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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.
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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...
Tsegaye Kebede sets record for Marathon triple
(December 9, 2009) – Tsegaye Kebede has only been running marathons for two and a half years, but in that short span of time he has reached a level of accomplishment that no one else has in history.
With his 2:05:18 course record victory at Fukuoka – IAAF Silver Label Road Race – last Sunday, a 2:05:20 runner-up at London in April and 2:08:35 bronze medal at the Berlin World Championships,...
