Tirunesh Dibaba, photo by PhotoRun.net
Chris Derrick, photo by PhotoRun.net
Tirunesh out of London
LONDON (GBR): Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba has pulled out of the London Marathon on 28 April due to “personal reasons,” informs organisers. Other notable withdrawals from the women’s race include Allie Kieffer from the United States, Switzerland’s Maude Mathys and Martina Strahl and Denmark’s Anna Holm Jorgensen, the daughter of Henrik Jorgensen, the 1988 London Marathon. Chris Derrick from the United States and Canada’s Cam Levins have both pulled out of the men’s race.