ATHLETICS NEWS - World record holder Dennis Kimetto will run the Vienna City Marathon on April 22, organisers announced on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old Kenyan's decision is a coup for the Vienna race, held on the same day as the London Marathon which usually draws the sport's biggest names.
Kimetto will be the first world record holder to take part in the Vienna race, which began in 1984, and his inclusion is part of director Wolfgang Konrad's strategy to raise the international profile of the event.
"While our motto is '35 years of theatre of emotions' we now have a sort of leading actor for this: an athlete who has extraordinary capabilities and who will be in the focus," Konrad said in a statement.
