Ulrike Maisch missed norm for Berlin
27.04.2009 World
Reigning European Champion Ulrike Maisch finished third at the Berlin Marathon clocking 2:34:28 and missed the Berlin norm.
Spain Alessandra Aguilar won the race and with 2:29:01 fulfilled the standard for Berlin World Championships. Second Ethiopian Tigist Abdi got 2:34:01 and third
Ethiopian Solomon Tsige improved to 2:11:47 and won the men category, but it was for first time since 2002 that there was not sub 2:10 winning time. Charles Ngolepus of Kenya was second (2:13:25) and Brazilian Jose Telles de Souza third (2:14:46) ahead of best European Jose Moreira of Portugal (2:14:57).
Some 20 000 runners participated.
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