Marathon

Kenya's champion Brimin Kipkorir has withdrawn from Sunday's Nairobi International Marathon and will instead compete at the more lucrative Athens Marathon on November 11.

Kipkorir, who clocked a time of 2:12.39 in winning last year's event, said he has been forced to choose between the two races and believes he has more to prove in Greece.

Her daughter was standing beside her, she knew that her mother had a hard time just standing on the sidewalk. It was quite possible that without saying a word she would suddenly step onto the road and run. Helena turned to her daughter and said, "You know, I could run these 10 kilometres too," repeating the phrase two more times.

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Hilton Athens is the official hotel of the Athens Authentic Marathon on November 11, and has announced it will open its Galaxy Bar & Restaurant from 9 a.m. for anyone wishing to have brunch with a bird's-eye view of the race that ends in central Athens.

It is also offering race participants special 30 percent discounts at its Hiltonia Spa from November 10 to 12.

The head of the Athens prosecutor's office, Ilias Zagoraios, on Tuesday ordered a preliminary investigation into accusations of mismanagement by the Municipality of Marathon of donations for victims of the blaze that hit the Mati holiday resort east of the capital in July.

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, smashing the previous best as he clocked 2hr 1min 39sec.

The 33-year-old Olympic champion, aided by a string of pacemakers through to 25km of the 42.195km race, took 1min 18sec off the previous best set four years ago by Dennis Kimetto.

With the Greek flag in one hand and ice smothered across his face, runner Argyrios Papathanasopoulos fell to his knees in exhaustion - and celebration - after winning the North Pole Marathon, the northernmost race on Earth.

A marathon runner's dramatic collapse struck a sour note on the last day of the Commonwealth Games on April 15 as hosts Australia finished runaway winners on the medals table with 80 golds.

Istanbul hosts athletes for marathon

Athletes from Ethiopia won four of the six medals in the 13th Vodafone Istanbul Half Marathon that was held in Turkey's largest city on April 8.