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John Hancock Announces 2019 Boston Marathon Elite Team 82 Elite Athletes, Including Olympians, Paralympians, World Champions and Abbott World Marathon Majors Winners, from 15 Countries Invited for 123rd Running on April 15 BOSTON, MA, January 10, 2019, 10:00 a.m. EST—John Hancock and the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced the …

FARAH, KOSGEI TAKE CHICAGO MARATHON TITLES IN RAINY CONDITIONS By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (07-Oct) — Britain’s Mo Farah and Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei both scored convincing wins at today’s 41st Bank of America Chicago Marathon held in cool, but very humid and rainy …

WITH PACEMAKERS BACK, FARAH & RUPP FEELING RIGHT AT HOME AT CHICAGO MARATHON By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved CHICAGO (05-Oct) — After a three-year hiatus, pacemakers will be back again at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon here on Sunday when the race …

Used with permission – Copyright 2018 Race Results Weekly(tm), all rights reserved. May not be reprinted or retransmitted without permission. BMW Berlin Marathon (45th) (An Abbott World Marathon Majors event/IAAF Gold Label Road Race) Berlin, GER; Sunday, September 16 Distance: 42.195 km, AIMS-certified loop course Finishers: 28,443 men + 12,332 …

JACOB INGEBRIGTSEN NABS SECOND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS GOLD MEDAL By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PHOTO: Norway’s Jacob and Henrik Ingebrigtsen finish first and second, respectively, in the 5000m at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly) …

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.   …