Day: January 25, 2025
Keely Hodgkinson receives another award
Paris 2024 Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson has been named Sportswoman of the Year in a Sunday Times poll. The 22-year-old British runner won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in December 2024. In 2024, Keely Hodgkinson also defended her European 800m title and became the sixth fastest woman in the world ever
Workenesh Edesa will defend the Osaka Marathon title in a very strong competition
Ethiopian runner Workenesh Edesa will return to the Osaka Marathon as the course record holder and hoping to defend her title from last year. In 2024, she shaved more than two seconds off the course record to win and equal her personal best of 2:18:51 hours set in Berlin in 2022. Workenesh Edesa finished 8
Benson Kipruto tries to defend Tokyo Marathon title
Paris 2024 Olympic marathon bronze medalist Benson Kipruto will try to defend his Tokyo Marathon title in this year’s race on the streets of Japan on March 2. The 33-year-old Kenyan runner won the 2024 edition in 2:02:16 hours. Timothy Kiplagat (2:02:55 hours) and Vincent Kipkemboi (2:04:18 hours) finished second and third, respectively. In Tokyo,