Ethiopia’s Tufa won London Marathon

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s London Marathon, with Ethiopia’s Tigist Tufa victorious in the women’s race. Kipchoge, the 5,000m world champion in 2003, finished five seconds in front of another Kenyan athlete, Wilson Kipsang. Britain’s Paula Radcliffe, the women’s record holder, finished the race in her last competitive London Marathon. In the men’s wheelchair

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Haile Gebrselassie to open the London Marathon Expo

09 April 2014 Athletics Africa Distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie will open the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon Expo at London Dockland’s Excel Exhibition Centre at 11am on Wednesday April 9, 2014. Gebrselassie, widely regarded as the greatest distance runner

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London Marathon Preview: Ethiopia, Kenya battle for supremacy

7 April 2014 Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Defending champion Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia and world record holder Wilson Kipsang of Kenya headline the elite men’s division field at the London Marathon on April 13. Kebede won the race in 2010,

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Haile Gebrselassie to run as pacemaker in 2014 London Marathon

Feb 17, 2014  Haile Gebrselassie, the man regarded by many as the greatest distance runner of all time, will be the main pacemaker for the men’s race at the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 13 April, race organisers

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