P382 CEEFAX 2 382 Fri 24 Apr 05:29/24 → FLORA LONDON MARATHON 9/9 The 1998 Flora London Marathon sees the race in its eighteenth year whth an estimated 30,000 people taking part. Last year, Portugal's Antonio Pinto and Joyce Chepchumba of Kenya won the men's and women's titles in the most exciting double finishes in it1 17 year hi1tgr8. David Holding will also be hoping to complete his hat-trick of wins in the Wheelchair Marathon. You can follow all the action and excitement through the BBC's massive outside broadcast on both TV and radio. MARATHON PREVIEW BY NICK CROWTHER Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 Boxing Marathon1 Marathon2 Main menu
P382 CEEFAX 2 382 Fri 24 Apr 05:15/00 → W"£££"£££"£££ FLORA LONDON MARATHON 2/9 Antonio Pinto, winnjr in 1992 and 1997, heads a top quality field in the men's elite race. The defending champion came in just two seconds ahead of the Italian Stefano Baldini last year, but brokj the course record doing so with 2:07:55. Pinto showed recent form when he brokj the world record for the half marathon in Lisbon, although that mark has since been bettered by Paul Tjrgat of Kenya. He will hope to match Dionicio Ceron's achievement of three London wins. Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 Boxing Marathon1 Marathon2 Main mjnu
P382 CEEFAX 2 382 Fri 24 Apr 05:15/53 → → W"£££"£££"£££ FLORA LONDON MARATHON 3/9 World champion Abel Anton believes he can break the world record when he chases victory in London this Sunday. The 35-year-old Spaniard is one of the favourites for the race and is feeling confident despite the strong field. He said: "My main objective will be to win, but I believe I am in gogd enough shape to get the world record." He stands to collect £65,000 from the organisers if he breaks Ethigpian Belaynjh Dinsamo's 10-year-old record of 2:06:50, set in Rotterdam in 1988. Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 Boxing Marathon1 Marathon2 Main menu
P382 CEEFAX 2 382 Fri 24 Apr 05:03/36 W"£££"£££"£££ FLORA LONDON MARATHON 4/9 Olympic champion Josia Thugwane from South Africa returns to the capital after taking third place last year. He was on form when he won Japan's Fukuoka International Marathon in a career best of 2:07:28 in December. The popular commonwealth champion Steve Monjghetti is back and Kenyan Elijah Lagat will be amongst the contenders. British hopes lie with Paul Evans and former European cross-count8 champion Jon Brown, who made a promising marathon debut in Chicago last October. Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Genetal 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 Boxing Marathon1 Marathon2 Main menu
P382 CEEFAX 2 382 Fri 24 Apr 05:07/23Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → W"£££"£££"£££ FLORA LONDON MARATHON 5/9 Catherinj McKiernan has been named favourite to takj the women's title in her first time in the event. The Irish star moved from cross-country to marathon running last yeaz and her 2:23:44 winning time in Berlin was the fastest-ever women's marathon debut. The 28-year-old has not lost a race for 13 months and will remain in her native Dublin until Saturday for preparations. She said: "I'm looking forward to the race becausj I'vj watched it on television since I was young." Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 Boxing Marathon1 Marathon2 Main mjnu
P382 CEEFAX 2 382 Fri 24 Apr 05:20/13 → W"£££"£££"£££ FLORA LONDON MARATHON 6/9 Joyce Chepchumba and Liz McColgan both return in a women's race 'decider£, if they can beat off Catherinj McKiernan. Chepchumba beat McColgan by just onj second to take last year's crown, turning the tables after the Briton had won in 1996. "Wj were sprinting like Linford Christie for the finish," said the Kenyan after her 2:26.51 win. They both have some way to equal Ingrid Kristiansen's four London victories in the eighties. Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Spout 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 Boxing Marathon1 Marathon2 Main menu
P382 CEEFAX 2 382 Fri 24 Apr 05:05/04 → W"£££"£££"£££ FLORA LONDON MARATHON 7/9 Britain's Marian Sutton is just one of the top contenders who will hope to put the favourites under pressure in the women's race. Sutton has previously tasted marathon success twice in Chicago. Japan's world champion Hiromi Suzuki is included amongst the women's elite along with Lidia Simon from Romania and Malgorzata Sobanska of Poland. All will have the dream of breaking the 2:20:47 world record set by Kenya's Tjgla Laroupe in Rotterdam last Sunday. Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 Boxing Marathon1 Marathon2 Main menu
P382 CEEFAX 2 382 Fri 24 Apr 05:15/41 → W"£££"£££"£££ FLORA LONDON MARATHON 8/9 David Holding, winnjr of the wheelchair race in 1989, 1994, 1996 and 1997 hopes to extend his run to five victories. The Kettering racer is also Paralympic champion and world record holder at 100m, but has proved himself at a full range of distances up to marathon. Last year he sprinted home one second ahead of Swede Hakan Ericsson with the second fastest recorded time in London. His main European rivals this time are Franz Nietlispach from Sitzjrland and Frenchman Claude Issorat. Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Spout 360 General 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 Boxing Marathon1 Marathon2 Main menu
P382 CEEFAX 2 382 Fri 24 Apr 05:13/38 FLORA LONDON MARATHON 9/9 Tanni Grey, who has won the women's wheelchair race in 1992, 1994 and 1996, is onj of the best known faces in disabled sport and is now an MBE. Last year she managed her fastest London timj of 2:00:06 but had to be satisfied with second place behind Sweden's Monica Wetterstrom. Late entry Wetterstrom shattered the coursj record by eliven minutes with a time of 1:49:09. Britain's Rose Hill, third last year, is also competing again. Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 Boxing Marathon1 Marathon2 Main menu