Haile Gebrselassie

Reigning Olympic and London Marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya and Russia's Liliya Shobukhova captured Chicago Marathon titles on Sunday, the African star doing so in course record time. Wanjiru made a triumphant US debut in 2hrs 5mins 41secs to defeat Moroccan runner-up Abderrahim Goumi by 23 seconds and shave a second off the old race mark set in 1999 by Morocco's Khalid Khannouchi. It was the fourth triumph in five career marathons for Wanjiru, who turns 23 next month, and his third major triumph in a row after last August's gold medal effort in China and his London victory six months ago. Kenya's ... Read Full Story

The lessons from Berlin have been learned and despite his advancing years, marathon king Haile Gebrselassie has vowed to return and attempt a third world record in the German capital. The world record-holder came here last Sunday hunting a third consecutive record and a fourth straight victory in the German capital, but had to settle for a winning time of 2:06:08. Having smashed his own world mark the year before to set the current global record of 2:03:59 over the 42-kilometre long course, the Ethiopian now plans to leave more in his tank for his 2010 attempt. "Of course I will try it again, ... Read Full Story

The lessons from Berlin have been learned and despite his advancing years, marathon king Haile Gebrselassie has vowed to return and attempt a third world record in the German capital. The world record-holder came here last Sunday hunting a third consecutive record and a fourth straight victory in the German capital, but had to settle for a winning time of 2:06:08. Having smashed his own world mark the year before to set the current global record of 2:03:59 over the 42-kilometre long course, the Ethiopian now plans to leave more in his tank for his 2010 attempt. "Of course I will try it again, ... Read Full Story

BERLIN (Reuters) - Kenyan Duncan Kibet believes he can lower his personal best and challenge the domination of world record holder Haile Gebrselassie in Sunday's Berlin marathon. Kibet, the second fastest man behind the Ethiopian, ran a stunning two hours, four minutes and 27 seconds to win the Rotterdam marathon in April, the leading time this year and only 28 seconds off Gebrselassie's world record time set in Berlin last year. Gebrselassie has set consecutive world records in 2007 and 2008 on what is considered the fastest marathon course in the world. "When I went to Vienna, I wanted to run 2.10, and I ... Read Full Story

World marathon record-holder Haile Gebrselassie won the Berlin marathon for the fourth time on Sunday in an official time of 2 hours 6min 08sec, but missed out on a new world record. The 36-year-old smashed his own record here at last year's race when he ran 2hrs 03min 59sec but admitted struggling during the last few kilometres in Sunday's warm weather which ruled out any chance of a new global mark. "I'm ok, but the last few kilometres were very hard," he said after leading from the front all the way around the 42-kilometre course through the German capital. "I was really tired at ... Read Full Story