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Geneva Marathon races will get city moving

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:52:05 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Parking, driving restrictions in place Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Drivers beware: the frequently snarled traffic in Geneva’s city centre and paucity of parking places could be worse than usual this weekend, with the Geneva Marathon for Unicef running. Use public transport if you’re a runner or spectator, as the lakefront area’s parking will not be [...]

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Lausanne Marathon to disrupt lakefront Sunday traffic

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:52:52 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The lake road between Lausanne and La Tour-de-Peilz will be closed to traffic (residents excepted) Sunday from 07:30 to approximately 17:00. More than 10,000 runners are registered for the Lausanne Marathon and the road will re-open depending on when the runners finish. The marathon itself is just one of several events [...]

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International sports, New York marathon: American takes men’s title, Britain’s Radcliffe painful women’s 4th

Nicholas Bates — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:56:12 +0000

GenevaLunch.com New York, NY (GenevaLunch) – The New York marathon men’s race was won by an American for the first time since 1982: Meb Keflezighi won in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 15 seconds, after pulling ahead of Kenyan Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot. British runner Paula Radcliffe’s dreams of winning the 2012 Olympics took a battering when she [...]

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Run and bike

Laila Rodriguez — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:25:02 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Title: Run and bike Location: Cheserex, Vaud Link out: Click here Description: Get ready to run and bike in VTT, a contest for very sporty duos. Date: 26 Sep 2009

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Usain Bolt and coach talk strategy before Lausanne Athletissima race

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:30:56 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Love what you do and you’ll do it well, was one of the messages Usain Bolt gave business people Monday in Lausanne. Bolt, who ran to glory in the 2008 Olympics with three gold medals and three world records, faces his first real 200 metre test of the 2009 season this [...]

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Sports: Geneva Marathon, few surprises, but could be last one

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:29:53 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The sun held out in Geneva long enough for the Geneva Marathon to be run, with 28-year-old Ethiopian Tsige Germa winning the men’s 26-kilometre race in 2:19.49.9 and Reulen Stijntje, 1967, Arzier, Vaud taking first place for the women, in 2:52.47.0. The bigger cloud over the event was the question of [...]

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Geneva marathon

Laila Rodriguez — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:12:08 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Title: Geneva marathon Location: Geneva Link out: Click here Description: This is the fifth edition of the Geneva marathon and semi-marathon. It is a great sporting event and worth watching live. Date: 10 May 2009

International sports, London Marathon

Nicholas Bates — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:37:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com London, England (GenevaLunch) - Olympic champion Samuel Wanjiru won the London Marathon after the pace makers set a blistering pace that broke up the field early on. Ethiopian Tsegay Kebede, bronze-medalist in Beijing, took second place while the Olympic silver-medal winner came in third. African runners took the top eight places. In the women’s race, [...]

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Sports: La Course de l’Escalade, Geneva

Nicholas Bates — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:55:52 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - 26,000 runners took part in the this year’s Escalade race, most of them children. In the elite men’s race, Kenyan Mike Kigen won from Ethiopian Tolossa Chengere and Eritrean Abraham Tadesse. It was the 13th Kenyan victory in the last 15 years. The women’s race was won by Ethiopian Olympic champion [...]

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International sports, running: New York Marathon

Nicholas Bates — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:54:02 +0000

GenevaLunch.com New York, NY, USA (GenevaLunch) - British runner Paula Radcliffe retained her title in the New York marathon with her third successive win. She pulled away in the 36th km to win comfortably from Russian Ludmila Petrova and Kara Goucher, the first American to make the podium since 1994. Radcliffe still has a way to [...]

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