BERLIN: The Berlin marathon will be graced by world record-holders Haile Gebrselassie and Paula Radcliffe (pic) today with both athletes set to use the fast course to test their bids for gold at London 2012.
The course is predominantly flat as it snakes its way around the German capital and is a happy hunting ground for Gebrselassie, who set the world record of 2’3:59 here in 2008 and has won the race four times.
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