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Extra showers to cool Stockholm Marathon runners
The organisers of Saturday’s Stockholm Marathon have laid on extra showers along the 42km track to stop runners overheating in temperatures of between 25C and 28C.
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Ethiopian and Swede win Stockhom Marathon
As if the marathon runners didn't have enough to deal with already, the heavens opened in Stockholm on Saturday, making for a very wet and windy race. But the damp didn't keep Swede Isabellah Andersson from taking home her seventh victory medal, with Yekeber Bayabel from Ethiopia winning the men's race.
Stockholm marathon admits 'naive' prize plan
UPDATED: Stockholm marathon organizers have said that any non-Nordic runners to finish among the top six in the race will be offered prize money and described a previous announcement that only Nordic entrants would be entitled to the cash as "quite naive".
Swede and Ethiopian win Stockholm Marathon
Sweden's Isabellah Andersson and Ethiopia's Shumi Gerbaba Eticha won the women's and men's titles of the 35th Stockholm Marathon on Saturday.
'Marathons are more like a warm-up for us'
Two Swedish Easter witches are giving up the spring festivities in Sweden to run 3,000 kilometres from Istanbul back home to Stockholm with all their gear packed tight into a pram. Kristina Paltén and Carina Borén are The Local's pick for Swede(s) of the Week.
Lagat and Andersson win Stockholm Marathon
Swedish runner Isabellah Andersson claimed her third consecutive Stockholm marathon title when she came home in 2:31:35. The men's race was dominated by the Kenyans who, led by Joseph Lagat in 2:12:48, claimed four of the first five places.
Kenyans dominate Stockholm marathon
Kenyans Isabellah Andersson and Willy Korir won their respective Stockholm marathons on Saturday.