Posted: April 21, 2007

Athletics (RRW): Belgrade Marathon Today

From David Monti © 2007 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved RaceResultsWeekly.com Today's Belgrade Banca Intesa Marathon will feature home country favorite, Olivera Jevtic. The tall, 29 year-old Serbian is the national record holder for the distance, 2:25:23, and also the reigning European Championships silver medalist. "In order to be as prepared for marathon as possible, I spent last four week training in Kenya," said Jevtic, who won the Serbian Sports Personality of the Year in 2006. "I have very fond memories of Belgrade and I would love to win and set the course record. It is my first marathon in front of the home crowd. I wanted to repay my debt to Belgrade marathon which took a great part in my success." Jevtic's target will be course record of 2:29:44, set by Romanian Cristina Pomacu in 2001. Andrew Sambu of Tanzania is the leading entrant in the men's race with a 2:09:52 personal best. Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest