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Elid Kipchoge was not part of the 31-man list revealed by World Athletics.
A new champion will be crowned in this year's edition of the Berlin Marathon in the absence of five-time record winner Eliud Kipchoge.
Kipchoge, who's recent victories came in 2023 (2:02:42) and the year before when he crossed the finish line in 2:01:09 to break his own record he set in 2018, was not in the final 31-man list as revealed by World Athletics.
Dominant Kipchoge has won three of the last five Berlin Marathon races and in 2020 the annual marathon was not held due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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13:08 - 28.09.2024
Eliud Kipchoge shares expectations ahead of 'full of surprises' Berlin Marathon
Eliud Kipchoge will watch this year's Berlin Marathon from the comfort of his home but he is expecting surprises having been part of the race six times before.
Ethiopia's Tadisa Takele is favourite following his third-place finish in last year’s race in a PB of 2:03:24. That was his most recent race due to injury, but he says he is now fit and ready to run. “I’ve trained very well,” he said, “and expect to run a strong race.”
Another four men to have dipped under 2:05 feature on the entry list, including Kenya’s Cybrian Kotut, who ran his PB of 2:04:34 when finishing second in Amsterdam last year, and Ethiopia’s Hailemaryam Kiros and Bazezew Asmare, who respectively clocked 2:04:41 in Paris in 2021 and 2:04:57 in Amsterdam in 2022.
Kenya’s former world half marathon record-holder Kibiwott Kandie races the marathon for the third time and will be looking to build on the PB of 2:04:48 he set in Valencia last year as he hunts for a first win over the distance.
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15:13 - 28.09.2024
'You look like Lupita'- Noah Lyles' girlfriend on how comparison with top Kenyan actress changed her mindset
Noah Lyles' girlfriend Junelle Bromfield has explained how comparison to Kenyans and Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o helped her overcome colourism and negative comments about her appearance and ultimately gained confidence in her beauty and inspired other young black women.
They will be joined by athletes including Kenya’s Samwel Mailu, the world half marathon bronze medallist who set a course record of 2:05:08 to win the Vienna City Marathon last year and continues his comeback after injury, and Ethiopia’s Milkesa Mengesha, who finished sixth at the World Championships last year and has a best of 2:05:29.
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