Aspiring marathoner battles extreme exhaustion and self doubt to achieve his goal The absolute top-notch victory any regular Joe or Jane can savour to the fullest, sprinkled with heaps of gratification and pure elation, is conquering life’s seriously tough hurdles. I mean, let’s talk about tackling a full-blown marathon. There aren’t many things that can […]
The police, friends, and family are urgently looking for 29-year-old Sam van Grondelle, who disappeared in Amsterdam early on Sunday morning. He was last seen at about 3:30 a.m. getting on his bicycle at Amsterdam Central Station along the IJ side, saying at he was going to cycle about five kilometers to his home near Amstel Station.
Kenya’s Joshua Belet and Ethiopia’s Meseret Belete won the 47th edition of the Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday. The 25-year-old runner won with an official time of 2:04:18, above the course record of 2:03:39 set by Ethiopian athlete Tamirat Tola in 2021. In the women’s contest, Belete won the 42.195-kilometer race with a time of 2:18:21.