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31st London-Marathon, 17/04/2011
The fastest race ever
Record male winner and second quickest woman made it London's best ever
marathon
(photos: Sauer 4, David Wearn VLM 5)
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Record attemptees:
33 Guinness Book World Records were broken while running this year's
London Marathon.
Backwards runner Karl finally missed his target. |
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Rubik Runner:
Uli Kilian of Cologne now is part of the Guinness Book! He solved 100
cubes while running through London in 4:45. |
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Brides' time:
Eleanor Franks now is the world's fastest marathon bride after she
finished 26.2 miles within 4:11:01. |
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Omnipresent:
The Royal couple is presented by Jennifer Jennings and together reaches
the finish line in front of Buckingham Palace after 6:34:20. |
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Female Elite:
Ladies traditionally do it without
pacemakers in London. Defending champion Shobakova self-confidently
moves to the front, but later on she's not able to follow accelerating
Keitany.
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Kenyan Duel for 2nd place:
Martin Lel is famous for his speed power
after running 26 miles. On the Mall he catches his compatriot Patrick
Makau and finishes ahead of him with exactly the same time.
Lel now leads the male London medal ranks holding 3 golds and 2
silvers. Second is Portugese Pinto (3-1-3). |
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Course record:
Winning by new course record is rewarded
with 280.000 $.
Emmanuel Mutai sets himself at rank 4 on the historic world's best
list. |
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Mary Keitany (KEN):
Mary
Keitany ran her only second marathon and finds herself within the
exclusive club of sub 2:20 women! She is the fastest London champion
second to Paula Radcliffe. |
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Finisher:
Emmanuel Mutai finished runner-up in previous London and New York
marathons. He had to wait long for his first important victory.
However, now he leads the WMM rankings.
German Bettina Nick can be happy as well. She ran her fastest marathon
for five years. |
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Statistics London-Marathon 2011
Applicants: 125,000
Accepted Runners: 46,698
Finishers: 34,761 thereof 12,269 woman (35.3%)
Last registered finisher: 10:18:53
Next race: 22/04/2012
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Top Ten 2011
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1 |
Mutai, Emmanuel (KEN) |
02:04:40 |
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Lel, Martin (KEN) |
02:05:45 |
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Makau, Patrick (KEN) |
02:05:45 |
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Dos
Santos, Marlison Gomes (BRA) |
02:06:34 |
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Kebede, Tsegaye (ETH) |
02:07:48 |
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Gharib, Jaouad (MAR) |
02:08:26 |
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Bouramdane, Abderrahime (MAR) |
02:08:42 |
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8 |
Safronov, Dmitry (RUS) |
02:09:35 |
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9 |
Bat-Ochir, Serod (MGL) |
02:11:35 |
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10 |
Shelley, Mike (AUS) |
02:11:38 |
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Keitany, Mary (KEN) |
02:19:19 |
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Shobukhova, Liliya (RUS) |
02:20:15 |
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Kiplagat, Edna (KEN) |
02:20:46 |
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Bekele, Bezunesh (ETH) |
02:23:42 |
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Baysa, Atsede (ETH) |
02:23:50 |
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Akaba, Yukiko (JPN) |
02:24:09 |
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Mikitenko, Irina (GER) |
02:24:24 |
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Augusto, Jessica (POR) |
02:24:33 |
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Kebede, Aberu (ETH) |
02:24:34 |
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Konovalova, Mariya (RUS) |
02:25:18 |
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Links
www.london-marathon.info what you ever wanted to know
www.virginlondonmarathon.com
officielle website
How to enter
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