Overview

• Amanal Petros set a new German half marathon record in Berlin, finishing in 59:31 and breaking his previous record from 2021 by 38 seconds.
• Samuel Fitwi won the Hannover Marathon and German championship with a time of 2:06:29, narrowly missing the course record set by Petros in 2024.
• Ethiopian athletes Gemechu Dida Diriba and Fotyen Tesfay Haiylu won the men's and women's Berlin Half Marathon races, respectively, showcasing international dominance.
• Gesa Krause, a two-time European steeplechase champion, finished 11th in the Berlin Half Marathon, using the race as preparation for the World Championships in Tokyo.
• Domenika Mayer claimed her third Hannover Marathon women's title with a time of 2:24:22, though she fell short of her own course record.