A 24-year-old runs 2:20:46 in her first marathon, without a watch, at a rainy Frankfurt Marathon
Athletics Illustrated tells how Germany's Blanka Dörfel nearly broke 2:20 on debut in wet, windy conditions, and how an underdog outran the home favorite in the men's race.
Germany's Blanka Dörfel, 24, finished second in her marathon debut at the Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 25, in 2:20:46, the second-fastest time ever by a German woman, Athletics Illustrated reports. She ran without a watch and didn't see her time until she entered the Festhalle. "The wet course was a challenge," she said. Ethiopia's Zeineba Yimer won in 2:19:45.
In the men's race, Ethiopia's Jirata Dinki, 24, running only his third marathon and with a previous best of 2:08:18, pulled away in the last two kilometres to win in 2:05:26. Germany's Amanal Petros, the European champion, was second in 2:05:46, the first German man on the Frankfurt podium in more than 25 years. "I had not reckoned with him," Petros said.
A record 19,720 runners from 128 countries entered. It was the last race for race director Jo Schindler after 25 years.
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Frankfurt Marathon
After exploring Ethiopians Dinki, Yimer win Frankfurt Marathon, the race's history and records are in Frankfurt Marathon.
First run in 1981, the Frankfurt Marathon is considered Germany's longest-established city marathon; its men's course record is 2:03:42 (Wilson Kipsang, 2011).
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