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Berlin Marathon Fields Get Even Stronger

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RunnerSpace.com/RoadRacing   Jul 30th 2014, 2:36pm
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World Half Marathon Champions Kipsang and Cherono Added to Berlin Marathon Fields

Published by the IAAF on July 30, 2014

Kenya’s Geoffrey Kipsang and Gladys Cherono, the world half marathon champions, are the latest top athletes to be added to the field for this year´s BMW Berlin Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on 28 September.

Kipsang will be up against Chicago Marathon champion Dennis Kimetto, two-time London Marathon winner Tsegaye Kebede, and 2011 London Marathon champion Emmanuel Mutai.

Cherono, meanwhile, will be up against Tokyo Marathon champion Tirfi Tsegaye, 2008 Olympic bronze medallist Shalane Flanagan and world bronze medallist Kayoko Fukushi.

Kipsang has finished third in Berlin for the past two years. Now with a global title under his belt, the 21-year-old will be aiming to achieve his first marathon victory in the German capital.

Kimetto finished second in Berlin two years ago, running the fastest ever debut marathon with 2:04:16. In 2012 he set a 25km world record of 1:11:18, and then in 2013 he set course records in Tokyo (2:06:50) and Chicago (2:03:45), the latter being the third-fastest time ever on a legitimate course.

Reigning World Marathon Majors champion Kebede is one of the most consistent marathon runners of his generation. Of the 17 marathons he has finished, he has finished in the top three in 14 of them, winning six times. The Ethiopian took bronze medals at the 2008 Olympics and 2009 World Championships and set his PB of 2:04:38 when winning the 2012 Chicago Marathon.



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