When Bethwel Yegon showed up on the Berlin marathon broadcast, just about 38k, few knew who he was. In an article we posted by Justin Lagat recently , Bethwel Yegon was known by his training partners, many who watched him race in Berlin on the Kenya TV broadcast. Bethwel moved into the top ten, then, he moved past Kenenisa Bekele, who had been in second.
Bethwel Yegon battles Guya Adole, 2021 BMW Berlin Marathon, photo courtesy of Nations.Africa
Then, Bethwel Yegon battled Guye Adole, until the very end, finishing in second in 2:06.14 to Adole’s 2:05.45.
This interview was done by our collegue at Trackwise, Andy Edwards. Andy Edwards is a long time announcer, interviewer and observer of athletes, fluent in English and German.
Andy Edwards interviewed Bethwel Yegon just after his exciting second place finish after the 2021 BMW Berlin Marathon. (Special thanks to Brian Eder on posting this audio).
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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