)
Magdalena Shauri made her World Major Marathon debut in the streets of Berlin and with a third-place finish, she believes there's more to come ahead of the Olympic Games.
Over the years, Tanzania has not been synonymous with producing world beaters in long-distance races but the narrative is slowly changing thanks to some fine crop of athletes coming up.
From Gabriel Geay, there is a new marathoner, Magdalena Shauri, who turned heads at the Berlin Marathon last Sunday.
)
10:20 - 30.09.2023
ATHLETICS The millions athletes will be fighting for at the World Road Running Championships
More than Ksh 10 million has been set aside for the athletes who impress at the World Road Running Championships in Latvia, Riga.
Despite Tanzania taking only one marathoner to the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, the duo of Geay and Shauri are proof that the country can also do well in long-distance races.
Shauri made her World Major Marathon debut in the streets of Berlin and to everyone’s surprise, she managed to finish third. She has set her eyes on the Paris Olympic Games in 2024 where she is hoping of a good outing.
“I can bring home a medal from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. I want to encourage my compatriots to always keep in mind that we are capable of anything and they should not give up.
"We have the talent and I believe that when I continue training well, I will definitely do well in the future,” she said.
)
14:34 - 30.09.2023
ATHLETICS How to watch Faith Kipyegon and co. at World Athletics Road Running Championships
More than 300 athletes will be competing at the World Road Running Championships each hoping to make an impression and here is how you can watch them live in action.
Meanwhile, not much was being said about her before the Berlin Marathon but she proved to belong in the chart after her dominant exploits.
The Tanzanian clocked a Personal Best time of 2:18:41 to complete the podium behind Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa and Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui who finished first and second respectively.
)
08:50 - 30.09.2023
Meet American runner who rescheduled his wedding to compete at World Road Running Championships
Samuel Prakle was supposed to wed his long-term girlfriend this weekend but had to postpone the wedding because of the World Road Running Championships.
Shauri started her professional career back in 2015 and since then, it has all been blood, sweat, and tears to get to the level she is at the moment.
She made her marathon debut in 2017 at the Mumbai Standard Chartered Marathon and finished fourth. She then competed at the Hamburg Marathon where she finished fifth before competing at the World Championships where she failed to finish the race.
)
11:50 - 30.09.2023
STARS ABROAD AmaZulu make decision on Kenyan trialist Vincent Oburu after intensive evaluation
Kenyan forward Vincent Oburu's trial with AmaZulu FC ends without a contract offer, raising questions about his future in football.
There is no record of her running in 2018 and she bounced back in 2019 but did not compete in any marathon. In 2020, she competed in two Half Marathons only due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 27-year-old then competed at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon where she finished seventh and proceeded to win the Kilimanjaro Premium Lager Half Marathon.
)
14:00 - 29.09.2023
Ferdinand Omanyala hits the studio to record gospel song after mixed 2023 season
Africa's fastest man shared a video of himself in the studio thanking God after a mixed 2023 track season.
She took a break in 2021 and returned in 2022 where she also never competed in any full marathon race. She returned in 2023 and cemented her place in the marathon in the streets of Berlin.
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)