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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...
Airtel Delhi Half Marathon: Deriba & Aselefech to lead big star cast
The 2011 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon Sunday should provide an intense competition what with some of the biggest names in the world of long-distance running taking part in it.
New Delhi, India – A super fast field of around 40 of the world’s leading male and female runners will be aiming to cut the timing for the course. Running alongside will be top Indian runners who will pit themselves...
Lake Biwa Marathon: Kipsang sets new course record, Merga finishes second
Otsu, Japan – Wilson Kipsang of Kenya won the 66th edition of the Lake Biwa Marathon here today by setting a new record (2:06.13) for the event. Meanwhile, Deriba Merga of Ethiopia finishes second in 2:09.13, followed by Japan’s Hiroyuki Horibata (2:09:25).
After finishing third in Paris in 2010 in his debut clocking 2:07:13, Kipsang won in Frankfurt last fall with 2:04:57. After his 2:06:13...
Deriba Merga to headline Lake Biwa Marathon field
Otsu, Japan – Deriba Merga of Ethiopia and Paul Kipsang of Kenya will headline a strong team at the 66th edition of Lake Biwa Marathon here on Sunday.
The Lake Biwa contest is the oldest continuous Marathon in Japan and the first in Japan to earn an IAAF Gold Label. However, the course record of 2:07:34 set in 2001, is the slowest among the three Gold Label Road Race marathons in Japan.
The...
Ethiopian Athletics: Deriba Merga going for 3rd consecutive victory at New Delhi Half-Marathon
New Delhi, India – Two-time defending champion Ethiopian Deriba Merga and 2008 winner Asselefech Mergia will lead a strong field of athletes in the $210,000 Delhi Half Marathon here on Sunday.
An estimated 30,000 runners are expected to compete, and the winner of 21km race will collect a $25,000 prize money.
This year’s field of athletes includes as many as 10 male athletes with personal best...
Deriba Merga to lead Ethiopian team at Airtel Delhi Half-Marathon
New Delhi, India – Two-time defending champion Deriba Merga of Ethiopia leads a field of elite Ethiopian runners in the $10,000 Airtel Delhi half-marathon to be held here on November 21.
In the men’s category, Deriba will be challenged by his fellow countryman and Lelisa Desisa’s training partner Eshetu Wondemu, who has a personal best time of 59.56.
Deriba is expected to go after his third...
Meseret Mengistu to defend Title in Marseille
Marseille, France – Meseret Mengistu will defend her women’s title when the 32th edition of International-Marseille-Cassis Classique will take place here on Sunday.
The Marseille-Cassis Classique is an IAAF Silver Label Road Race.
In the men’s category, her fellow Ethiopians Lelisa Desisa and Deriba Merga will try to offer a first male victory to Ethiopia.
Meseret is slated for a repeat as she...
Dire Tune & Lelisa Desisa win Ottawa 10K titles
Ottawa, Canada – Dire Tune and Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia won the Ottawa 10K women and men’s races here today. Dire and Lelisa received $5,000 each cash bonus for their victories.
Dire Tune was awarded an additional $5,000 for winning the gender competition prize for crossing the finish line ahead of her male counterparts.
Women elite athletes started this IAAF Silver Label Road Race 10K 4 minutes...
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...
