April 2014
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4 APRIL 2014: DEAD SEA ULTRAMARATHON 50km, JORDAN
Jordan's Olympic marathoner Methqal Alabadi won the 21st Dead Sea Ultra Marathon with a string final third of the race writes Norrie Williamson. Mosab Meqdady and Ahmad Muhaisen set the early pace on the steep downhill from 7–27km while Alabadi languished in fifth to tenth place early on. But the likeable Jordanian upped the pace and carved his way to the front to leave his nearest competitor, Fatih Oudey, over a kilometre behind by the finish.
Razan Muqbel and Ali Hanoi exchanged the lead in the women's race many times but it was just too much of a stretch for Muqbel to hang-on when Ali made her break after passing through 35km.
The Dead Sea is a destination for both tourists and runners alike, because of the uniqueness of the race, and for the vast range of sights and attractions. These include the Baptism site, Jerash &mdahs; said to be the second best-preserved Roman city outside Italy, Petra, one of the worlds oldest cities, and Mount Neba where Moses first sighted the "land of milk and honey". With the race on Friday it is an ideal long weekend "run and see" especially for European runners only a few hours flight away.
The race starts in the Jordanian capital, Amman, at a height of nearly 990m and after 7km of undulations, drops precipitously to 38km where a more gradual slope then take runners down to the final "depth" of 440m below sea level.
The event, which offers distances of 10km, 21km and 50km, attracts 40000 participants and runners from 50 countries. All races finish at the Amman beach on the water's edge allowing the runners to float their way back to recovery in the Dead Sea — nature's largest natural hyperbaric chamber.
MEN: 1 Methqal AL ABADI JOR 2:56:03 2 Fathi OUDEH JOR 3:00:27 3 Mosab MEQDADY JOR 3:01:44 4 Ahmad MUHAISEN JOR 3:16:06 5 Stephen GURR AUS 3:29:21 WOMEN: 1 Hanoia ALI SUD 3:39:32 2 Razan MUQBEL JOR 3:58:18 3 Fleur KENWARD CAN 4:04:29 4 Chris PEETERS BEL 4:08:59 HALF MARATHON: MEN: 1 Rafat KASEM JOR 1:05:31 2 Ayman SARDY JOR 1:05:57 3 Bashar ARHAYEL JOR 1:07:52 4 Bilal Sha AR JOR 1:11:20 5 Mohammad AL HAMOURI JOR 1:17:10 WOMEN: 1 Nina BREKELMANS USA 1:23:56 2 Sojood AL KHUTABA JOR 1:27:05 3 Erin DEMCHKO USA 1:28:57 4 Neheda BAWWAT JOR 1:31:40 5 Hannah ROSE USA 1:37:41
5 APRIL 2014: SPORTISSIMO PRAGUE HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
Photos: www.photorun.net
Joyce Chepkirui dominated the race from the start to set a course record and the fifth fastest time ever run on a record eligible course. The men's race also produced very fast times in fine weather conditions. Kenya's Peter Kirui set a personal best of 59:22, the sixth fastest time run this year. 12,500 runners entered the event.
Chepkirui burst away from her rivals right after the start, guided by her husband, pacemaker and coach Erick Kibet she went through 5km in 15:16 and 10km in 30:56, on course to break the world record. However she slowed in the third 5km section, passing 15km in 46:49.
"I hoped to run under 66 minutes, but the last kilometre was getting very tough." she said. It was the fourth time in a row that the women's course record was broken: in 2011 by Lydia Cheromei with 67:33, then Chepkirui with 1:07:03 and a year ago Gladys Cherono clocked 66:48. Five women finished inside 70 minutes.The men were always on course for a time of around 59 minutes. A group of eight passed 10km mark in 28:07 behind Kenyan pacemaker Hillary Kipchumba. When Peter Kirui moved away in the 14th kilometre he was soon on his own. He passed 15km in 42:01 Kirui, 15 seconds ahead of a chasing group of four runners and more than doubled this advantage by the finish.
MEN: 1 Peter KIRUI KEN 59:22 2 Mosinet GEREMEW ETH 59:54 3 Daniel WANJIRU KEN 59:59 4 Nicholas KOPKEMBOI KEN 1:00:11 5 Henry KIPLAGAT KEN 1:00:24 6 Bernard BETT KEN 1:00:47 7 Evans Kiplagat BARKOWET KEN 1:00:55 8 Nicholas BOR KEN 1:01:25 9 Million FEYSA ETH 1:01:26 10 Hunegnaw MESFIN ETH 1:01:50 WOMEN: 1 Joyce CHEPKIRUI KEN 1:06:19 2 Emily CHEBET KEN 1:08:26 3 Wude AYALEW ETH 1:09:23 4 Esther CHEMTAI KEN 1:09:49 5 Afera GODFAY ETH 1:09:52 6 Waganesh MEKASHA ETH 1:10:23 7 Betelhem MOGES ETH 1:10:37 8 Bouchra GHEZIELLE FRA 1:01:04 9 Firehiwot DADO ETH 1:11:15 10 Natalya POPOVKA RUS 1:13:58
6 APRIL 2014: ALEXANDER THE GREAT MARATHON, GREECE
MEN: 1 Victor Kiprono KIMELI KEN 2:21:14 2 Teklu Getu METAFERIA ETH 2:26:34 3 Kyriakos SYMIRIOTIS GRE 2:33:23 4 Elisha Kiprotich SAVVE KEN 2:34:24 5 Wilfred Chelimo CHESEREK KEN 2:38:07 6 Giorgios SIKALOS GRE 2:46:14 7 George KATAKALOS GRE 2:46:36 8 Dimitrios TZEFALIS GRE 2:48:11 9 Giorgios TSIGERIDIS GRE 2:48:15 10 Manolis SIFAKIS GRE 2:48:46 WOMEN: 1 Magda GAZEA GRE 2:47:04 2 Maria Magdalena LUCA ROU 2:53:46 3 Alina NITULEASA ROU 2:59:53 4 Vasiliki KARAGEORGAKI GRE 3:05:13 5 Athanasia FILIOU GRE 3:15:14 6 Christina DEMESTICHA GRE 3:16:35 7 Mirsini KOLIFA GRE 3:20:44 8 Dimitra IORDANIDOU GRE 3:22:18 9 Wendy MARKS GBR 3:23:15 10 Antonia KOROZI GRE 3:24:40 10km MEN: 1 Dimosthenis MAGGINAS GRE 31:01 2 Georgios KARAVIDAS GRE 32:01 3 Efstathios MAVRIDOPOULOS GRE 33:46 WOMEN: 1 Paraskevi KATSAKIORI GRE 38:08 2 Theodosia MARKOU GRE 38:36 3 Margarita NTINA GRE 39:55
6 APRIL 2014: CSOB BRATISLAVA MARATHON, SLOVAKIA
MEN: 1 Joel MWANGI KEN 2:18:22 2 Isaac CHESINY KEN 2:27:55 3 Richard Kemboi CHEPKWONY KEN 2:28:10 4 Evgenii GLIVA UKR 2:28:31 5 Ivan BUBNOV RUS 2:29:44 6 Szabolcs BEDA HUN 2:30:03 7 Gabor NEMETH HUN 2:31:04 8 Gergely DELI HUN 2:33:54 9 Michal KOVAR CZE 2:38:24 10 Gergely HORVATH HUN 2:40:26 WOMEN: 1 Alice KIBOR KEN 2:42:55 2 Tunde SZABO HUN 2:44:37 3 Marija VRACIC CRO 2:57:32 4 Eva VARGA HUN 3:05:49 5 Kristina LAPINOVA SVK 3:10:12 6 Krisztina SZABO HUN 3:11:13 7 Csilla NAGY SVK 3:15:08 8 Lada ZELEZNA CZE 3:23:12 9 Diana TESOVICOVA SVK 3:27:43 10 Radka PAULINYOVA SVK 3:28:36
6 APRIL 2014: DAEGU INT'L MARATHON, KOREA
Yemane Tsegay Adhane lived up to his billing as race favourite and won in a course record time writes Phil Minshull. Adhane took more than a minute off the previous record. It was his seventh victory in 19 outings to date, and extended his streak of winning at least one marathon every year since he made his debut in 2008.
Mulu Seboka made it an Ethiopian double by taking the women's title with her third consecutive Marathon victory, and the fifth Ethiopian victory in the women's race of the six editions held. It is the third consecutive win for the prolific Seboka, running her 31st marathon. She had finished second in Daegu for the last two years.
MEN: 1 Yemane Tsegay ADHANE ETH 2:06:51 2 Ghebretsadik ABRAHA ETH 2:07:06 3 Nixson KURGAT KEN 2:07:18 4 Elijah KEMBOI KEN 2:07:43 5 Jacob Kibet KENDAGOR KEN 2:07:53 WOMEN: 1 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:25:23 2 Meseret LEGESE ETH 2:28:03 3 Judith TORIBIO PER 2:29:51
6 APRIL 2014: ASICS MEDIO MARATON VILLA DE MADRID, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Peter Emase LEMUYA KEN 1:02:00 2 Dickson HURU UGA 1:02:02 3 Silas Kirwa NGETICH KEN 1:02:15 4 Mohamed BLAL MAR 1:03:26 5 Workheh Fikire SERBESSA ETH 1:04:15 6 Titus KIPJUMBA KEN 1:04:53 7 Kidane TADESSE ETH 1:05:30 8 Jesus Antonio NUNEZ ESP 1:05:39 9 Abdelahi HABASSA ESP 1:05:45 10 Hassan AHOUCHAR MAR 1:05:48 WOMEN: 1 Cynthia Jerotich LIMO KEN 1:09:40 2 Marta Tigabea MEKONEN ETH 1:12:01 3 Nancy CHEPTEGEI KEN 1:12:17 4 Salima CHARKI ESP 1:12:22 5 Elena Maria ESPESO ESP 1:14:13 6 Rose CHELIMO KEN 1:15:54 7 Analia ROSA ESP 1:16:03 8 Marisol MADERA ESP 1:16:48 9 Jimena MARTIN ESP 1:18:38 10 Cristina LOEDA ESP 1:20:05 5km MEN: 1 Santiago DELAFUENTE ESP 15:33 2 Fernando DIEZ ESP 15:45 3 Borja PEREZ ESP 15:52 WOMEN: 1 Esther DESVIAT ESP 16:58 2 Penelope BANOS ESP 18:13 3 Charlotte COTTON 19:33
6 APRIL 2014: SUISSEGAS MILANO CITY MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Francis KIPROP KEN 2:08:53 2 Stephen Kipkemei TUM KEN 2:10:41 3 Ghebre KIBROM ERI 2:11:12 4 Ihor OLEFIRENKO UKR 2:13:10 5 Daniel TOO KEN 2:15:13 6 Danili GOFFI KEN 2:17:20 7 Mitja KOSOVELJ SLO 2:18:23 8 Joash Kipkoech MUTAI KEN 2:18:41 9 Debebe Tolossa WOLDE ETH 2:18:43 10 Rene CUNEAZ ITA 2:20:03 WOMEN: 1 Visiline JEPKESHO KEN 2:28:40 2 Monica JEPKOECH KEN 2:34:49 3 Megertu Tafa MEGERSA ETH 2:35:41 4 Tsegaye BEYENE ETH 2:36:23 5 Charlotte KARLSSON SWE 2:42:48 6 Claudia GELSOMINO ITA 2:51:22 7 Franca Maria CHIORAZZO ITA 2:54:28 8 Tatiana BETTA ITA 2:55:22 9 Lorenza BANCHETTI ITA 3:02:46 10 Katarzyna KUZMINSKA POL 3:03:02
6 APRIL 2014: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC PARIS MARATHON, FRANCE
Kenenisa Bekele's dream debut did not quite materialise — he did not break the world record — but he did win in a new course record writes Jon Mulkeen.
The race was built for Bekele. He was one of a group of about 16 runners, headed by three pacemakers, who went through 5km in 14:43 and 10km in 29:35. By 15km (44:15) there were 12, and nine at halfway, reached in 1:02:09, — 29 seconds adrift of the planned schedule. At 25km (1:13:53) the final pacemaker dropped out, which left Bekele as the leader. Just two kilometres later, he went ahead with fellow Ethiopian Tamirat Tola, chased by Mike Kigen, Limenih Getachew and Gideon Kipketer. After 30km (1:28:39) Bekele kicked on and was out in front alone. He went through 35km in 1:43:36 with a lead of 45 seconds. Behind him, Getachew had moved into second place as Tola began to fade. Further back, Jackson Limo had passed a tiring Kigen. Bekele crossed the line in 2:05:03 to take nine seconds off the course record set two years ago by Stanley Biwott. His time is the sixth-fastest marathon debut in history on a record-eligible course, and the fastest ever debut by someone older than 30.
Kenya's Flomena Cheyech lived up to pre-race expectations to win the women's race, but in a time that exceeded expectations. A compact lead group ran together for the first half. After passing 15km in 51:04, Cheyech took the lead and began her long run for home. As she upped the tempo her lead grew. Despite looking tired in the closing stages she came home almost two minutes faster than she had ever run before. It was the fourth-fastest winning time in the French capital. Almost four minutes behind her, Ethiopia's Yebrgual Melese took more than three minutes off the personal best she set earlier this year in Dubai on her marathon debut.
MEN: 1 Kenenisa BEKELE ETH 2:05:03 2 Limenih GETACHEW ETH 2:06:49 3 Luca KANDA KEN 2:08:01 4 Robert KWAMBAI KEN 2:08:48 5 Jackson LIMO KEN 2:09:05 6 Gideon KIPKETER KEN 2:10:35 7 Mike KIGEN KEN 2:10:58 8 Ketema BEHAILU ETH 2:13:23 9 Mark KIPTOO KEN 2:13:58 10 Ahmed EZZOBATRY FRA 2:15:34 WOMEN: 1 Flomena CHEYCH KEN 2:22:44 2 Yebrgual MELESE ETH 2:26:21 3 Zemzem AHMED ETH 2:29:35 4 Faith CHEMAOUI KEN 2:31:59 5 Gebisse Godana DERBI ETH 2:36:27 6 Martha KOMU FRA 2:36:33 7 Aheza KIROS ETH 2:38:12 8 Laurane PICOCHE FRA 2:39:22 9 Yulia ARKHIPOVA RUS 2:40:18 10 Kim DILLEN 2:41:29
6 APRIL 2014: 7th POZNAN HALF MARATHON, POLAND
MEN: 1 Mark Kibiwott KANGOGO KEN 1:02:45 2 Martin Muia MUKULE KEN 1:02:49 3 Evans Baringo KOSGEI KEN 1:02:53 4 Evans Kipkorir TAIGET KEN 1:03:10 5 Bartosz MAJORCZYK POL 1:10:22 6 Adam KONIECZNY POL 1:11:35 7 Krzysztof GORNY POL 1:12:19 8 Blazej WYTWER POL 1:12:20 9 Krzysztof RAJEWICZ POL 1:12:40 10 Maciej LUCYK POL 1:12:50 WOMEN: 1 Lucy NJERI KEN 1:11:32 2 Monica STEFANOWICZ-DRYBULSKA POL 1:14:48 3 Johanna SUSMANEK POL 1:26:23 4 Anna CIESLAK POL 1:27:47 5 Iliana Jopek LUBIK POL 1:28:43 6 Karolina CHABROS POL 1:31:27 7 Katarzyna DOWNAR POL 1:32:09 8 Magdalena BISKUPSKA POL 1:32:13 9 Anna BACHORZ GBR 1:32:29 10 Jusztina OLEJNICZAK POL 1:32:43
6 APRIL 2014: MDS SANTIAGO MARATHON, CHILE
MEN: 1 Beraki BEYENE ETH 2:11:50 2 Simoin KARIUKI KEN 2:12:11 3 Julius KARINGA KEN 2:13:38 4 Michael CHEGE KEN 2:15:21 5 Julius KETER KEN 2:15:52 WOMEN: 1 Emily CHEPKORIR KEN 2:35:16 2 Shewarge ALENE ETH 2:35:30 3 Lucy KARIMI KEN 2:35:39 4 Erika OLIVEIRA CHI 2:36:08 5 Carmen MARTINEZ CHI 2:38:05 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Leslie Encina QUINTANA CHI 1:05:59 2 Chirstopher Guajardo MONDACA CHI 1:06:13 3 Matias SILVA 1:06:25 WOMEN: 1 Clara De las Nieves MORALES CHI 1:17:33 2 Gisell Alvarez RIVERA CHI 1:19:37 3 Paola Kung VELASQUEZ CHI 1:20:33
6 APRIL 2014: ZURICH MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
MEN: 1 Berhanu Haile LEMI ETH 2:10:40 2 Edwin Kiprop KORIR KEN 2:11:02 3 Samson Mungai KAGIA KEN 2:11:12 4 Emmanuel SIKUKU KEN 2:11:20 5 Stepan KISELEV RUS 2:11:28 6 Richard Kiprono BETT KEN 2:12:04 7 Temesegn GURMESSA ETH 2:14:24 8 Joel KOSITANY KEN 2:14:44 9 Emmanuel SAMAL KEN 2:15:08 10 Tolosssa CHENGERE ETH 2:15:57 WOMEN: 1 Mona STOCKHECKE GER 2:34:04 2 Belaynesh Jida BEKELE ETH 2:36:00 3 Kiraz UMMU TUR 2:36:45 4 Anne-Marie HYRYLAINEN FIN 2:39:54 5 Ursula SPIELMANN-JETZINER SUI 2:41:56 6 Priscah Jemutai BARTENGA KEN 2:42:00 7 Frida LUNDEN SWE 2:42:37 8 Nicola SPIRIG SUI 2:42:53 9 Magali DI MARCO SUI 2:44:00 10 Alina ARMAS NAM 2:45:44 CITY RUN 10km MEN: 1 Nicholas COLLAS SUI 31:58 2 Egon AUCHLI SUI 32:51 3 Silvan DUFT SUI 33:37 WOMEN: 1 Anna HALASZ SUI 36:22 2 Claudia KAHL SUI 36:45 3 Cornelia STUDER SUI 37:02
9 APRIL 2014: UVU NORTH POLE MARATHON, NEUTRAL POLAR OCEAN
MEN: 1 Mike WARDIAN USA 4:07:40 2 Luke WIGMAN GBR 5:03:55 3 Patrick CANDE PYF 5:46:19 4 Bruno ERCOLI PYF 5:54:46 5 Ian HUNT GBR 6:42:56 6 Hans-Jorg HEGNER SUI 6:49:15 7 William GARGIULLO SUI 6:54:00 8 Sierd NUTMA NED 7:19:40 9 Pierre WOLKONSKY FRA 7:25:00 10 Mark COOPER AUS 7:32:18 WOMEN: 1 Anne-Marie FLAMMERSFELD GER 4:52:45 2 Anna WESTER NED 7:57:50 3 Shona THOMSON GBR 9:09:22 4 Eleanor DORRAN IRL 9:21:24 5 Pam SOLBERG-TAPPER USA 9:53:55 6 Jacqui BURKE GBR 10:09:30 7 Judy SCRINE GBR 10:23:47 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Ian EGAN IRL 3:41:07 2 Paul LANGAN IRL 4:18:00 3 Yusuke MAMADA JPN 4:29:10 WOMEN: 1 Pia-Margit HEGNER SUI 3:42:00 2 Mary GREALISH IRL 4:23:27 3 Orla MURPHY IRL 5:41:14
13 APRIL 2014: AUSTRALIAN RUNNING FESTIVAL MARATHON
More than 4,000 runners took part in the fourth annual Australian Running Festival, in Half, Full and Ultra Marathons.
Runners explored the new one-lap course that started outside Old Parliament House, before weaving its way around the picturesque Canberra lakeside. To date, the Australian Running Festival has raised more than $164,000 for 180 Australian charities.
Of 253 starters in the 50km ultramarathon, Scott Brittain from Queensland won in 3:12:40. Tina Major was the first woman, finishing in 3:35:08.
Full results are at www.runningfestival.com.au.
MEN: 1 Samuel WOLDEAMANUEL ETH 2:21:38 2 David CRINITI AUS 2:24:45 3 Rowan WALKER AUS 2:26:40 4 Sean BOWES AUS 2:29:23 5 Anthony FARRUGIA AUS 2:31:40 6 Chadi ELASHKAR AUS 2:33:28 7 Jonno WINDSOR AUS 2:37:56 8 John CSONGEI AUS 2:38:28 9 Michael DALY AUS 2:50:14 10 Leith BABIAN AUS 2:53:37 WOMEN: 1 Kirsten MOLLOY AUS 2:49:57 2 Rhiannon SNIPE AUS 2:55:59 3 Hannah WALMSLEY AUS 2:57:04 4 Magda KARAMALI-POULOS AUS 3:03:10 5 Kelly-Anne VAREY AUS 3:05:49 6 Fiona KUPRESANIN AUS 3:09:25 7 Bronwyn HAGER AUS 3:09:32 8 Anna HEATH AUS 3:11:15 9 Yvette KNOX AUS 3:13:05 10 Elizabeth PITTAWAY AUS 3:14:08 HALF MARATHON: MEN: 1 Michael CHAPMAN AUS 1:11:10 2 Matthew FENECH AUS 1:11:54 3 Nuru SOMI JPN 1:13:46 WOMEN: 1 Fleur FLANERY AUS 1:23:59 2 Jane GORDON AUS 1:25:01 3 Anabel HOWE AUS 1:25:09
13 APRIL 2014: GUAM INTERNATIONAL MARATHON
MEN: 1 Koki KAWAUCHI JPN 2:38:07 2 Yusuke INOSE JPN 2:38:43 3 Yu SUGIYAMA JPN 2:39:54 4 Tsukasa KAWARAI JPN 2:41:14 5 Fumio YAMANE JPN 2:47:26 6 Masaharu IGARASHI JPN 2:48:53 7 Ryan MATIENZO GUM 2:51:48 8 Derek MANDELL GUM 2:53:19 9 Hiroshi IRAHAWA JPN 2:53:52 10 Atephen KIBBEE GUM 2:55:28 WOMEN: 1 Eun Hee YOON KOR 3:04:44 2 Nora NEWCOMBE IRL 3:06:07 3 Yuka YAMAZAKI JPN 3:07:05 4 Nami IWAHARA JPN 3:09:06 5 Yoshiko TSUTSUMI JPN 3:10:59 6 Chie TSUJII JPN 3:13:37 7 Tsakie ISHIBASHI JPN 3:24:27 8 Rie ITO JPN 3:24:40 9 Erika FUKUDA JPN 3:29:49 10 Kristina INGVARSSON GUM 3:40:45 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Hideyuki IDEGAMI JPN 1:09:29 2 Masakazu OHSAWA JPN 1:13:13 3 Takuya SAITO JPN 1:14:43 WOMEN: 1 Megumi SUGAWARA JPN 1:37:25 2 Yumika SUGAHARA JPN 1:40:17 3 Ui FUJITO JPN 1:43:01
12 APRIL 2014: KHARKHIV INT'L MARATHON, UKRAINE
MEN: 1 Igor RUSS UKR 2:18:17 2 Andrei NAUMOV UKR 2:19:35 3 Pavel VERETSKII UKR 2:21:22 4 Dmitro POZHEYLOV UKR 2:27:37 5 Dmitrii VOIT UKR 2:29:39 6 Andrew KIMANZI KEN 2:30:12 7 Viktor ROGOVOI UKR 2:34:05 8 Mikola NESTERENKO UKR 2:35:54 9 Ruslan KRASOVSKII UKR 2:36:49 10 Igor SLIUSARENKO UKR 2:41:32 WOMEN: 1 Valentina POLTAVSKAYA UKR 2:53:44 2 Olena FEDOROVA UKR 3:01:02 3 Lyubov NOVIKOVA UKR 3:08:27 4 Lyudmila SHCHLEST UKR 3:09:33 5 Elena SIMONOK UKR 3:11:15 6 Lyubov SICH UKR 3:15:31 7 Olga ANDRUSHKEVICH UKR 3:15:32 8 Marina SHAPOVALOVA UKR 3:16:52 9 Olga MASHCHENKO UKR 3:24:38 10 Tatiana SVIRIDOVA UKR 3:25:10
13 APRIL 2014: LODZ MARATHON DBAM O ZDROWIE, POLAND
MEN: 1 Yared SHEGUMO POL 2:10:41 2 Hassan Omanga MIKAYA KEN 2:10:47 3 Gelgelo Tona OUTOYA ETH 2:10:53 4 Haile Haja GEMEDA ETH 2:11:21 5 Marcin CHABOWSKI POL 2:11:23 6 Belachew Alemayehu AMETE ETH 2:12:38 7 Zemenu Tsega WORKNEH ETH 2:15:32 8 Marcin BLAZIUNSKI POL 2:17:31 9 Piotr BASSENDOWSKI POL 2:36:54 10 Piotr HUMERSKI POL 2:38:34 WOMEN: 1 Karolina JARZYNSKA POL 2:28:12 2 Gladys KIPSOI KEN 2:34:20 3 Svetlana STANKO UKR 2:34:55 4 Worknesh Tola BIRU ETH 2:35:04 5 Tsega Gelaw RETA ETH 2:36:28 6 Tiruwork Mekonnen LEMMA ETH 2:39:00 7 Anna JAKUBCZAK PAWELEC POL 3:06:47 8 Beata KANTYKA POL 3:12:57 9 Katarzyna OLES POL 3:14:15 10 Joanna ANDERSON POL 3:18:59
13 APRIL 2014: ABN AMRO MARATHON ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
MEN: 1 Eliud KIPCHOGE KEN 2:05:00 2 Bernard KOECH KEN 2:06:08 3 Bernard KIPYEGO KEN 2:07:58 4 Deriba ROBI ETH 2:08:02 5 Weldu NEGASH ERI 2:09:14 6 Albert MATEBOR KEN 2:10:40 7 Khalid CHOUKOUD NED 2:10:52 8 Alemayehu ABEBE ETH 2:13:30 9 Willem VAN SCHUERBEEK BEL 2:13:55 10 James THEURI FRA 2:14:48 WOMEN: 1 Abebech AFERWORK ETH 2:27:50 2 Guteni SHONE ETH 2:30:23 3 Beata NAIGAMBO NAM 2:31:00 4 Diana CHEPKEMBOI KEN 2:32:16 5 Maria Azucena DIAZ ESP 2:32:22 6 Ruth van der MEIJDEN NED 2:35:15 7 Zana JEREB SLO 2:35:57 8 Stefanie BOUMA NED 2:37:54 9 Sara KLEIN AUS 2:38:53 10 Conny BERCHTOLD SUI 2:44:44
13 APRIL 2014: SAO PAULO INTL HALF MARATHON CORPORE, BRAZIL
MEN: 1 Fabio Ramos DOS SANTOS BRA 1:09:03 2 Vagner Da Silva NORONHA BRA 1:09:04 3 Domingos Jesus FREITAS BRA 1:09:42 4 Joao Carlos Ribeiro CARDOSO BRA 1:10:49 5 Jise Luiz DA SILVA BRA 1:11:07 6 Adriano BASTOS BRA 1:11:40 7 Gilson Rodrigues DE MIRANDA BRA 1:13:01 8 Valdir Aparecido BUENO BRA 1:13:02 9 Joachim de Sousa SOBRINHO BRA 1:13:57 10 Joao Pires LINS BRA 1:14:02 WOMEN: 1 Cristiane Batista DE SOUZA BRA 1:23:29 2 Ivanilda Pereira DOS SANTOS BRA 1:26:26 3 Angelina Das Gracas RAFAEL BRA 1:26:31 4 Vivian DE OLIVEIRA BRA 1:26:35 5 Daniela Barcelos DE SOUZA BRA 1:28:57 6 Cristiane Bernado CONCEICAO BRA 1:31:29 7 Paloma VASCONCELOS BRA 1:33:00 8 Andree Cavallini FERNANDES BRA 1:33:09 9 Anarley de Conceicao BRITO BRA 1:33:38 10 Maria Silvania DA SILVA BRA 1:33:51
13 APRIL 2014: 31st VIENNA CITY MARATHON, AUSTRIA
Getu Feleke clocked a superb course record well ahead of his Kenyan opposition, but there was a major upset in the women's race. With 300m to go Germany's Anna Hahner passed a struggling Caroline Chepkwony to secure her first marathon victory. A record number of 42,078 runners from 127 nations entered the various events of the Vienna City Marathon and enjoyed fine but windless and cool weather (10°C), although in the later stages it started raining and the wind picked up.
A group of 12 passed 10km in 29:45 minutes, reduced to eight by halfway (1:02:42). At 25km there were four runners running behind two pacemakers: Feleke plus Kenyans Philip Kimutai, Felix Kiprotich and Wilfred Kirwa Kigen. By 30km (1:28:48) the last pacemaker had dropped out and Feleke took up the running bursting away with a 2:46 kilometre. No one was able to follow him.
The women's race was a completely different story. Pre-race favourite Caroline Chepkwony took control from the start, running in a lead group of four with Marta Lema, Alice Chelangat and Mai Ito. She moved ahead before 20km and at halfway was 20 seconds ahead. She soon had a huge lead, but Germany's Anna Hahner gradually overtook one of the faltering front runners after another until she took second place at 35km. "That was the best I could have hoped for," Hahner later explained, with Chepkwony 2:23 ahead of her.
But everything suddenly changed as, with a few kilometres to go the Kenyan dramatically slowed and Hahner quickly made up ground. At 40km there was still a 1:24 gap between them, but with 300m to go Hahner caught Chepkwony, who could barely run any more. "I am totally overwhelmed and still in dreamland," said Hahner, who waltzed to the finish line for the first German victory in Vienna since Christa Vahlensiek in 1989.
MEN: 1 Getu FELEKE ETH 2:05:41 2 Alfred KERING KEN 2:08:28 3 Philip KIMUTAI-SANGA KEN 2:08:58 4 Duncan KOECH KEN 2:09:17 5 Oleksandr SITOVSKYY UKR 2:10:44 6 Ryo YAMAMOTO JPN 2:10:59 WOMEN: 1 Anna HAHNER GER 2:28:59 2 Caroline CHEPKWONY KEN 2:29:18 3 Marta LEMA ETH 2:31:10 4 Alice CHELANGAT KEN 2:32:46 5 Olga GLOK RUS 2:33:23
13 APRIL 2014: 29th TELEKOM VIVICITTA SPRING HALF MARATHON, HUNGARY
MEN: 1 Lajos BERECZ HUN 1:08:53 2 Elias BJORNSON SWE 1:10:09 3 Szabolcs BEDA HUN 1:13:22 4 Daniel VARGA HUN 1:14:03 5 Zoltan KAPITANY HUN 1:15:43 6 Milan Gabor SZABO HUN 1:16:43 7 Balazs KOMOCSIN HUN 1:16:52 8 Peter JUHASZ HUN 1:17:29 9 Henrik BENGTSSON SWE 1:17:46 10 Gabor KINDL HUN 1:18:31 WOMEN: 1 Judit FOLDINGNE NAGY HUN 1:22:53 2 Eva VARGA HUN 1:24:17 3 Meghan LASKAI USA 1:25:47 4 Lilla ROZSNYAI HUN 1:27:33 5 Timea LADANYI HUN 1:27:57 6 Anette KROON SWE 1:29:02 7 Csilla NAGY HUN 1:29:32 8 Agnes KLEMNE-ZABO HUN 1:30:54 9 Gyongyi NAGY HUN 1:31:12 10 Ildiko MOD HUN 1:31:13
19 APRIL 2014: PARDUBICE WINE HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
MEN: 1 Joel Maina MWANGI KEN 1:04:24 2 Mark KWALIA KEN 1:05:07 3 Olexandr MATIVCHUK UKR 1:05:14 4 Ruslan PECHNIKOV UKR 1:06:22 5 Simon Kiprono KISANG KEN 1:06:39 6 Wilson Wambugu KAMAU KEN 1:07:31 7 Jan KREISINGER CZE 1:07:50 8 Petr PECHEK CZE 1:07:58 9 Vit PAVLISTA CZE 1:08:15 10 Ondrej FEJFAR CZE 1:09:52 WOMEN: 1 Gladys Jepkurui BIWOTT KEN 1:17:13 2 Petra PASTOROVA CZE 1:18:31 3 Ivana SEKYROVA CZE 1:19:28 4 Tatiana METELKOVA CZE 1:20:01 5 Katerina KRIEGELOVA CZE 1:20:25 6 Aniko KALOVICS HUN 1:22:26 7 Petra KAMINKOVA CZE 1:23:27 8 Patience DZIAN CZE 1:25:43 9 Marketa GAJDORUSOVA CZE 1:33:39 10 Lucy RIMNACOVA CZE 1:34:50
19 APRIL 2014: OLD MUTUAL TWO OCEANS MARATHON 56km, SOUTH AFRICA
MEN: 1 Lebenya NKOKA LES 3:09:52 2 Hendrik RAMAALA RSA 3:11:33 3 Masilo MATJIANE LES 3:12:00 4 Warinyane LEBOPO LES 3:12:24 5 Ketema TADESSE ETH 3:12:35 6 Michael Papi MAZIBUKO RSA 3:13:05 7 Arnold Kibet KIPTAOI KEN 3:14:06 8 Henry MOYO MAW 3:15:37 9 Mthandazo QHINA RSA 3:16:07 10 Othaniel PHAHLANE RSA 3:16:21 WOMEN: 1 Nina PODNEBESNOVA RUS 3:40:07 2 Shitaye GEMECHU ETH 3:43:37 3 Elena NURGALIEVA RUS 3:43:59 4 Mamorallo TJOKA LES 3:46:13 5 Pauline NJEYA RSA 3:50:48 6 Olesya NURGALIEVA RUS 3:51:46 7 Chelitu Bogale ASEFA ETH 3:56:58 8 Ntombesintu MFUNZI RSA 4:00:52 9 Alemtsehay Hailu KAKISSA ETH 4:03:56 10 Samukeliso MOYO ZIM 4:07:32 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Stephen MOKOKO RSA 1:04:16 2 Joel MMONE RSA 1:04:29 3 Sibabalwe MAZAZI RSA 1:04:29 WOMEN: 1 Diana Lebo PHALULA RSA 1:14:00 2 Rene KALMER RSA 1:14:23 3 Gezasighe GEMEDA ETH 1:15:02
20 APRIL 2014: ALMATY INT'L MARATHON, KAZAKHSTAN
MEN: 1 Almat IMASHEV KZK 2:36:21 2 Isa NAZARBAYEV KZK 2:44:49 3 Amir BAYTUKALOV KZK 2:48:30 4 Yuri EGER KZK 2:49:31 5 Yacheslav ZAKHVATKIN KZK 3:08:33 6 Dauren ZHARTYBAYEV KZK 3:09:04 7 Konstantin GALOCHKIN KZK 3:11:06 8 Sergei YAKOVLEV KZK 3:13:36 9 Erzhan ZHANMAILOV KZK 3:15:16 10 Asker KOZHANOV KZK 3:16:48 WOMEN: 1 Gulzhanat ZHANATBEK KZK 2:49:52 2 Ekaterina SHATNAYA KZK 3:35:12 3 Elizabet TEYSH KZK 3:57:23 4 Zarina ZHIRENCHINA KZK 4:27:13 5 Diana MERGENBAYEV KZK 4:20:21 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Mikhail KRASILOV KZK 1:11:28 2 Evgeniy MEDVEDIN KZK 1:14:38 3 Georgiy SHEYKO KZK 1:16:10 WOMEN: 1 Yulia KOLEGOVA KZK 1:34:40 2 Elizabeta PAKHOMOV KZK 1:37:10 3 Ksenia TURNAEVA KZK 1:38:26
20 APRIL 2014: NAGANO OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE MARATHON, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Sergey LEBID UKR 2:13:56 2 Ser-Od BAT-OCHIR MGL 2:14:04 3 Taiga ITO JPN 2:15:20 4 Ryoichi MATSUO JPN 2:15:50 5 Sho MATSUMOTO JPN 2:16:36 6 Shungo KAWAMURA JPN 2:17:05 7 Hiroki TANAKA JPN 2:17:17 8 Takuya IWASAKI JPN 2:17:31 9 Yoshihiro YAMAMOTO JPN 2:17:54 10 Nicholas CHELIMO KEN 2:18:17 WOMEN: 1 Alina PROKOPEVA RUS 2:30:56 2 Rika SHINTAKU JPN 2:36:02 3 Shoko SHIMIZU JPN 2:37:21 4 Risa TAKEMURA JPN 2:37:43 5 Yumiko KINISHITA JPN 2:39:38 6 Hellen KOSKEI KEN 2:42:02 7 Kiyoko SHIMIHARA JPN 2:43:19 8 Seika IWAMURA JPN 2:43:19 9 Lauren SHELLY AUS 2:47:50
21 APRIL 2014: BAA BOSTON MARATHON, USA
Rita Jeptoo magisterially defended her title and broke the course record with the first sub-2:20 performance in Boston and anywhere in the world since she herself ran 2:19:57 in the Chicago Marathon last October (before then it was Mary Keitany and Tiki Gelana in April 2012). Meb Keflezighi scored the first win for a US citizen in the men's race since Greg Meyer won in 1983, in a time only 24 seconds slower. Jeptoo beat the course record set 12 years before by Margaret Okayo.
Shalane Flanagan led the women's race for 33km, but Jeptoo kicked in with a devastating 15:44 5km split from 35-40km, and sailed away from the opposition. Flanagan held on to set a personal best in seventh, and faster than any other US woman has run in Boston.
Keflezighi had a curiously unimpeded win, getting clear with US team-mate Josphat Boit to lead by 10 seconds as early as 15km. They ran together to 25km, but then Keflezighi forged ahead alone, leading by 50 seconds at 35km. But in the next 5km Kenya's Wilson Chebet closed down on him rapidly to trail by only 8 seconds at 40km. With the crowd baying, Keflezighi found what was needed in the closing stages and held on to take the win 11 seconds ahead of Chebet.
MEN: 1 Meb KEFLEZIGHI USA 2:08:37 2 Wilson CHEBET KEN 2:08:48 3 Frankline CHEPKWONY KEN 2:08:50 4 Vitaliy SHAFAR UKR 2:09:37 5 Markos GENETI ETH 2:09:50 6 Joel KIMURER KEN 2:11:03 7 Nicholas ARCINIAGA USA 2:11:47 8 Jeffrey EGGLESTONE USA 2:11:57 9 Paul LONYANGATA KEN 2:12:34 10 Adil ANNANI MAR 2:12:43 WOMEN: 1 Rita JEPTOO KEN 2:18:57 2 Bizunesh DEBA ETH 2:19:59 3 Mare DIBABA ETH 2:20:35 4 Jemima JELEGAT KEN 2:20:41 5 Meselech MELKAMU ETH 2:21:28 6 Aleksandra DULIBA BLR 2:21:29 7 Shalane FLANAGAN USA 2:22:02 8 Sharon CHEROP KEN 2:23:00 9 Philes ONGORI KEN 2:23:22 10 Desiree LINDEN USA 2:23:54
26 APRIL 2014: FJORDKRAFT BERGEN CITY MARATHON, NORWAY
MEN: 1 Sondre OVRE HELLAND NOR 2:36:05 2 Torre STAKKEVOLD NOR 2:45:01 3 Odd Arne ENGESAETER NOR 2:46:30 4 Oscar AUBI ESP 2:46:30 5 Kim Are Bull HANSEN NOR 2:52:10 6 Hakon LANDRO NOR 2:52:53 7 Stian HORDVIK NOR 3:02:20 8 Thomas RONN-AAR NOR 3:04:43 9 Oyvind BJORSVIK NOR 3:05:49 10 Vidar NILSEN NOR 3:06:18 WOMEN: 1 Asalug KAARDAL NOR 3:07:58 2 Kristin HUSBY NOR 3:09:32 3 Anne JOHANSSON NOR 3:28:23 4 Katrine KNUDSEN NOR 3:32:02 5 Maike HERRLAIN NOR 3:35:26 6 Marianne KVALE NOR 3:37:16 7 Astrid Fossaa VIGA NOR 3:37:59 8 Mari BARDVIK NOR 3:38:10 9 Laura CILEK USA 3:39:16 10 Jorunn HAGESAETER NOR 3:39:23
27 APRIL 2014: DVV ANTWERP MARATHON, BELGIUM
MEN: 1 Moses MWARUR KEN 2:15:09 2 James EMURIA KEN 2:15:25 3 Jesse STROOBANTS BEL 2:18:39 4 Gino VAN LEYTE BEL 2:23:48 5 Jelle BERTELS BEL 2:27:55 WOMEN: 1 Trudi DEPONDT BEL 2:54:37 2 Kathleen STEENHAUT BEL 3:00:21 3 Veronique COENE BEL 3:01:49 4 Ange DAMMEN BEL 3:07:33 5 Sofie CLAUS BEL 3:08:01 6 Karen VAN HERCK BEL 3:08:53 10 MILES MEN: 1 Nick VAN PEBORGH BEL 49:20 2 Kim RUELL BEL 51:40 3 Erwin LEYSEN BEL 51:57 WOMEN: 1 Veerle VAN LINDEN BEL 57:21 2 Sofie GOOS BEL 57:50 3 Karen VAN PROEYEN BEL 58:52
27 APRIL 2014: SUISSEGAS BELGRADE MARATHON, SERBIA
The 27th edition yielded Kenyan victories for Benard Kipkorir Talam and Valary Jemeli Aiyabei. Talam broke away from Paul Kimeli Samoei after 32km and fought the strong headwind to reach the finish line in a new personal best.
The women's race also surprised with Ethiopia's Ayano Yenealem Buli vying for the lead with Kenya's Valary Jemeli Aiyabei until 26km when she began to suffer from the heat, and dropped back to finish third.
The Balkan Marathon Championships was held concurrently,and the winners were Vitalie Gheorgita (MDV) with 2:31:22 and Ana Subotic (SRB) with 2:44:03. In the half marathon, which also served as the Serbian Championships, Darko Zivanovic won the men's race in 1:08:59, while Olivera Jevtic took the women's title in 1:19:20. She may not be in the same form which earned here the course record here a half dozen years ago, but the wind strength may be judged from the fact that Jevtic has run the course in 1:11:41. There were close to 25,000 competitors in the three events, marathon, half-marathon, and 5km fun run.
MEN: 1 Bernard Kipkorir TALAM KEN 2:14:35 2 Paul SAMOEI KEN 2:15:49 3 Edwin Kiplagat KITUM KEN 2:21:51 WOMEN: 1 Valary Jemeli AIYABEI KEN 2:37:08 2 Hellen JepkosgeI KIMUTAI KEN 2:42:24 3 Yenealem Ayano BULI ETH 2:43:45 HALF-MARATHON MEN: 1 Darko ZIVANOVIC SRB 1:08:59 2 Kristijan STOSIC SRB 1:12:35 3 Goran UKIC SRB 1:13:19 WOMEN: 1 Olivera JEVTIC SRB 1:19:20 2 Nevena RAJKOVIC SRB 1:27:14 3 Sofija JOVANOVIC SRB 1:34:38
27 APRIL 2014: BIG SUR INT'L MARATHON, USA
Two veteran runners, Michael Wardian, 40, and Nuta Olaru, 43, took top honors. Wardian, a four-time U.S. Ultra Marathoner of the Year who recently completed the North Pole Marathon, gained his first Big Sur victory in four attempts. He outpaced two-time defending champion Adam Roach as the two ran together for the first five miles before Wardian pulled away. Olaru was never tested. Even after running a strong Boston Marathon on Monday, she won handily. Though her time was slower than her previous two Big Sur victories, she became the first female to "three-peat".
Within the marathon category is a special division — Boston 2 Big Sur (B2B) — comprised of 400 athletes who finished the Boston Marathon the previous Monday as well as Big Sur. Along with his Big Sur victory, Wardian also won the B2B, setting a new record of a 5:33 combined time. Olaru, who ran Boston in 2:37:29 would have set a new B2B female record of 5:30:44 if she had entered this category.
California's scenic Highway 1 was filled with more than 6,500 runners and walkers in six distance events including the marathon, marathon relay, 21, 10.6 and 9-Milers and a 5K. Having sold out in just 59 minutes last year, the organization will be announcing a new registration policy in mid-May. For more information and results from today's race go to www.bsim.org.
MEN: 1 Michael WARDIAN USA 2:27:45 2 Adam ROACH USA 2:29:31 3 Neil PEARSON USA 2:40:09 4 Ian SHARMAN USA 2:41:32 5 Mark LOUDEN-BROWN USA 2:43:55 6 Jeremy JUDGE USA 2:48:00 7 David KLOZ USA 2:48:19 8 Christopher GREGORY USA 2:52:07 9 Gregory RUTHIG USA 2:53:52 10 Vincent HAU USA 2:54:28 WOMEN: 1 Nuta OLARU USA 2:53:15 2 Kristi ROSSI USA 3:09:30 3 Katie ROSS USA 3:10:34 4 Gwen FREDERICKSON USA 3:11:00 5 Samantha ALLEN USA 3:12:21 6 Amy GORDON USA 3:15:09 7 Hailey KRZYSTON USA 3:16:54 8 Kristin STEHLY USA 3:17:43 9 Suzanne MORRIS USA 3:17:54 10 Laura RICHARD USA 3:19:49
27 APRIL 2014: ENSCHEDE MARATHON, NETHERLANDS
MEN: 1 Elijah SANG KEN 2:10:22 2 Dawit WOLDE ETH 2:10:42 3 Abdi NAGEEYE NED 2:11:33 4 Julius KORIR KEN 2:12:02 5 Solomon LEMA ETH 2:13:05 6 James MWANGI KEN 2:14:00 7 Isaac KOSGEI KEN 2:14:23 8 Josphat KIPRONO KEN 2:15:47 9 Leta GIRMA ETH 2:16:27 10 Martin NYAKUA NED 2:18:43 WOMEN: 1 Reina VISSER NED 2:42:07 2 Esme MORICKE NED 2:52:30 3 Ingrid PRIGGE NED 2:52:47 4 Mireille BART NED 2:58:33 5 Selina Van Der VLIET NED 2:58:39 6 Elsemieke DE VOS NED 2:59:02 7 Heidi CURINCKX BEL 3:09:50 8 Gea SIEKMANS NED 3:21:25 9 Gerry VISSER NED 3:22:51 10 Nicolette IBINK NED 3:23:24 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Mark Oude BENNINK NED 1:11:18 2 Sam LANDMAN NED 1:11:23 3 Gijsberts GAANDEREN NED 1:12:09 WOMEN: 1 Leslie SMIT GER 1:18:28 2 Anna THOMPSON AUS 1:24:03 3 Renee VAN HOOF NED 1:24:50
27 APRIL 2014: TUI MARATHON HANNOVER, GERMANY
Photos: TUI Marathon Hannover / Thomas Wenning
Henry Chirchir won a first marathon victory in windy conditions just a stride ahead of Francis Bowen and both were given the same time. Nine men reached halfway in 1:04:32 but due to the rising wind the pace dropped in the second half. Likewise in the women's race Souad Ait Salem passed through halfway in 1:13:23, and stretched her lead to two minutes at 25km. Her poursuivants narrowed the gap in the final stages but could not close it. A record 18,418 runners entered the various race day events.
The men's race started slower than planned. Nine runners passed halfway in 1:04:32. Up until 25km they were on target for a 2:09 finish, but the wind got up and rising temperatures also slowed the runners. The race turned into a more tactical affair but reached a dramatic climax at the end. At 40km five runners were still in contention. The oldest of them, 40 year-old Francis Bowen, attacked in the final 2km but was pipped by Chirchir.
MEN: 1 Henry CHIRCHIR KEN 2:11:30 2 Francis BOWEN KEN 2:11:30 3 Evans RUTO KEN 2:11:34 WOMEN: 1 Saoud AIT SALEM ALG 2:33:09 2 Nadeshda LEONTEVA RUS 2:33:32 3 Bornes KITUR KEN 2:33:50
27 APRIL 2014: VODAFONE ISTANBUL HALF MARATHON, TURKEY
MEN: 1 Fetene Alemu REGASA ETH 1:05:20 2 Sulti Gure TIMBRE ETH 1:05:47 3 Kefyalew Deja BURISE ETH 1:06:03 4 Wendemagegn Seid EGISO ETH 1:07:31 5 Dereje Mengera BIRU ETH 1:09:58 6 Mehmet ALI AKBAS TUR 1:12:19 7 Jukka RAHKONEN FIN 1:13:32 8 Ali OZER TUR 1:14:15 9 Yucel AYDIN TUR 1:14:41 10 Umit TURAN TUR 1:14:44 WOMEN: 1 Bahar DOGAN TUR 1:16:33 2 Mehtap SIZMAZ TUR 1:17:20 3 Stephanie Lynn BERGER USA 1:24:33 4 Nursel YILDIZ TUR 1:26:24 5 Ayse TUNCEL TUR 1:27:21 6 Martine NOLAN IRL 1:39:15 7 Maja VEJTOFT DEN 1:39:58 8 Dilek IPEK TUR 1:40:25 9 Dilge KOCAK TUR 1:41:14 10 Babette GREER USA 1:42:34 10km MEN: 1 Omer ASLAN TUR 34:30 2 Mehmet BOZTEPE TUR 34:50 3 Ahmet TEK TUR 36:19 WOMEN: 1 Kumsal PINARGOZU TUR 48:20 2 Guiseppina PATTI ITA 50:00 3 Dudu Oslem SONMEZ TUR 51:00
27 APRIL 2014: ROCK N ROLL MADRID MARATHON, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Ezekiel KIPTOO KEN 2:09:15 2 Lawrence KIMAIYO KEN 2:10:17 3 Daniel LIMO KEN 2:12:14 4 Samuel GATACHEW ETH 2:15:26 5 Mike Kiprop TIONY KEN 2:17:28 6 Yohanes ABERA ETH 2:19:38 7 Tefere WODAJO ETH 2:21:12 8 Modesto ALVAREZ ESP 2:28:37 9 Julio DEL VAL ESP 2:30:39 10 Jesse SCHNEIDER 2:30:51 WOMEN: 1 Alem FIKRE ETH 2:32:11 2 Sara JEBET KEN 2:33:38 3 Hayimot ALEMAYEHU ETH 2:36:02 4 Malika BEN-LAFKIR MAR 2:39:30 5 Julia KOREPANOVA RUS 2:42:28 6 Motu GEDEFA ETH 2:46:27 7 Cristina GONZALEZ ESP 2:54:55 8 Dailin BELMONTE ESP 2:56:46 9 Ninfa QUEVEDO ESP 3:01:57 10 Elina JUNNILA FIN 3:06:47 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jose MARTINEZ ESP 1:07:59 2 Javier MARTINEZ ESP 1:12:58 3 Francisco ACUNA ESP 1:14:05 WOMEN: 1 Vanessa VEIGA ESP 1:18:16 2 Aroa MERINO ESP 1:19:14 3 Andreina ROTA ESP 1:26:35
27 APRIL 2014: METRO GROUP MARATHON DUSSELDORF
Photos: Victah Sailer / photorun.net
Six days after Boston there was another surprising American marathon victory: In rainy conditions Annie Bersagel won Dusseldorf after overtaking race favourite Selomie Getnet with only 3km to go. The Ethiopian race favourite had a big lead in the middle of the race.
Gilbert Yegon missed the course record by 19 seconds in the men's race. The race had started fast (15km in 44:56, 2:06 pace) and 16 runners were still together at halfway (1:03:31) but the cold and wet conditions slowed everyone in the second half. Five were left at 35km, but only Yegon pushed the pace. Endeshaw Negesse hung on to finish second.
Getnet had gone out fast, and passed halfway in 1:13:25, with only Winifridah Kwamboka attempting to keep pace. Bersagel, running alongside Kenya's Emily Ngetich, went through halfway 1:37 down. Bersagel later said "[At 38km] I suddenly saw the lead car and I realised that I [had] made up ground quickly," She went on to become the first US winner in Dusseldorf.
Over all race day events, a total of 16,000 runners participated.
MEN: 1 Gilbert YEGON KEN 2:08:07 2 Endeshaw NEGESSE ETH 2:08:32 3 Fikadu TEFERI ETH 2:09:34 4 KEBEDE ETH 2:10:14 5 MASAI KEN 2:10:36 WOMEN: 1 Annie BERSAGEL GER 2:28:59 2 Selomie GETNET ETH 2:30:29 3 Emily NGETICH KEN 2:30:50
27 APRIL 2014: SEMI MARATHON INT'L DE NICE, FRANCE
A record 10,000 runners entered all events of the 23rd edition, with the 4000 places in the half marathon selling out four days before the race.
MEN: 1 Kenedy KIPYEGO KEN 1:01:31 2 Charles OGARI KEN 1:01:33 3 Isaac KIPKOSGEI KEN 1:01:34 4 Kiprop LIMO KEN 1:01:36 5 Lawi KIPTUI KEN 1:01:36 6 Vincent CHEPKOK KEN 1:01:39 7 Stephen OGARI KEN 1:02:03 8 Mitke Gitma ASHEBIR ETH 1:02:08 9 Isaac LANGAT KEN 1:03:12 10 Gideon NGATUNY KEN 1:03:35 WOMEN: 1 Janet KISA KEN 1:11:01 2 Olga SKRYPAK RUS 1:13:09 3 Pauline NJERI KEN 1:16:53 4 Nina TSCHANTZ FRA 1:24:13 5 Erica LECH SWE 1:25:22 6 Hakima SID MAR 1:25:41 7 Juliet CHAMPION FRA 1:26:18 8 Marylene DRAILLARD FRA 1:27:22 9 Julie ROMERA FRA 1:27:28 10 Lauren ROE GBR 1:27:45
27 APRIL 2014: MARATHONA SANT ANTONIO, ITALY
MEN: 1 Pharis KIMANI KEN 2:12:03 2 Franck CALDEIRA BRA 2:12:04 3 Fabio MELLA ITA 2:26:42 4 Giuliano VERGIS ITA 2:32:45 5 Christian PIZZATTI ITA 2:35:41 6 Enrico ANGELUCCI ITA 2:35:48 7 Marco GIROLAMI ITA 2:36:37 8 Luca DE FRANCESCO ITA 2:36:50 9 Gianluca COLA ITA 2:39:27 10 Antonio SOUSA POR 2:39:39 WOMEN: 1 Fatna MARAOUI ITA 2:36:32 2 Vera NUNES POR 2:39:30 3 Rose CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:40:23 4 Titziana GIANOTTI ITA 2:49:52 5 Valentina MENONNA ITA 2:50:10 6 Laura FIASCHI ITA 2:52:48 7 Lara MUSTAT ITA 2:57:01 8 Paloma Morano SALADO ITA 3:00:50 9 Pamela GABRIELLI ITA 3:07:12 10 Clara RIVERA ITA 3:34:13
27 APRIL 2014: VANCOUVER SUN RUN 10km, CANADA
A sea of 45,183 participants finished the 30th edition of what has become Vancouver's annual rite of spring.
MEN: 1 Paul KIMUGUL KEN 28:59 2 Dylan WYKES CAN 29:11 3 Jordan CHIPANGAMA ZAM 29:16 WOMEN: 1 Rachel CLIFF CAN 33:14 2 Lindsay CARSON CAN 33:49 3 Kimberley DOERKSEN CAN 33:54
27 APRIL 2014: WUERZBURG MARATHON, GERMANY
MEN: 1 Armin SHBRO ETH 2:29:13 2 Michael MUELLER GER 2:40:15 3 Gunther KUNZE GER 2:47:13 4 Juergen STEINER GER 2:47:47 5 Wolfgang KREDLER GER 2:49:15 WOMEN: 1 Elena ILLEDITSCH GER 2:58:02 2 Sabine SCHMITT GER 2:59:06 3 Ulrike MAYER-TANCIC GER 3:07:14 4 Julia ROTH GER 3:11:20 5 Elke BOELLMAN GER 3:14:15
29 APRIL–01 MAY 2014: 100km DEL SAHARA, TUNISIA
MEN: 1 Raul GARCIA ESP 7:42:17 2 Migidio BOURIFA ITA 8:12:11 3 Mauel MACHADO POR 8:34:22 4 Alessandro LAMBRUSCHINI ITA 9:04:41 5 Davide OLIVIERO ITA 9:13:24 6 Thomas WITTEK GER 9:25:32 7 Marco BONDIELLI ITA 9:47:25 8 Jan DE JAEGER BEL 10:45:13 9 Leonardo MASTRONOCOLA ITA 11:04:47 10 Mario Daniele MORETTI ITA 11:23:06 WOMEN: 1 Alice MODIGNANI ITA 11:32:18 2 Claudia GERLING GER 11:54:26 3 Alma OBREGON ESP 12:49:35 4 Claudia MEIER SUI 13:14:24 5 Cristina OGNIBEN GER 13:19:59 6 Liina KRUNWALD-JAARMAN EST 13:33:15 7 Yvette MARHER PAN 13:46:17 8 Thais HERRERA PAN 14:07:47 9 Charlotte PERSSON SWE 15:35:54 10 Maria Cristina BELTRAMO ITA 15:45:47
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