Coming up Spring marathon season and Rome, Paris, London, and Rotterdam have announced their respective elite fields from which top contenders emerged as follows:
23 March - 20th Rome Marathon
Course records :
M - 2:07:17 Benjamin Kiptoo (KEN) 2009
W - 2:22:53 Galina Bogomolova (RUS)
2013 champions :
M - 2:07:56 - Getachew Terfa Negari (ETH)
W - 2:24:40 - Helena Kirop (KEN)
Top contenders with PB's : (Ref. IAAF)
Men
Sisay Jisa 31 (ETH) 2:06:27 Paris 2012
Shume Hailu 27 (ETH) 2:09:06 Cannes (FRA) 2011
Beyene Seboka Effa 27 (ETH) 2:12:57 Košice (SVK) 2013
Jackson Kotut 26 (KEN) 2:07:30 Barcelona 2010
Leonard Langat (KEN) debut [HM PB 59:52 RAK 2011]
Weldon Kiprono Korir KEN) [HM PB 1:02:42]
Solomon Deksisa (ETH) debut [HM PB 2:02:16]
Beyene Demeke Mosisa.(ETH) debut
Women
Emma Quaglia 33 (ITA) 2:28:15 Turin 2012
Olena Shurkhno 36 (UKR) 2:23:32 Berlin 2012
Albina Mayorova 37 (RUS) 2:23:52 Nagoya 2012
Ayelu Lemma (ETH) 2:32:10 Mumbai 2012
Hanane Janat (MAR) 2:34:20
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6 April - 38th Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris
Course records :
M - 2:05:11 Stanley Biwott (KEN) 2012
W - 2:21:06 - Feyse Tadese (ETH) 2013
2013 champions :
M - 2:05:38 (PB) - Peter Some (KEN)
W - 2:21:06 (CR) (PB) - Boru Feyse Tadese (ETH)
Top contenders with PB's [Ref. IAAF]
Men
Kenenisa Bekele 32 (ETH) - Debut [HM PB 1:00:09 South Shields (GBR) 2013, reigning 5000m and 10,000m WR holder, 3 x Olympic Gold medallist, 5 x World champion]
Abdullah Shami 30 (ETH) 2:05:42 Dubai 2012
Mark Kiptoo 37 (KEN) 2:06:16 (debut) Frankfurt 2013
Azmeraw Bekele 28 (ETH) 2:07:12 Dubai 2014
Getachew Negari Terfa 31 (ETH) 2:07:32 Xiamen 2013
Limenih Getachew 23 (ETH) 2:07:35 Hamburg 2013
Gezahagn Girma (ETH) 2:07:41 Marrakech (MAR) 2013
Mule Wasihun (ETH) - debut
Women
Valentine Kipketer 21 (KEN) 2:23:02 Amsterdam 2013
Flomena Cheyech 32 (KEN) 2:24:34 Vienna 2013
Meskerem Assefa 29 (ETH) 2:25:17 Houston 2013
ZemZem Ahmed (ETH) 2:27:16 Frankfurt 2012
Martha Komu 31 (FRA) 2:25:33 Paris 2008
Sarah Chepchirchir(KEN) debut
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20 Apr - Virgin Money London Marathon 2014
Course records:
M 2:04:40 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2011
W 2:15:25 (WR) Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2003
2013 champions :
M - 2:06:04 - Tsegay Kebede (ETH)
W - 2:20:15 - Priscah Jeptoo (KEN)
Top contenders with PB's [Ref. IAAF]
Men
Wilson Kipsang 32 (KEN) 2:03:23 (WR) Berlin 2013 - World record holder
Geoffrey Mutai 33 (KEN) 2:03:02 Boston 2011 (Fastest marathon ever run), 2:04:15 Berlin 2012
Mo Farah 31 (GBR) - debut [Reigning 5,000m and 10,000 Olympic and World champion, 2011 5000m world champion, HM PB 1:00:10 (NR) South Shields (UK) 2013]
Emmanuel Mutai 30 (KEN) 2:03:52 Chicago 2013 - Course record holder
Ayele Abshero 24 (ETH) 2:04:23 Dubai 2012
Tsegaye Kebede 27 (ETH) 2:04:38 Chicago 2012 - Defending champion
Feyisa Lilesa 24 (ETH) 2:04:52 Chicago 2012
Stanley Biwott 28 (KEN) 2:05:12 Paris 2012
Women
Tiki Gelana 27 (ETH) 2:18:58 Rotterdam 2012 [reigning Olympic champion]
Florence Kiplagat 27 (KEN) 2:19:44 Berlin 2011 [holds Half marathon WR 1:05;12 Barcelona 2014]
Edna Kiplagat 35 (KEN) 2:19:50 London 2012 [2 x World champion 2011 2013]
Priscah Jeptoo 30 (KEN) 2:20:14 London 2012 - Defending champion
Aberu Kebede 25 (ETH) 2:20:30 Berlin 2012
Boru Feyse Tadese 26 (ETH) 2:21:06 Paris 2013
Tetyana Gamera-Shmyrko 31 (UKR) 2:23:58 Osaka 2013
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13 Apr - 34th Marathon Rotterdam 2014
Course records : M - 2:04:27 Duncan Kibet (KEN), James Kwambai (KEN) 2009
W - 2:18:58 Tiki Gelana (ETH) 2012
2013 champions:
M - 2:05:38 Tilahun REGASSA (ETH)
W - 2:23:27 Jemima JELEGAT (KEN)
Top contenders with PB's [Ref.IAAF]
Men
Eliud Kipchoge 30 (KEN) 2:04:05 Berlin 2013
Bernard Koech 26 (KEN) 2:04:53 (debut) Dubai 2013
Albert Matebor 34 (KEN) 2:05:25 Frankfurt 2011
Jafred Kipchumba 31 (KEN) 2:05:48 Eindhoven 2011
Girmay Birhanu 28 (ETH) 2:05:49 Dubai 2014
Women (to be announced)
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For 21 April Boston Marathon elite field
Statistics :
WR's
M - 2:03:23 Wilson Kipsang (KEN) Berlin 2013 September 29
W - 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) London 2003 Apr 13
WL's
M - 2:04:32 Tsegaye Mekonnen (ETH) Dubai 24 Jan
W - 2:21:36 Mare Dibaba (ETH) Xiamen 2 Jan
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