The winner of the men's event in today's Hanover Marathon, Germany was Kenyan Moses Masai in a time of 2:12:38.
Germany's Stephan Freigang, who was third in the 1992 Olympics, came home fourth in a time of 2:14.00.
The women's winner was Ethiopian Bira Tadelech in 2:37:32 and German Ines Cronjager came second with a time of 2:41:10.
Dusseldorf -
Carsten Eich of Germany won today's Rhein Marathon in Dusseldorf with a time of 2:14.06.
Second was Brazilian Alan Bomfim Silva (2:15.38) with Kenya's Gidion Koech third in a time of 2:17.52.
The women's winner was Dorota Ustianowska, who was the only female to finish in under three hours with a time of 2:39.45.