by maraadmin | Feb 20, 2015 | Featured, News, Pre event, Tokyo, WMM
TOKYO, Feb. 20, 2015 – The ninth running of the Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 22, 2015, marks the official start of Abbott’s title sponsorship of the Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) and a number of key changes to the iconic series. Announced today by the organizers...
by maraadmin | Feb 23, 2014 | Ethiopia, Featured, Kenya, News, Tokyo, WMM
2014 World Marathon Majors competition picked up where it left off last year, with two more course records falling at today’s 8th annual Tokyo Marathon. Kenya’s Dickson Chumba and Ethiopia’s Tirfi Tsegaye won their first WMM event titles in style, posting course...
by maraadmin | Feb 26, 2012 | Featured, Kenya, News, Tokyo
Kenya’s Michael Kipyego tore up the script to win the Tokyo Marathon with former world record holder Haile Gebrselassie left floundering in fourth. The former 3000m steeplechase specialist Kipyego clocked a winning time of two hours, seven minutes and 37 seconds...
by maraadmin | Feb 24, 2011 | Featured, News, Tokyo
Comeback Haile Gebrselassie postponed Haile Gebrselassie, the famous long distance runner, will not start in the Tokyo Marathon this weekend. The world record holder on the marathon fell during a training. He unluckily fell on a rock and bruised his knee. He...
by maraadmin | Nov 18, 2010 | Featured, News, Tokyo
Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie says he is fit and will next run in February’s Tokyo marathon. The 37-year-old Ethiopian announced his retirement on 7 November, blaming the knee problems that prevented him from completing the New York marathon....
by maraadmin | Oct 19, 2008 | News, Tokyo
Viktor Röthlin, who won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, won the 2008 Tokyo Marathon – an IAAF Road Race Silver Label event – with 2:07:23. It was a course record by more than two minutes, eclipsing the mark of 2:09:45 set by...
