Estaba esperando a tener información en castellano respecto a esta prueba, en la que Gebre volverá a asaltar el récord del mundo, con mucho dinero en juego, pero está visto que es mucho pedir...
Creo que se entiende bastante bien, y además ya subrayo lo más importante
Veteran Gebrselassie hopes to lower marathon mark in Dubai
LONDON: World marathon record holder Haile Gebrselassie believes he can lower his mark still further when he takes part in the Dubai marathon on Jan 18.
The twice Olympic 10,000 metres champion, who will be running his final race over 42.195km before the Beijing Olympics, clocked 2'04:26 in Berlin last September.
“He and I are sure that he can do
under 2'04,” his Dutch manager Jos Hermens told Reuters by telephone. “But he's 34 and this might be his last chance.”
Hermens said Gebrselassie, who has been training in his native Ethiopia, had run a 15km race this month.
“His preparation is going well,” Hermens said. “He's in great shape.”
Liebres de lujo:
Gebrselassie, who has set 26 world records, will be paced by former world half-marathon champion
Fabiano Joseph of Tanzania and the winner of the 2002 Boston and New York marathons,
Rodgers Rop of Kenya.
The prize pot for Dubai is
US$1mil with a record US$250,000 for the winners of the men's and women's races. If Gebrselassie does break the world record he will earn a bonus of US$1mil.
No será fácil que el legendario etíope logre su objetivo, ya que únicamente dos atletas han bajado de 2h10 en la historia de esta maratón. El récord pertenece a Joseph Kahuga (2:09.33) desde 2003.
Añado los resultados de la pasada edición. Ambos ganadores defenderán título.
Clasificación masculina:
1. William Rotich (KEN) 2h.09:53
2. Joseph Wambua (KEN) 2h.10:34
3. Musa Ruta Kanda (KEN) 2h.10:40
4. Alfonce Yatich (KEN) 2h.10:58
5. Joseph Ngeny (KEN) 2h.11:03
- Clasificación femenina:
1. Askale Magarsa (ETH) 2h.27:19 - Récord de la prueba
2. Abebe Eda (ETH) 2h.35:39
3. Adanech Jemilu (ETH) 2h.39:28
4. Mulie Gurmu (ETH) 2h.39:35
5. Alem Gebreezgi (ETH) 2h.40:11.
Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon 2008