What an amazing GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON we experienced on April 7, 2019. Under the best spring weather conditions, 29,757 runners and inline skaters completed the 21.0975 kilometres to the new finish at the Brandenburg Gate, after enjoying a fantastic sightseeing tour of the capital. Although Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands missed the women's targeted world record, she delivered a new course record in a strong 65:45 minutes. And Richard Ringer led the tough field of German runners, completing his first half marathon in 62:10 minutes to finish seventh. In this digital magazine you will find all the stories and the best photos and videos for the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON 2019.
The top 3 men all
The top 3 men all finished inside three seconds. Kenya’s William Wanjiku won the race with 1:01:00. Fellow-Kenyans Kilimo Rhonzas (1:01:01) and Alfred Ngeno (1:01:02), who was a pacemaker but did not drop out, followed in second and third positions. Defending champion and course record holder Eric Kiptanui of Kenya (58:42 in 2018) had to cancel his start at short notice. And that was probably the reason why the race lacked some speed. „We wanted to run 59 minutes. But our pace was not consistent which made it very difficult. I knew already after seven kilometres that we would not run sub one hour today. This is why I concentrated on winning the race,“ said William Wanjiku, who missed his personal best by just four seconds. jw
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