Press Release - Berlin Marathon - 8/15/06

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                     European Championships’ bronze 
                   medallist de la Ossa runs debut at 
                         real,- BERLIN-MARATHON

Spain’s Juan Carlos de la Ossa will be running his debut at the 33. real,- 
BERLIN-MARATHON on September 24th. The 29 year-old Spaniard will, among 
others, compete against Haile Gebrselassie at the third race of the World 
Marathon Majors series (WMM) in Berlin. 40,000 runners are already 
confirmed for the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON and no more participants are 
accepted. Further entries are not possible anymore.

"With Juan Carlos de la Ossa we were able to sign an athlete who has the 
potential to become a world-class marathon runner. On the fast course in 
Berlin he could be in for a surprise at first go," said the Race Director 
of the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON, Mark Milde, who announced this shortly after 
the men’s marathon at the European Championships. There Juan Carlos de la 
Ossa had shown a good race. Despite a small injury at his right foot he was 
able to win the bronze medal in the 10,000 m. It shows that he is in a good 
shape during his preparations for the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON.

"I want to beat the time my coach ran in Berlin," said Juan Carlos de la 
Ossa in Gothenburg. Antonio Sanchez-Serrano, who is coaching de la Ossa 
now, was third in Berlin in 1994 with a time of 2:09:13 hours. It was a 
Spanish record at that time.

More information online at: www.berlin-marathon.com. 

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