Running Wanders can't find his way out of his slump - retirement from the Hamburg Marathon

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27.4.2025 - 17:28

Julien Wanders is currently not making the desired progress (archive photo)
Julien Wanders is currently not making the desired progress (archive photo)
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Julien Wanders experiences another disappointment at the marathon in Hamburg. The 29-year-old from Geneva gives up shortly after the halfway point at kilometer 25.

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After years of effort and difficulties, Wanders wants to try again. In Germany, he was aiming for a time under 2:10 hours for the 42.195 km for the first time. This was only the third marathon of his faltering career. The Kenyan-by-choice achieved a time of 2:11:52 on his debut at this distance in Paris in 2022, where he suffered from stomach problems, and retired in Valencia the same year.