Shimeles breaks 14-year-old course record and secures NN Marathon Rotterdam win

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Mekides Shimeles of the dsm-firmenich Running Team shattered the course record en route to a stunning breakthrough victory in the NN Marathon Rotterdam today, recording a personal best of 2:18:56. The 20-year-old Ethiopian survived a mishap at the 25km drinks station where she missed her bottle and was forced to backtrack to retrieve it, losing […]

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