German marathon record holder Fitwi won't run at Tokyo worlds

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2025-05-06

Berlin (dpa) - German marathon record holder Samuel Fitwi will not compete at the world championships in Tokyo in Japan because he prefers to run a big and lucrative city marathon in autumn. "I won't run at the worlds and have agreed this with the (German athletics federation) DLV. I will be competing in a big marathon in the autumn," Fitwi said in an interview on the website of the German athletics body DLV on Tuesday. "But the final decision a......

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