Stockholm marathon. 15 in the pack. Then 6. Then 3. One of those 3 was Gezu Desu from Ethiopia who secured a podium 🥉in today's race.
📷 Henrik Antin / #ASICS
19 year old Wudenish Alemu won the Hawasa 10km this past weekend.
Denied a USA visa for the World XC, Florida in January. Denined a visa for the RAK Half Marathon UAE in February.
The challenge is real. We adapt. Wudenish's determination sees her top in the race she could do
.@jemal_yimer1 returns after 8 years to RAK half marathon where he ran the fastest debut in history - 59.00.
Wede Kefale seeks to continue her early half marathon career after her strong debut in Copenhagen half last year - 65.20 PB.
📷 @rakhalfmarathon@asicsme
In Dubai 2.23.29 and 2.23.30 personal bests for Fantu Shugi, the 2025 Cologne marathon winner and Elfinesh Demise, the 2025 Buenos Aires Marathon winner.
Today Berlin Marathon , 21st September announced their professional field. From Moyo Sports:
▪︎ Mestawut Fikir 🇪🇹 2.18.48
Berlin 2nd 2024. The return!
▪︎ Yihunilign Adane 🇪🇹 2.05.37
Osaka, Chengdu, Toronto, winner.
His first @WMMajors race.
Thank you to Asics CEO Yasuhito Hirota and the Running Sports Marketing Team for your visit to Ethiopia. Inspired, motivated & focussed for our continuing partnership.
📷 @angasurunning#RoadTeam#TrackTeam#Ethiopia
Well, that’s one way to get the standard🤷♂️
Despite somehow starting the race about 100m of the field, Telahun Haile Bekele fights all the way back to finish 4th in 26:52.79! This was his first ever 10k on the track, having run a PB of 27:13 on the roads in January.
Bekele is now the 8th Ethiopian man with the standard and one more name in their always-crowded selection pool.