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MEKHISSI-BENABBAD WINS FOURTH EUROPEAN Steeplechase Title By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PHOTO: France’s Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (right) exits the water jump with Italy’s Yohanes Chiappinelli (in the water), Spain’s Fernando Carro, and Italy’s Ahmed Abdelwahed at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin (photo …

Gabriel Geay, Mary Wacera Earn Wins at 2018 B.A.A. 10K, presented by Brigham and Women’s Hospital BOSTON (24-June) – The eighth annual B.A.A. 10K, presented by Brigham and Women’s Hospital, helped kick-off the summer season on Boston Common, as 8,337 participants took to the 6.2-mile course through Boston’s Back Bay. …

Ethiopian Gelete Burka topples Canadian and Ottawa records at Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon Scotiabank Charity Challenge raises more than $775,000 May 27, 2018 – OTTAWA – The star of today’s Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon was 32-year-old Ethiopian Gelete Burka, whose finish time of 2:22:17 handily shattered both Canadian (2:22:43) and Ottawa (2:24:31) …

US Marathon Champion Sara Hall Running Ottawa On the heels of the U.S. women’s record performance at the Boston Marathon, organizers of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend are pleased to announce that the 2017 U.S. Marathon champion Sara Hall is planning to run the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon on Sunday, May …

  From the IAAF brief report with an Ed. note:   Boston photo of Rupp by Kevin Morris/Photo Run   Galen Rupp of the U.S. and Bornes Jepkirui Kitur of Kenya ran to victory at the Volkswagen Prague Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, on Sunday, May 6.   …

KIPCHOGE, CHERUIYOT SURVIVE WARM WEATHER, HOT PACE TO WIN VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LONDON (22-Apr) — Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Vivian Cheruiyot survived very warm conditions and an ambitious early pace to win the 38th Virgin Money London …

THREEPEAT FOR DIBABA AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS By Steven Mills, @Trackside2018 (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (01-Mar) — Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia became the third athlete to win the women’s 3000m title at the IAAF World Indoor Championships on at least three occasions in …

Record Number of Runners Apply for Entry to the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon with Over 15,500 to be Selected in Today’s Drawing for the World’s Largest Marathon on Sunday, November 4   Runners selected in the drawing will join those who earned guaranteed entry as part of a …

BOSTON, MA, December 21, 2017—John Hancock said today that Japanese runner Yuki Kawauchi has been invited to participate in the company’s 2018 Boston Marathon Elite Team. During a visit to Boston the last week of December, Kawauchi will train on the Boston Marathon course. And on New Year’s Day, he …

John Hancock’s  today announced its strongest US Elite Team since it began its principal sponsorship of the Boston Marathon began in 1986. The US team, recruited to compete against an accomplished international field, will challenge for the coveted olive wreath on Patriots’ Day, April 16, 2018. Four-time Olympian and 2017 …