PRESS RELEASE September 17th, 2010
Sabrina Mockenhaupt hoping for top-3 place
at the real,-
BERLIN-MARATHON on September 26th
German runner Sabrina Mockenhaupt is hoping to end up on the
podium at the 37th edition of the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON. Aiming for a
personal best she is facing stiff competition tough by three Ethiopian
women and one runner from Japan. Mockenhaupt ran her PR 2008 by winning
the Frankfurt Marathon in 2:26:22 hrs making her the number two female
German marathon runner behind Irina Mikitenko (who is running Chicago two
weeks later). Main contenders on the flat and fast Berlin course are
Bezunesh Bekele (27) who placed 4th at the Virgin London Marathon in
April and owns a PR of 2:23:09 hrs. Aberu Kebede came in 2nd at the Dubai
Marathon in January clocking a PR of 2:24:26 hrs and Genet Getaneh's PB is
at 2:26:27 hrs. Tomo Morimoto (Japan) won the Vienna City Marathon in 2006
clocking a PR of 2:24:33 hrs.
Press Conferences around the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON 2010
Media hotel is the Berlin Marriott Hotel, Inge-Beisheim-Platz
1, 10785 Berlin.
Monday, September 20th, 11 a.m.
Numbers and
statistics, TV live coverage (real,- BERLIN-MARATHON is producing it´s own
TV coverage first time this year)
Wednesday, September 22nd, 11 a.m.
Inline Skating
Marathon
Thursday, September 23rd, 11
a.m.
Elite runners. Sabrina Mockenhaupt, Bezunesh Bekele, Tomo
Morimoto
Friday, September 24th, 11 a.m.
Elite runners:
Patrick Makau, Geoffrey Mutai, Eliud Kiptanui ( Kenya).
Saturday, September 25th, 6 p.m.
Winners of the
Inline Skating Marathon
Sunday, September 26th, 12 p.m.
The winners of the
37th real,- BERLIN-MARATHON
Monday, September 27th, 11 a.m.
Wrap-up of the
37th real,- BERLIN-MARATHON. Winners are present
Press center is open starting Wednesday, September 22nd, 9 a.m..
For further information call:
Thomas
Steffens
SCC-RUNNING Events
GmbH
Hanns-Braun-Straße/Adlerplatz
14053 Berlin
Tel. +49 171 9334836