Press Release - Frrankfurt Marathon - 10/17/16

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

               MAINOVA FRANKFURT MARATHON ON OCTOBER 30:
      Frankfurt adds Paris winner Cybrian Kotut to elite field

Reigning Paris Marathon Champion Cybrian Kotut is among a group of athletes 
added to the elite field of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on 30th October. 
Last year's women's runner-up Dinknesh Mekash Tefera of Ethiopia has also 
recently joined the field for the race. The Mainova Frankfurt Marathon is 
an IAAF Gold Label Race which is the highest category of road race. Around 
15,000 runners are expected to take part in Germany's oldest city marathon. 
Entry for the race is still possible online at: www.frankfurt-marathon.com
 
In terms of the men's field, Tadesse Tola of Ethiopia, whose best time is 
2:04:49, and Kenya's Mark Korir have been mainstays on the start list for 
some time. The Ethiopian is the fastest man in the race while the Kenyan 
won the Paris Marathon last year with 2:05:49 and will meet his successor 
and compatriot in Frankfurt: Young Kenyan Cybrian Kotut triumphed in April 
this year beside the River Seine and improved his best by almost two 
minutes to 2:07:11. The 24 year-old will be eager to run another personal 
record on the flat course in Frankfurt.

Unfortunately Kenya's World Half Marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir 
decided to withdraw from the women's race because she felt her training 
hadn't gone well enough. However two strong Ethiopian contenders have 
joined the women's field: Dinknesh Mekash Tefera and Sutume Asefa Kebede. 
Tefera missed victory last year in Frankfurt by a hair's breadth in a 
thrilling finish, setting a personal best of 2:23:12 behind her compatriot 
Gulume Tollesa. Sutume Asefa Kebede has great potential as shown by her win 
in the 2015 Berlin 25km, setting an Ethiopian record of 1:21:55, the fifth 
fastest ever for the distance. Sutume's current best for the marathon is 
2:24:00 when the 22-year-old finished fourth in Dubai this January. Mamitu 
Daska was already known as a starter. The Ethiopian is the fastest runner 
on the women's start list with a personal best of 2:21:59. 

Selected elite athletes with personal bests

Men:
Tadesse Tola ETH 2:04:49
Mark Korir KEN 2:05:49
Cybrian Kotut KEN 2:07:11
Weldu Gebretsadik NOR 2:09:14
Birhanu Achamie ETH 2:09:27
Moses Masai KEN 2:10:36
Samson Gezahai ERI Debut

Women:
Mamitu Daska ETH 2:21:59
Dinknesh Tefera ETH 2:23:12
Sutume Asefa Kebede ETH 2:24:00
Fate Tola GER 2:25:14
Sarah Chebet KEN 2:27:59
Gladys Tejeda PER 2:28:12
Kumeshi Deressa ETH 2:28:42
Doris Changeywo KEN 2:31:50

More Information and online entry is available at: 
www.frankfurt-marathon.com

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