DAS THE WOMEN‘S RENNEN

DAS THE WOMEN‘S RENNEN DER RACE FRAUENTop Ten 2025Runner Country Time1. Fotyen Tesfay ETH 63:352. Ftaw Zeray ETH 67:023. Alemaddis Eyayu ETH 67:124. Diana Chepkorir KEN 68:465. Winnie Kimutai KEN 69:106. Georgie Grec NZL 69:137. Esther Pfeiffer GER 69:158. Samantha Harrison GBR 69:239. Caroline Korir KEN 69:4610. Blanka Dörfel GER 69:46Esther Pfeiffer clocked 69:15, finishing seventh and top German.in what was then the best performanceof her career. A yearlater, she placed seventh in theOlympic 10,000m final in Paris.Then came her breakthroughhalf in Valencia, slashing overfive minutes off her PB.Tesfay’s rapid rise is no surprise– she trains in Addis Ababawith one of the most elite marathonsquads in the world.Training with Tigst Assefaand an Olympic ChampionUnder coach Gemedu Dedefo,her training partners includeOlympic silver medallist andformer marathon world record– 76 –

holder Tigst Assefa, reigningworld marathon championAmane Beriso, and Olympicmarathon champion TamiratTola. In the near future, FotyenTesfay will also make her marathondebut.Behind her, compatriot FtawZeray – just like last year – finishedsecond, crossing theline in 67:02. Alemaddis Eyayucompleted the all-Ethiopianpodium with a time of 67:12.As expected, Esther Pfeiffer(Düsseldorf Athletics) was thefastest German woman. Thesteeplechase specialist GesaKrause (Silvesterlauf Trier)kept up with Pfeiffer, wifeof 2:07 marathoner HendrikPfeiffer, until around kilometre14, after which the Düsseldorfathlete pulled away. EstherPfeiffer finished seventhoverall, clocking an impressivepersonal best of 69:15 – a timethat now places her tenth onthe German all-time list.Blanka Dörfel, wearing face paint, rana new personal best of 69:46 to makethe top ten.At the cathedral, Gesa Krause was onher own – 70:02 and eleventh placeweren’t what she had hoped for.