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The year 2020 has been overshadowed by the global coronavirus pandemic, which took the lives of over a million people.
Sport was hit hard by the virus, with Tokyo 2020 delayed by a year, the first time the Olympic Games have been postponed in their history.
In spite of that,

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Review of the Year 2020

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Tegla LOROUPE

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What makes a marathon course quick?
The first thing is the terrain, with few or zero hills and inclines, so runners don’t lose time and energy on the ascents.
Flat courses have helped make Berlin, Valencia, and Chicago, where the current men’s marathon world record was set in 2023, among

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge at the start of the 2023 Berlin-Marathon.

The 10 fastest marathon courses in the world

From Olympic gold medallists, World Marathon champions, and world record holders, to major city race winners: The marathon kings and queens include some of the greatest ever distance-running stars.
Athletics is all about fast times and firsts, and marathon running is full of them.
But who are the marathon GOATS?

Athletics | Chicago Marathon 2022

Grete Waitz, Eliud Kipchoge, Rosa Mota

Who are the marathon GOATs? 

The Berlin marathon is tipped to return to its record-breaking ways on Sunday 25 September 2022.
Having produced 11 world marathon records, the last being Eliud Kipchoge’s 2:01:39 in 2018, Berlin has proved to be the fastest marathon in the world.
You can see if Kenya's two-time Olympic champion breaks

Athletics | Berlin Marathon 2022

BERLIN - SEPTEMBER 20:  Haile Gebrselassie celebrates after winning the 36th Berlin Marathon on September 20, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.  (Photo by Joern Pollex/Bongarts/Getty Images)

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Berlin marathon: Records, past winners, and key stats ahead of 2022 race

The World Half Marathon Championships, is the only World Athletics champs that will still go ahead in 2020, with all other events either cancelled or postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Initially scheduled for March 29 in the Northern Baltic coastal city of Gdynia, the men's and women's elite races

Ethiopia’s Netsanet Gudeta(left), Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei and Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir are among the favourites for the World Half Marathon Championships titles.

Things you need to know about the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships 

Coronavirus and the subsequent postponement of Tokyo 2020 forced athletes who had been training with Refugee Olympic Team chief Tegla Loroupe to return to Kukuma Refugee Camp. While she is worried about their health, and unable to speak to them regularly due to poor phone coverage, Loroupe believes her charges have faced enough adversity in the past to be able to handle this latest setback.

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Tegla Loroupe describes impact of COVID on refugee athletes

Winning the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials booked Aliphine Tuliamuk a ticket to the Tokyo 2020 Games.
It meant the realisation of a long-time dream that began in her native village in West Pokot in Northern Kenya, where the track and field athletics discipline was a way of life.
“Running was

Aliphine Tuliamuk poses after winning the Women's U.S. Olympic marathon team trials on February 29, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Aliphine Tuliamuk: What I have learnt from Eliud Kipchoge

There is a family photo and it looks normal.
Everyone is gathered outside by a tree, the kids have bright clothes, and some of them aren’t looking the right way. The parents beam with pride.​
But war has left a scar, invisible to some, in this photo.
The grandparents are

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