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A 92-year-old US grandmother has become the oldest woman to finish a marathon, when she crossed the finish line of a San Diego 26-miler on May 31, race organizers said.

BELGRADE - Preparations for the 28th Belgrade Marathon have been completed and the race, due to take place on April 18, should gather a record number of participants in elite races, the organisers of the Belgrade traditional event announced in the City Assembly on Tuesday.

Mark Korir of Kenya won the Paris Marathon on April 12, his first career victory in a prestigious international race.
      
Korir, 30, who was second in last month's Paris Half-Marathon, came home in a time of 2hr 05min 46sec, ahead of another Kenyan, Luka Kanda.
      
Seboka Tola of Ethiopia was third, with yet another Kenyan, Mike Kigen, fourth.
      

BELGRADE - This year's 28th Belgrade Marathon has become the first European event of its kind to be awarded the quality and safety certificate of European Athletics (EA), said a statement released from the organisation's headquarters in Geneva on Monday,

The Athens Half Marathon, an international event open to all, will be held for the fourth consecutive year on May 3, 2015.

Runners of all ages from Greece and abroad will have the opportunity to participate in an ideal race in the heart of the Greek capital, which is full of significant historical buildings and sites.

Athletics global governing body is to launch a doping crackdown on elite marathon runners after scandals involving top Kenyan and Russian stars.
      
Organisers of the top races in London, New York, Boston, Chicago, Tokyo and Berlin have agreed to finance extra testing of top runners by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
      

BELGRADE- Renowned Yugoslav marathon runner Franjo Mihalic passed away at the age of 95 in Belgrade on Saturday.

The legendary winner of silver medals at the Olympics in Melbourne dedicated his whole life to sport, especially athletics.

Mihalic broke down 22 records in his career, and his greatest success was the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Melbourne in April 1956.

Ethiopian athletes scored a double success Dec. 31 in the traditional New year's Eve road race in Sao Paulo, with Dawit Admasu taking the honours for the men and 2008 champion Ymer Wude Ayalew winning the women's race.
      

 ...though none of the three managed to clear this weekend's hurdles

By George Georgakopoulos

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By George Georgakopoulos

True to his word, the president of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS), Paco Borao finished the Athens Marathon-The Authentic on Sunday, at the age of 68 years, running the course for the first time in his life.