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Dubai Marathon news, results, etc.
Whew, that was a late night of clicking the refresh button on all the msg boards following the race...but exciting! Here are some reports out of Dubai. Still no results on the marathon's official website. Looks like he's got some blood on him in the picture.
From David Monti (Race Results Weekly)
Haile Gebrselassie's world record attempt Friday at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon veered off plan when the great Ethiopian scorched the first half in 1:01:27, at least half a minute faster than he had intended. He had hoped to run the second half of the race faster than the first, but fading in the later kilometers he only managed 1:03:26 for the last 21.1 km. Nonetheless, his final time of 2:04:53 was still the second-fastest marathon of all-time, two seconds faster than Paul Tergat's 2003 world record set in Berlin.
From Khaleej Times
Men
1. Haile Gebreselassie (ETH)2:04:53
2. Isaac Macharia (KEN)2:07:16
3. Sammi Korir (KEN)2:08:01
Women
1. Birhane Adere (ETH)2:22:42
2. Bezunesh Bekele (ETH)2:23:09
3. Askale Tafa Magarsa (ETH)2:23:23
http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/
And while everybody was busy watching for the world record, Martin Fagan was battling further back to make the Olympic qualifying standard. Sounds like it was a brutal race for him.
http://www.dubaicityguide.com/geninfo/n
There was also a 10K money race after the marathon. With all the focus on the big race, somebody snuck in and won $1,000 in the women's race with a 36:46. The two women behind her came in two minutes later and won $500 and $250.
Whew, that was a late night of clicking the refresh button on all the msg boards following the race...but exciting! Here are some reports out of Dubai. Still no results on the marathon's official website. Looks like he's got some blood on him in the picture.
From David Monti (Race Results Weekly)
Haile Gebrselassie's world record attempt Friday at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon veered off plan when the great Ethiopian scorched the first half in 1:01:27, at least half a minute faster than he had intended. He had hoped to run the second half of the race faster than the first, but fading in the later kilometers he only managed 1:03:26 for the last 21.1 km. Nonetheless, his final time of 2:04:53 was still the second-fastest marathon of all-time, two seconds faster than Paul Tergat's 2003 world record set in Berlin.
From Khaleej Times
Men
1. Haile Gebreselassie (ETH)2:04:53
2. Isaac Macharia (KEN)2:07:16
3. Sammi Korir (KEN)2:08:01
Women
1. Birhane Adere (ETH)2:22:42
2. Bezunesh Bekele (ETH)2:23:09
3. Askale Tafa Magarsa (ETH)2:23:23
http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/
And while everybody was busy watching for the world record, Martin Fagan was battling further back to make the Olympic qualifying standard. Sounds like it was a brutal race for him.
http://www.dubaicityguide.com/geninfo/n
There was also a 10K money race after the marathon. With all the focus on the big race, somebody snuck in and won $1,000 in the women's race with a 36:46. The two women behind her came in two minutes later and won $500 and $250.
