the second fastest man in the world last year with...
Ethiopia Athletics: Tekeste Kebede to emulate Tsegaye in Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Japan – 2010 Boston Marathon runner-up Tekeste Kebede will try to emulate his fellow countryman and Fukuoka Marathon double winner Tsegaye Kebede, when he takes part in the 64th edition of the annual race here on Sunday.
Tsegaye Kebede won here in 2008 and 2009 and holds the course record of 2:05.18, which he sets here last year.
Tekeste’s challengers will be 38-year-old Jaouad Gharib...
Deriba Merga to lead strong Ethiopian team for Chicago Marathon
Photo:George Roberts
CHICAGO – Deriba Merga and Tsegaye Kebede will lead a strong Ethiopian team for the 33rd edition of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, which will be held here on October 10, 2010.
The Ethiopian men’s team includes: Deriba Merga, the 2009 Boston Marathon champion, Tsegaye Kebede who won this year’s London Marathon (2:05.19), Feyisa Lelisa, who has a personal best 2:05:23...
Teyba Erkesso to defend 5k title at Freihofer’s Run for Women
ALBANY, NY (May 4, 2010) ‹ For Teyba Erkesso, the last two years have been nothing short of spectacular.
The 27-year-old Ethiopian has gone from “up-and-comer” to “the one to watch” and now, after her victory at last week’s Boston Marathon, “the one to beat” at almost any road race she enters.
Erkesso’s versatility, in fact, makes her dangerous on almost...
Teyba Erkesso wins Boston Marathon women’s race & $150,000 Prize Money
Boston, Massachusetts- Ethiopia’s Teyba Erkesso won the women’s race in an unofficial time of 2:26:11, outsprinting Russia’s Tatyana Pushkareva to win by three seconds in the third-closest women’s finish in event history.
Erkesso broke away from the pack with 11 miles to go and opened a 90-second lead. But she began holding her stomach in Cleveland Circle, with about four miles to go, and...
114th Boston Marathon: Dire Tune plans to reverse last year’s shocking loss, Deriba Merga hopes to defend title
Boston, Massachusetts – Dire Tune plans to reverse last year’s shocking loss while her Ethiopian compatriot Deriba Merga hopes to defend his title when the 114th edition of the Boston Marathon gets underway here on Monday.
Dire, the 2008 winner, suffered a heart wrenching loss last year when Salina Kosgei of Kenya used a last-second surge to edge her for the women’s title, finishing just...
