BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2023: The Finisher Magazine
What was that BMW BERLIN-MARATHON like? September 24th will go down in history as one of the greatest festive days in running: Even before the first starting shot was fired, a record number of 47,912 entries from 156 nations had been allocated. And that is just the marathon runners. Of these, 43,010 reached the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate. This is the second highest number of finishers in the history of the race. Tigst Assefa runs into completely new dimensions with a world record. Eliud Kipchoge wins for the fifth time. Amanal Petros pulverises the German record. And Domenika Mayer becomes the second-best German of all time. In this digital finisher magazine we have compiled all the stories and the best photos from the 49th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON for you. We hope you enjoy reading, looking at the photos and reminiscing!
What was that BMW BERLIN-MARATHON like? September 24th will go down in history as one of the greatest festive days in running: Even before the first starting shot was fired, a record number of 47,912 entries from 156 nations had been allocated. And that is just the marathon runners. Of these, 43,010 reached the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate. This is the second highest number of finishers in the history of the race. Tigst Assefa runs into completely new dimensions with a world record. Eliud Kipchoge wins for the fifth time. Amanal Petros pulverises the German record. And Domenika Mayer becomes the second-best German of all time. In this digital finisher magazine we have compiled all the stories and the best photos from the 49th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON for you. We hope you enjoy reading, looking at the photos and reminiscing!
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2:10:52 hours. In Berlin, he was<br />
the “rock in the wall” for Domenika<br />
Mayer—especially as<br />
the <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>BERLIN</strong>-<strong>MARATHON</strong><br />
was her first really big international<br />
marathon. “Chris helped<br />
me a lot at my first mega<br />
event,” says Domenika Mayer,<br />
for whom it was a completely<br />
new experience to run in the<br />
midst of such crowds as in<br />
Berlin: “<strong>The</strong> crazy atmosphere<br />
carried me most of the time,<br />
but there were also phases<br />
when it was hard and the noise<br />
and the many people even<br />
bothered me a little. <strong>The</strong>n I<br />
just looked at Chris’ back and<br />
found my way back into my<br />
tunnel that way.”<br />
With her run in Berlin, she took<br />
a big step towards the 2024<br />
Olympics in Paris. She clearly<br />
beat the standard of 2:26:50,<br />
but that will not be decisive<br />
in view of the high-performance<br />
density among the top<br />
German women. It is more<br />
important that she now leads<br />
the field of Olympic candidates.<br />
With a clear lead over Fabienne<br />
Königstein (MTG Mannheim/2:25:48)<br />
and Deborah<br />
Schöneborn (Marathon Team<br />
Berlin/2:25:52), who finished<br />
her home race in 2:27:35 hours.<br />
“I came a big step closer to my<br />
goal, even though you never<br />
know what the others might<br />
still do,” said Domenika Mayer,<br />
who has Miriam Dattke and<br />
Melat Kejeta on her list as her<br />
biggest competitors. Mayer’s<br />
club colleague Miriam Dattke<br />
will compete in the Frankfurt<br />
Marathon after cancelling her<br />
start in Berlin at short notice<br />
due to an infection. And Melat<br />
Kejeta, who has been replaced<br />
by Domenika Mayer as number<br />
two on the all-time best<br />
list, plans to make her Olympic<br />
start clear at the Valencia<br />
Marathon on the first weekend<br />
in December.<br />
Domenika Mayer, however,<br />
might have fulfilled a big dream<br />
with the Berlin race in her<br />
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