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Dubai marathon impressive results

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  • #2
    TFBubendorfer
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    2:04:15 for a mere 6th place, and $188.000 poorer than if he had run 16 seconds faster! :eek:


  • #3
    Testosterscone
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    Just to give you a bit of context.

    6 of the top 10 ever times ran in marathon by Ethiopians were in Dubai

    These six athletes have not ran inside 2.06.30 on any other course in the world

    Tamirat Tola| No non Dubai Marathon|
    Ayele Abshero| 2016 London |2.06.31
    Tesfaye Abera |2017 Amsterdam | 2.07.39
    Tsegaye Mekonnen| 2017 Hamburg| 2.07.26
    Lemi Berhanu |2017 Xiamen |2.08.27
    Lelisa Desisa |2014 New York | 2.11.06

    Only 1 athlete has ever improved on a sub 2.05 performance in Dubai (Haile Gebrselassie)


  • #4
    average_runner
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    And then the women:

    "The women’s race was almost as ridiculous as Ethiopia’s Roza Dereje broke away late to win by 13 seconds in 2:19:17 — like Geremew’s time, a Dubai Marathon record. Feyse Tadese (2:19:30), Yebrgual Melese (2:19:36), and defending champ Worknesh Degefa (2:19:53) made it four sub-2:20 finishers in all, the most ever in one race. There was more history behind them, as fifth placer Haftamnesh Tesfay ran 2:20:13 and sixth placer Gelete Burka ran 2:20:45 — marking the first time six women had broken 2:21 in the same race as well."


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