Sawe following in Makau’s footsteps in Berlin
On Sunday it was not rain but heat that stopped Sabastian Sawe’s record chase. While Makau ran a ‘Rain world record’ in Berlin in 2010, Sawe now achieved a ‘Warm weather world record’.
On Sunday it was not rain but heat that stopped Sabastian Sawe’s record chase. While Makau ran a ‘Rain world record’ in Berlin in 2010, Sawe now achieved a ‘Warm weather world record’.
Sabastian Sawe won the 51st BMW BERLIN MARATHON with a world leading time of 2:02:16 while Rosemary Wanjiru crossed the line in 2:21:05.
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe will make his debut at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday, aiming for the course record of 2:01:09 set by Eliud Kipchoge in 2022.
Kenyan Rosemary Wanjiru knows the course of the BMW BERLIN MARATHON well. Three years ago she ran a strong marathon debut in Berlin, finishing second in 2:18:00.
Kenyans Sabastian Sawe and Rosemary Wanjiru will head deep start lists, with personal bests of 2:02:05 and 2:16:14 respectively, at the 2025 Berlin Marathon.
Kenyan Rosemary Wanjiru heads the women’s field of the 51st BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 21 September, 2025.
World half marathon champion Sabastian Sawe from Kenya will run the 2025 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 21 September.
Ethiopians Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist Ketema sweep the top honours in the 50th anniversary race of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON in the German capital.
As many as 14 runners have personal best times of under 2:06 in Sunday’s BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, making the 2024 edition the highest quality men’s field in the history of the event.
Can Tigist Ketema become the latest Ethiopian woman to cause a sensation in Berlin? – 50th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday 29 September, 2024.
Deep fields are assembled with 14 men who have already run sub 2:06 as the 50th edition of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON promises fast and exciting elite races.
Ethiopian Tigst Assefa makes history with extraordinary World Record, Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge triumphs once more, and Amanal Petros breaks German record at the 2023 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON.
The renowned Kenyan athlete, aged 38, will be competing in the prestigious road race for the sixth time.
Kenyan superstar Eliud Kipchoge will return to the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 25 September 2022, four years after his spectacular world record there.
Ethiopians Guye Adola and debutant Gotytom Gebreslase win the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON in unusually warm weather conditions.
Ethiopians Guye Adola scores unexpected triumph in Berlin, debutant Gotytom Gebreslase surprises to win women’s title.
Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele makes his fourth appearance in Germany’s biggest and most spectacular marathon, while his compatriot Hiwot Gebrekidan will run in Berlin’s women’s field for the first time.
More than a few athletics journalists were wondering before the race if the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday was going to mark the end of Kenenisa Bekele’s remarkable career as one of the long distance greats.
Ethiopia’s distance running great, Kenenisa Bekele, made a sensational return to his international best with victory at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, missing the world record by just two seconds on Sunday.
Distance running great Kenenisa Bekele will lead the Ethiopian charge for world class times at the 46th edition of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday September 29, 2019.
Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge, from Kenya, broke the world record at the 2018 BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday , winning the IAAF Gold Label road race in 2:01:39.
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge’s aim at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on September 16 this year is clear cut: to break his personal best. Given that Kipchoge is the Olympic champion and acknowledged to be the number one for the distance in recent years, this suggests the 33-year-old is ready to produce something special.
Video highlights of the races of 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon – Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya took a dramatic win in the men’s race at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON.
Kenya’s Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge wins dramatic race at the 2017 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON in a world leading time of 2:03:32 after coming from behind on Sunday.
Kenyan duo of Eliud Kipchoge and Wilson Kipsang to take on Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, an Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) event and an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on September 24
Kenya’s former World marathon record-holder, Wilson Kipsang, is hungry for success on his return to the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on September 24
The 2016 Olympic champion is aiming to run faster at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on September 24 than his compatriot Dennis Kimetto who set the world record, 2:02:57, on the renowned fast course in 2014.
With his 2:03:03 win at the 2016 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, Kenenisa Bekele proved himself once and for all that he is a world class performer at the distance.
Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele wins a thrilling duel with Wilson Kipsang but misses the world record by just six seconds, with a time of 2:03:03, at the 2016 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday.
Kenyan Wilson Kipsang and Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele to duel on Berlin’s world record course at the 2016 BMW Berlin-Marathon on 25 September.
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge considers mental sharpness is the crucial factor as the Berlin champion turns his attention to Olympic Marathon in Rio 2016, writes Andy Edwards.
A Kenyan double as Eliud Kipchoge runs world leading time of 2:04:00 while Gladys Cherono breaks the 2:20 barrier with 2:19:25 at the 42nd edition of the BMW Berlin-Marathon on Sunday.
Kenya’s world marathon record holder Dennis Kimetto was on Friday honoured with an official Guinness World Records certificate ahead of his much-anticipated debut at the Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday.
Barely hours after he had taken the marathon into a new territory, with his 2:02:57 to win the 2014 Berlin Marathon, Kenyan Dennis Kimetto warns rivals to expect another decade of his marathon virtuosity.
Kenyan Dennis Kimetto broke the marathon world record with 2:02:57 on the streets of Berlin while Tirfi Tsegaye’s patience is rewarded with women’s world lead at the 2014 BMW Berlin Marathon.
Ethiopian duo of Tirfi Tsegaye and Feyse Tadese, together with American Shalane Flanagan, hope to break the 2:20 barrier for the marathon when the 41st edition of the BMW Berlin-Marathon gets underway on Sunday September 28.
Against the backdrop of Wilson Kipsang’s historic and sensational world record run at the BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday was a side story of the little-known Kenyan, Geoffrey Kipsang –…
After spending two years being known as the man who came agonisingly close to matching the marathon world record, Wilson Kipsang of Kenya broke that record handsomely in Berlin on…
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