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Successful #restartrunning at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON
- Thrilling men's race
- Awesome women's debut
- Rainbow start gate as a signal
It beamed and how it beamed and with it beamed the 24,796 participants of
the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2021. The writing is on the animated rainbow start
gate, which had a very special task inside at the #restartrunning of the
biggest marathon since the beginning of the pandemic. Together with the
runners and partners, SCC EVENTS as the organizer of the BMW
BERLIN-MARATHON sent out a signal for cosmopolitanism, tolerance and
acceptance to the world with the rainbow start gate. Values for which the
BMW BERLIN-MARATHON including its endurance sports community has stood for
years. Thus emotionally charged, the recreational and top athletes set off
on their 42.195-kilometer journey in sunshine and 18 degrees Celsius.
The top-athletes results
Ethiopians Guye Adola and debutant Gotytom Gebreslase won the BMW
BERLIN-MARATHON in warm weather conditions. 30 year-old Adola, who was
second in Berlin four years ago, clocked 2:05:45. While Bethwel Yegon of
Kenya took second place at Brandenburg Gate in 2:06:14 it was not the day
of Kenenisa Bekele. The Ethiopian superstar attacked the world record of
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, who ran 2:01:39 in Berlin in 2018, in the first
part of the race but then had to settle for third with 2:06:47.
Philipp Pflieger was the best German runner with 2:15:01 in 16th place.
With temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius during the final part of the
race any hopes for record times faded. However Gotytom Gebreslase ran a
superb debut marathon. The 26 year-old surprised the favourites and ran the
third fastest time of the year with 2:20:09. Hiwot Gebrekidan took second
in 2:21:23 and Helen Tola completed an Ethiopian podium with 2:23:05.
Germany's Rabea Schöneborn finished ninth with 2:28:49. The 47th edition of
the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, which is part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors
Series, took place under strict hygiene regulations.
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