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40th Edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 29:
Guye Adola and defending champion Brimin Misoi add their quality
to the elite field
Guye Adola has joined the starting line-up for the Mainova Frankfurt
Marathon on Sunday, October 29. The Ethiopian of proven world-class for the
event, winner of the Berlin Marathon in 2021 when he left the great
Kenenisa Bekele trailing, has a best of 2:03:46 to his credit. Among his
rivals in Frankfurt will be the defending champion Brimin Misoi of Kenya
and the latter's compatriot Samwel Mailu who finished runner-up last year.
The fastest woman on the current start list is also a Kenyan, Visiline
Jepkesho, with a personal best of 2:21:37.
"I'm expecting a first-class race at our jubilee edition," said the race
director Jo Schindler. Germany's oldest city marathon will celebrate its
40th edition on Sunday, October 29.
The Mainova Frankfurt Marathon is on course to maintain its reputation for
strong performances among the elite and high numbers for the mass field
with around 25,000 runners expected to take part on the last Sunday in
October. The event holds an Elite Road Race Label, awarded by World
Athletics, the sport's governing body. Entries are still available at
www.frankfurt-marathon.com
Guye Adola is the fastest man in the field of the current entries. His
personal best of 2:03:46 was all the more impressive since he ran it on his
debut at the distance in Berlin in 2017. Increasing his prestige still
further, he finished second to the great Eliud Kipchoge and had led the
great Kenyan until almost 40 kilometres. The greatest triumph of his career
- so far - has also been in Berlin when he won the event two years ago in
2:05:45, a performance of special merit in warm conditions and leaving
another all-time great, Kenenisa Bekele, well behind. A spate of injuries
has prevented Adola from achieving his obvious aim of improving his
personal best and adding to his success.
Brimin Misoi won the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon last year in impressive
style, running a personal best of 2:06:11 which took him just over a minute
clear of Samwel Mailu on the race to the finish in the Festhalle. The
latter, whose entry for this year in Frankfurt had already been confirmed,
has shown excellent current form. On April 23 he won the Vienna Marathon in
a personal best and course record of 2:05:08. This places him tenth on
times for the marathon rankings for 2023.
One of the leading contenders for the women's title also has a victory in
Vienna to her credit: Magdalyne Masai of Kenya ran 2:24:12 to win the title
in April but her personal best of 2:22:16 comes from winning in Toronto in
2019. The fastest woman in the field in the current line-up is Visiline
Jepkesho, also from Kenya, though her best of 2:21:37 goes back almost a
decade to a fourth place in Paris in 2014.
Both will have to keep a sharp eye on Buzunesh Gudeta. The Ethiopian
finished fourth in Barcelona in 2:22:38 in March. Another athlete to note
is the European silver medallist in the marathon, Matea Parlov Kostro,
whose participation has already been announced. The runner from Croatia set
a personal best with victory in Hanover in spring with 2:25:45, continuing
her upward trend.
Further information and online registration can be found at:
www.frankfurt-marathon.com
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