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Former Tokyo and Berlin Champ Tirfi Tsegaye (2:19:41 pb) will return from maternity leave at next month's Ottawa Marathon
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2016 LRC Year-End Rankings, Women's Marathon: London/Olympic Champ Jemima Sumgong Tops the List; Shalane Flanagan Top American
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2016 Ethiopian Olympic Marathon Team Announced - Ethiopians Leave Off World's Fastest Woman And Arguably The World's Greatest Distance Runner Ever
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What Drama: Jemima Sumgong Gets Taken Out From Behind, Gets Up And Wins 2016 London Marathon
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Ethiopia's Atsede Baysa Storms from Behind to Win Boston Marathon in 2:29:19 After Leaders Blow It With a 5:00 16th Mile
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2016 Boston Marathon Women's Preview: Which Woman Will Separate Herself In A Wide-Open Field?
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Tirfi Tsegaye Wins Dubai For Second Time And Breaks 2:20 For The First Time in Her 19th Career Marathon
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2016 Dubai Marathon Women's Preview: LRC's 2014 World #1 Tirfi Tsegaye Faces The Second-Fastest 10,000 Runner Ever (Meselech Melkamu) Plus Former Champs Mulu Seboka & Mamitu Daska
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Tokyo, Berlin, and Paris Winner Tirfi Tsegaye Will Be Looking For 2nd Dubai Title on January 22nd
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Forget About The Kenyan "Fantastic Four," Ethiopia And Tigist Tufa Reign Supreme In London
Tigist Tufa was a 2:40 marathoner 2 years ago. Now she's London champ.
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Women's London Marathon Preview: The "Fantastic Four" Lead A Great Field
Former champs Mary Keitany, Priscah Jeptoo and Edna Kiplagat and HM WR holder Florence Kiplagat take on Dubai champ Aselefech Mergia and 2014 World #1, Tirfi Tsegaye.
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2014 LRC Year-End Rankings: Women's Marathon: Tirfi Tsegaye and Shalane Flanagan are Our World and US #1s
Tirfi Tsegaye won two majors and is world #1 in a year marred by doper Rita Jeptoo.
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Deena Kastor's American Record Stands as Shalane Flanagan Runs 2:21:14 for Third at 2014 BMW Berlin Marathon
Shalane Flanagan went for the AR in Berlin, but paid the price the second half. She was rewarded with a PB and the #2 time every by an American and a third place finish as Tirfi Tsegaye and Feyse Tadese went 1-2 with PBs in front of Flanagan. *Video Highlights
Organizer Press Release: Berlin Marathon's Top Women Aiming To Join Exclusive Sub-2:20 Club
2:21 Ethiopian training partners Tirfi Tsegaye and Feyse Tadese along with Shalane Flanagan are all shooting for sub-2:20.
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Shalane Flanagan Chases History and Deena Kastor's 2:19:36 American Record: 2014 Berlin Marathon Preview
Shalane Flanagan has said that her only goal is to break Kastor's record on Sunday and that everything else -- including winning the race -- is secondary to that. She has a good shot at her first major victory but will have company in the form of 2:21 women Feyse Tadese (Paris CR holder) and Tirfi Tsegaye (Tokyo CR holder, won Dubai in 2013).