PRESS RELEASE September 15th, 2011

Tough challenge for world record holders
Haile Gebrselassie and Paula Radcliffe at
the BMW BERLIN MARATHON on September 25th

 The Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie faces one of his toughest ever challenges in the BMW BERLIN MARATHON on September 25th. With Patrick Makau at the starting line Gebrselassie is facing the fastest marathon runner of 2010. Last year the Kenyan won the Rotterdam Marathon in April, clocking 2:04:48, and ran 2:05:08 at the BERLIN MARATHON last September in a tactical race beset by heavy rain. At the Virgin London Marathon last April Makau fell near the halfway mark and finished a close third (2:05:45). Both runners want to qualify for the Olympic Games next year and have to run fast in order to achieve that goal since competition for the three spots in their respective countries is stiff. “I´m sure he will run fast in Berlin”, Makau said. “But I will try to concentrate on my race. If we are still together at the end the stronger one may win.”

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