January 2016
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1 JANUARY 2016: NEUJAHRSMARATHON ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
The 12th edition had a record number of participants, up 20% from last year. David Jeker (CAN), who had found out about the race only two days earlier, won after a long contest with last year's winner Philipp Arnold. Arnold has now made the podium three times in a row. Astrid Mueller (SUI) celebrated her 5th victory in the women's race in her 5th participation, recording the second best time ever. Only Mueller herself has (once) run faster.
MEN: 1 David JEKER CAN 2:42:48 2 Philipp ARNOLD SUI 2:46:32 3 Sean FITZPATRICK GBR 2:51:36 4 Christoph FEREMTSCH SUI 2:52:54 5 Tobias DAMRAT GER 3:01:02 6 Federico BORLENGHI ITA 3:01:26 7 Raphael JEANRICHARD SUI 3:08:24 8 Andreas ADLER GER 3:11:57 9 Manuel HUGLI SUI 3:13:54 10 Hansjörg HEGG SUI 3:13:56 WOMEN: 1 Astrid MULLER-AMSTAD SUI 3:06:28 2 Bärbel BUSCHEMANN GER 3:28:30 3 Jenny FEDERHEN GER 3:41:16 4 Nadia TOSI ITA 3:50:23 5 Janet WODAGE GER 3:50:54 6 Carmen KUCHLE SUI 3:51:46 7 Ursula MARTI SUI 3:52:45 8 Gabriela FATTINI SUI 3:53:08 9 Petra SCHOPLOCHER GER 3:53:22 10 Déborah DIEBOLD FRA 3:53:46 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Samir BAALA FRA 1:13:52 2 Rafael WYSS SUI 1:17:16 3 Francisco Urbano SALES ESP 1:17:41 WOMEN: 1 Rein Odile REIN SUI 1:31:16 2 Elvira FLURSCHUTZ SUI 1:31:47 3 Ezgi AKDESIR SUI 1:33:38
2 JANUARY 2016: XIAMEN INT'L MARATHON, CHINA
Vincent Kipruto won a six-man battle over the last 10km writes Vincent Wu.
A group of 13 kept to a steady early pace but for the last 10km it was Kipruto pitted against five Ethiopian rivals. But one by one they fell behind until after 39km only 19-year old Shura Kitata was left. Kipruto outkicked him over the final 200m. His winning time was the slowest in the latest nine editions and almost four minutes away from the course record of 2:06:19 set by Moses Mosop last year.
Worknesh Edesa sliced more than seven minutes off her best extend Ethiopia's winning streak in the women's race to seven years. She stayed in the leading group, passing 10km in 34:42 and 20km in 1:08:07, before making a solo run for home from around 25km. More than 27,000 runners competed with another 21,000 taking part in the associated 5km.
MEN:
1 Vincent KIPRUTO KEN 2:10:18
2 Shura KITATA ETH 2:10:20
3 Feyise BEKELE ETH 2:11:09
4 Gebre MEKUANT ETH 2:11:38
5 Abdela GODANA ETH 2:12:17
6 Alemu GEMECHU ETH 2:12:56
7 Kaleab SELAMON ERI 2:15:21
8 Adamu GIRMA ETH 2:15:40
9 Abraham HABTE ERI 2:15:58
10 Andrey PETROV UZB 2:17:48
WOMEN:
1 Worknesh EDESA ETH 2:24:02
2 Marta LEMMA ETH 2:24:32
3 Fantu ETICHA ETH 2:26:53
4 Meseret LEGESE ETH 2:27:07
5 Miriam WANGARI KEN 2:33:27
6 Kum-Ok KIM DRK 2:36:17
7 Rahma TUSA ETH 2:37:14
8 Hyank-Ok KIM DRK 2:41:59
9 Luvsanlundeg OTGONBAYAR MGL 2:42:49
10 Bayartsogt MUNKHZAYA MGL 2:43:33
7 JANUARY 2016: SIBERIAN ICE HALF MARATHON, RUSSIA
The race welcomes runners to test their stamina and endurance in the harsh conditions of a snowy Siberia on Christmas Day of the Orthodox calendar. More than 800 runners took part. The course runs through the picturesque historic centre of Omsk with the finish in the main square near the Uspensky Cathedral. All of those who started successfully overcome the distance and temperatures of -24°C including 34 foreign runners from 10 countries
MEN: 1 Vasilii MINAEV RUS 1:08:32 2 Vadim ULIZHOV RUS 1:09:16 3 Denis RYCHKOV RUS 1:10.00 4 Sergey KALASHNIKOV RUS 1:13:07 5 Dmitry ORLIK RUS 1:14:28 6 Artem TETENKIN RUS 1:14:47 7 Barhat BAZARBAEV RUS 1:15:33 8 Denis FILIPPOV RUS 1:16:11 9 Rashid ISUMBAEV RUS 1:16:54 10 Maksim ROMANCHUK RUS 1:19:02 WOMEN: 1 Marina KOVALEVA RUS 1:22:33 2 Natalia SEDYKH RUS 1:22:43 3 Natalia DZHOLY RUS 1:26:46 4 Marya SANDRAKOVA RUS 1:27:12 5 Ekaterina ANDREYZEVA RUS 1:27:46 6 Marya REZNICHENKO RUS 1:31:53 7 Yulia IVANOVA RUS 1:33:42 8 Alena PETROVA RUS 1:34:31 9 Alena KONONOVICH RUS 1:36:30 10 Galina BEREZINA RUS 1:36:33
8 JANUARY 2016: TIBERIAS WINNER MARATHON, ISRAEL
The 39th edition enjoyed "unique" weather conditions which consisted of steady showers from before the start until the end of the race writes Yuval Ofer. Yet a record 2000 runners finished. Another 1000 runners completed a 10km race organised by the Municipality of Tiberias.
MEN: 1 Teferi Kebede BALCHA ETH 2:15:31 2 Dereje Tadesse RAYA ETH 2:19:53 3 Samuel Getachew DEMIE ETH 2:22:12 4 David Barmasai TUMO KEN 2:23:52 5 Malkamo JAMBAR ISR 2:24:02 6 Luka ROTICH KEN 2:24:48 7 Amir RAMON ISR 2:29:52 8 Asrat MAMO ISR 2:30:57 9 Moshiko YESHARIM ISR 2:32:12 10 Adiso ASENKOW ISR 2:32:30 WOMEN: 1 Edinah Jerotich KWAMBAI KEN 2:51:16 2 Svetlana BACHMEND ISR 2:56:23 3 Hagar CNAANI ISR 2:56:47 4 Migel Atias YODFAT ISR 2:58:04 5 Bikaya MANTAMER ISR 3:00:03 6 Stefania LEONDIADAS GRE 3:00:31 7 Moran SHABTAI ISR 3:06:42 8 Shiri FRIDMAN ISR 3:08:58 9 Yael DANK ISR 3:11:10 10 Sonia ARIELY ISR 3:15:57
10 JANUARY 2016: CEBU MARATHON, PHILIPPINES
MEN: 1 Eric Kibiwott CHEPSIROR KEN 2:26:27 2 Elisha SAWE KEN 2:29:37 3 Jackson CHIRCHIR KEN 2:32:18 4 Abaraham CHERUIYOT KEN 2:42:51 5 Noel TILLOR PHI 2:43:45 6 Jeson AGRAVANTE PHI 2:47:48 7 Hanmin LEE PHI 2:56:09 8 Paul James ZAFICO PHI 3:01:19 9 Michel LARGO PHI 3:07:25 10 Rodney REYES PHI 3:07:56 WOMEN: 1 Monica NJERU KEN 2:53:42 2 Milka CHEBOKEL KEN 3:12:03 3 Susan CHEPKWONY KEN 3:21:44 4 Jennylyn NOBLEZA PHI 3:25:52 5 Ruffa SORONGON PHI 3:27:51 6 Lizane ABELLA PHI 3:46:53 7 Rhodora OPORTO PHI 3:56:59 8 Preciosa SANCHEZ PHI 4:11:35 9 Odiza ABELLANA PHI 4:14:20 10 Jennifer Red SABELA PHI 4:15:51 HALF MARAHTON MEN: 1 Prince Joey LEE PHI 1:23:50 2 Azlan DALOMPINES PHI 1:24:51 3 John Philip DUENAS PHI 1:25:39 WOMEN: 1 Mereeis RAMIREZ PHI 1:38:49 2 Joan ROMANOS PHI 1:43:37 3 Deirdre FITZGERALD 1:49:40
15 JANUARY 2016: EGYPTIAN MARATHON
MEN: 1 Owens TODD USA 3:30:28 2 Florian BRANDL AUT 3:42:14 3 Kazuhiro KIMURA JPN 3:42:15 4 Philippe JOANNES FRA 3:46:58 5 Gerhard LICHTENTHALER GER 4:01:40 6 Xavier Ariza ANDOLZ ESP 4:01:41 7 Mahmoud Elbeh MAHMOUD EGY 4:20:43 8 Mesharafa HUSSEIN EGY 4:28:18 9 James MANFORD GBR 4:28:45 10 Benjamin DUFRESNE FRA 4:52:24 WOMEN: 1 Elizabeth DUNCAN-RICKS USA 5:33:05 LUXOR RUN (22.3km) MEN: 1 Osama Sayd MOHAMED EGY 1:26:35 2 Mahmoud DEHIS EGY 1:31:14 3 Mohamed A. KASHTA EGY 1:32:07
17 JANUARY 2016: SUNSHINE INSURANCE BAHAMAS MARATHON
MEN: 1 Amos DESJARDINS 2:56:32 2 Adrien SARASSO FRA 3:00:54 3 Justin GILLETTE USA 3:04:28 4 Attila KOVACS 3:25:23 5 Paul ALLEN BAH 3:27:44 6 Sebastian PARRA USA 3:28:27 7 Juan David CHAVEZ COL 3:29:05 8 Craig MAUDSLEY NZL 3:29:22 9 Georg SCHMOLZER 3:39:47 10 Pierre COTE CAN 3:40:30 WOMEN: 1 Vanessa FORBES 3:11:21 2 Sarah DOHAN USA 3:41:39 3 Kim CONWAY USA 3:49:46 4 Alison THURBER USA 3:51:10 5 Anneli DERGIRDS 3:54:58 6 Lynn ROBINSON 4:02:11 7 Mercedes OBERST 4:11:05 8 Gretchen CLARK USA 4:17:26 9 Tammy NEGRI USA 4:21:39 10 Arlette ESQUEDA 4:22:44 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Jonathan VOLPI 1:15:03 2 Keithrell HANNAH BAH 1:19:55 3 Spencer DELEVEAUX 1:25:02 WOMEN: 1 Marina PERON 1:35:14 2 Anastasia STICH 1:35:31 3 Liza TRUAX 1:40:20
17 JANUARY 2016: STANDARD CHARTERED HONG KONG MARATHON
In monsoon rain Mike Kiprtotich Mutai put on a storming finale in the last 2km to pull clear of his compatriot Lawrence Cherono with only 400m to go writes Pat Butcher, Given the conditions it was a good time — only a minute shy of the course record of 2:11:27, set two years ago by this year's third placer, Ethiopia's Feyera Gemeda.
Former Kenyan marathoner Thomas Kiprotich has been living and coaching in Hong Kong for the last eight years. Now moving into athlete management he was responsible for a trio of runners who finished first, fourth and seventh.
Cherono had declared himself a likely winner, whatever the conditions, prior to the race.but afterwards admitted: "I still thought I was going to win but he was too strong for me in the end". Gemeda dropped off the pace at the point where Mutai and Cherono began their due after 40km.
In the women's race half a dozen leaders stayed together until Letebrhan Haylay Gebreslasea, from the Tigre Province in northern Ethiopia split up the group at 36km. Ayelu Lemma Geda responded and although the gap between them at the end was only two seconds, Geda never got on level terms with Gebreslasea who was never threatened.
Local runner Yu Kit Ching of Hong Kong had already been selected for the Rio Olympics but took sixth place hard on the heels of five quality Ethiopians (one running for Bahrain), She finished only 14 seconds slower than her best.
MEN: 1 Mike Kiprotich MUTAI KEN 2:12:12 2 Lawrence CHERONO KEN 2:12:14 3 Feyera GEMEDA ETH 2:12:20 4 Dickson TUWEI KEN 2:12:29 5 Fikre ROBI ETH 2:12:47 6 Megersa BACHA ETH 2:13:02 7 Julius MAISEI KEN 2:13:20 8 Melaku BIZUNEH ETH 2:17:27 9 Mulatu REGASA ETH 2:17:39 10 Samuel MWANIKI KEN 2:19:27 WOMEN: 1 Letebrhan GEBRESLASEA ETH 2:36:51 2 Ayelu L GEDA ETH 2:36:53 3 Ehite B GEBIREYES ETH 2:37:28 4 Koren JELALA ETH 2:38:01 5 Lishan D GEMECHU BRN 2:38:19 6 Kit Ching YIU HKG 2:38:38 7 Aster TILAHUN BRN 2:39:09 8 Askale T HURISA ETH 2:40:04 9 Naomi MAYO KEN 2:40:44 10 Meseret G AGAMA ETH 2:41:26
17 JANUARY 2016: CHEVRON HOUSTON MARATHON, UNITED STATES
MEN: 1 Gebo BURKA ETH 2:10:54 2 Girmay GEBRU ETH 2:11:05 3 Birhanu GEDEFA ETH 2:11:53 4 Yitaya ATANFU ETH 2:12:09 5 Artur KOZLOWSKI POL 2:14:11 6 Bazu WORKU ETH 2:15:08 7 Duncan KWEMBOI KEN 2:15:23 8 Daniel VARGAS MEX 2:15:54 9 Daverso RAMOS ACEVEDO USA 2:15:57 10 Pardon NDHLOVU ZIM 2:17:32 WOMEN: 1 Biruktayit DEGEFA ETH 2:26:07 2 Lisa WEIGHTMAN AUS 2:27:35 3 Sechale DALASA ETH 2:28:43 4 Margarita HERNADEZ FLORES MEX 2:29:57 5 Jovana DE LA CRUZ CAPANI PER 2:31:33 6 Rachel HANNAH CAN 2:32:09 7 Agnieszka GORTEL-MACIUK POL 2:33:19 8 Guteni SHONE ETH 2:33:19 9 Aliphine TULIAMUK-BOLTON KEN 2:35:35 10 Cinthya PAUCAR SEGURA USA 2:39:58
17 JANUARY 2016: MAUI OCEANFRONT MARATHON, UNITED STATES
MEN: 1 Kengo YOSHIMOTO USA 2:50:25 2 Linus CANDELARIA USA 2:52:30 3 Robert GEALLY USA 3:02:02 4 Lance CHRISTIE CAN 3:03:55 5 Nathaniel EDWARDS USA 3:07:58 6 Joseph COUGHLAN USA 3:09:16 7 Jacob FANSLER USA 3:12:03 8 Sean CELLI USA 3:14:36 9 Peter HARRISON GBR 3:16:38 10 John MCEWAN USA 3:18:30 WOMEN: 1 Erica SCHRAMM USA 3:04:16 2 Mary JONES USA 3:13:11 3 Tamara CLAUSE USA 3:14:02 4 Xuanhuong TONNU USA 3:26:07 5 Dena LUPASCHUK CAN 3:29:09 6 Caroline CASEY USA 3:29:58 7 Tania RISKE USA 3:31:10 8 Ashley MCKENNEY USA 3:32:03 9 Anna TOIVIAINEN USA 3:32:04 10 Eri JIMBO JPN 3:32:24 HALF MARATHON: MEN: 1 Tsukasa KAWARAI JPN 1:14:14 2 Simo LEONE USA 1:21:31 3 Noam POLSTER USA 1:23:52 WOMEN: 1 Lindsey WILBUR USA 1:32:26 2 Janie MENA USA 1:39:57 3 Tina LUCIA USA 1:40:21
17 JANUARY 2016: STANDARD CHARTERED MUMBAI MARATHON, INDIA
In relatively cool conditions (21°C at 7:20 start) a large group in the men's race followed the pace to pass halfway in 1:04:58. Of these the first three returned a "negative split" despite the gruelling hill at 35km. It was slightly before that (seven remained together at 32km) when the break came but Gideon Kipketer, who was responsible for it, surged ever faster forward and gave no chance to his pursuers. He crossed the line in a new course record time 57 seconds faster than that set by Jackson Kiprop (who finished 8th) in 2013.
It was entirely different in the Women's race where Shuko Genemo asserted her superiority from an early stage. By 13km she had already gained a few seconds' advantage and over the 4km-long "Sealink" Bridge she forged ahead to lead by 1:50 at 20km, passing halfway in 1:12:42. Unlike the men even she could not return a faster second half but she slowed considerably less than those she had already left in her trail to win by over four minutes.
In both men's and women's races Indian runners performed creditably. After the women's breakthrough last year when the course record was improved by over 10 minutes the men followed with the first two inside the previous record and a surprising show of strength behind them with six coming in under 2:21.
In addition to the Marathon, for which about 5000 registered, there were half marathon (14,000) and 5.8km fun run events (21,000) on what become celebrated city-wide as "Marathon Day" in Mumbai.
MEN: 1 Gideon KIPKETER KEN 2:08:35 2 Seboka DIBABA ETH 2:09:20 3 Marius KIMUTAI KEN 2:09:39 4 Herpasa NEGASA ETH 2:10:17 5 Jacob CHESHARI KEN 2:11:59 6 Josphat LETING KEN 2:12:04 7 Seboka NEGUSSE ETH 2:13:20 8 Jackson KIPROP KEN 2:14:54 9 Dereje DEBELE ETH 2:15:30 10 Nitendra SINGH IND 2:15:48 WOMEN: 1 Shuko GENEMO ETH 2:27:50 2 Bornes KITUR KEN 2:32:00 3 Valentine KIPKETER KEN 2:34:07 4 Rebecca KORIR KEN 2:34:31 5 Tesfanesh MERGA ETH 2:36:16 6 Alem FIKRE ETH 2:38:26 7 Sudha SINGH IND 2:39:28 8 Netsanet ACHAMO ETH 2:39:28 9 Seada KEDIR ETH 2:40:47 10 Lalita BABAR IND 2:41:55
20 JANUARY 2016: CORRIDA DE SAO SEBASTIAO CAIXA 10km, BRAZIL
MEN: 1 Dawit Fikadu ADMASU ETH 29:09 2 Willian KIBOR KEN 29:24 3 Joseph Tiophil PANGA KEN 29:41 4 Gilmar Silvestre LOPES BRA 29:51 5 Edwim Kiprop KIBET KEN 29:58 6 Gilberto Silvestre LOPES BRA 30:04 7 Rafael Santos de NOVAIS BRA 30:13 8 Eliezer de Jesus SANTOS BRA 30:25 9 Antonio Wilson Souza LIMA BRA 30:32 10 Gladson Alberto Silva BARBOZA BRA 31:11 WOMEN: 1 Failuna Abdi MATANGA KEN 33:59 2 Carolyne Chemutai KOMEN KEN 34:22 3 Joziane Cardoso DA SILVA BRA 34:31 4 Natalia Elisante SULLE BRA 34:35 5 Cruz Nonata DA SILVA BRA 35:17 6 Maurine Jelagat KIPCHUMBA KEN 36:30 7 Viviane Amorin FIGUEIREDO BRA 36:44 8 Rosilene de Sousa RAMOS BRA 36:47 9 Jessica Pellario BUENO BRA 38:06 10 Sabine Leticia HEITLING BRA 39:11
24 JANUARY 2016: XXVII MARATON INT'L CULIACAN, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Hillary Kipchirchir KIMAIYO KEN 2:18:43 2 Joseph Kyokwoyo AMANYA KEN 2:19:56 3 Philip Kipyego TARUS KEN 2:25:23 4 Abraham Arteaga GARCÌA MEX 2:25:35 5 Juan Mercado ORDOÑEZ MEX 2:33:15 6 Roman Garcia RUIZ MEX 2:35:32 7 Paul Trejo LOPEZ MEX 2:36:11 8 Candido Ayala RUBIO MEX 2:40:08 9 Pedro Manuel JARAMILLO MEX 2:40:47 10 Carlos Cordero GOMEZ MEX 2:44:08 WOMEN: 1 Ruth Chepkoech KIMUTAI KEN 2:48:58 2 Maria Del Rosario LISERIO MEX 3:11:09 3 Margarita Reynoso VAZQUEZ MEX 3:11:59 4 Ana Teresa MONTES MEX 3:13:05 5 Mirna Kariga REYNAGA MEX 3:17:47 6 Jane KANGOGO KEN 3:19:09 7 Candida GACHUZ MEX 3:29:46 8 Maria Magdalena CASTREJON MEX 3:31:56 9 Blanca Estela ACOSTA MEX 3:32:24 10 Cresiencia MORELOS MEX 3:32:41 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Ricardo Ramos VARGAS MEX 1:03:40 2 Juan Armando ROSALES MEX 1:03:43 3 Fernando CABADA MEX 1:04:02 WOMEN: 1 Brenda Eunice FLORES MEX 1:14:32 2 Karina PEREZ MEX 1:15:56 3 Maritza ARENAS MEX 1:16:32
24 JANUARY 2016: HOSPITAL SAN ROQUE GRAN CANARIA MARATHON, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Julius KORIR KEN 2:14:47 2 Pharis KIMANI KEN 2:15:38 3 Zemenu TSEGA ETH 2:18:47 4 Joash MUTAI KEN 2:20:57 5 Miguel Angel VAQUERO AGAMA ESP 2:28:44 6 José Ignacio MARTÍN ESP 2:32:23 7 Joaquim GOMES POR 2:32:55 8 Stefan VANDENBROEK NED 2:33:32 9 Doroteo MARTINEZ LOPEZ ESP 2:35:31 10 José David LUTZARDO ESP 2:40:28 WOMEN: 1 Elina JUNNILA FIN 2:57:48 2 Lucy BIDDLESTONE GBR 3:04:35 3 Ines VAN RINSUM NED 3:10:32 4 Teresa LINARES ESP 3:23:12 5 Charlotte ESKILDSEN DEN 3:25:48 6 Sandra MORENO SANTIAGO ESP 3:27:14 7 Angela MATTEI ITA 3:37:05 8 Julitta BOSCHMAN GER 3:39:11 9 Marilena DALL'ANESE ITA 3:41:47 10 Ewelina PUCHALA POL 3:44:25 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Ezequiel CHEPKORON KEN 1:03:36 2 Adilson FORTES SPENCER VARELA BRA 1:07:09 3 Saul CASTRO SANTANA ESP 1:07:14 WOMEN: 1 María Yolanda GUTIÉRREZ ESP 1:21:55 2 Esther RODRÍGUEZ ESP 1:23:10 3 Paula MARTÍN ESP 1:25:01
24 JANUARY 2016: KHON KAEN INT'L MARATHON, THAILAND
MEN: 1 Albert KANGOR KEN 2:21:35 2 Fikadu Alemu WORKU ETH 2:22:12 3 Muhaba Assen DEMTE ETH 2:23:18 4 Stephen Kipkosgei CHIRCHIR KEN 2:25:25 5 Joseph Mwangi NGARE KEN 2:26:23 6 Getu Gudisa TADESE ETH 2:26:36 7 Hillary Kipkereng KOECH KEN 2:26:47 8 Alex MELLY KEN 2:28:50 9 Daniel Kiprotich KOGO KEN 2:30:01 10 John NJIHIA KEN 2:38:46 WOMEN: 1 Rahel Kebede Shiferaw ETH 2:49:18 2 name not supplied THA 3:02:28 3 Sally Chelagat KIPYEGO KEN 3:04:26 4 Valentine Jepkemoi SEREM KEN 3:05:57 5 Rebecca NAKUWA KEN 3:12:12 6 name not supplied THA 3:23:41 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 FRESEW ASFAW ETH 1:04:50 2 Eskeziyaw Keskis AYECHEH ETH 1:05:18 3 Thomas Kipkorir MARITIM KEN 1:05:22 WOMEN: 1 Gladys Jepkechei TARUS KEN 1:15:15 2 Hannah Wabera GATHINGI KEN 1:17:40
24 JANUARY 2016: MITJA MARAT0 DE SANTA POLA, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Morris GACHAGA KEN 1:01:02 2 Jacob KENDAGOR KEN 1:01:26 3 Ben SOMIKWO KEN 1:01:52 4 Quais ZITANE ESP 1:01:54 5 Javier GUERRA ESP 1:02:22 6 Zelalem BACHA ETH 1:03:02 7 Jaouad TOUGANE ESP 1:03:22 8 Jesus ESPAÑA ESP 1:03:28 9 Abdelhadi EL HACHIMI MAR 1:04:21 10 Ahouchar HASSANE MAR 1:04:25 WOMEN: 1 Polline WANJIKU KEN 1:10:25 2 Paula GONZALEZ ESP 1:11:04 3 Souad AIT SALEM ALG 1:11:09 4 Alessandra AGUILAR ESP 1:12:02 5 Marta SILVESTRE ESP 1:12:13 6 Azucena DIAZ ESP 1:12:19 7 Kim DILLEN NED 1:13:04 8 Marta GALIMANY ESP 1:13:37 9 Marta ESTEBAN ESP 1:13:41 10 Paula MAYOBRE ESP 1:13:51
24 JANUARY 2016: TAIPEI STANDARD CHARTERED MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
MEN: 1 Shadrack KIPKOGEI KEN 2:21:38 2 Eliud Kapchanga CHEPTAI KEN 2:26:44 3 James Munyi MAREGU KEN 2:27:40 4 Joseph Gitau KARIUKI KEN 2:29:06 5 David Musyoki MAILU KEN 2:31:21 6 Onesmus MUINDI KEN 2:36:53 7 John Kiprop SAMOEI KEN 2:37:12 WOMEN: 1 Pamela CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:45:41 2 Salina JEBET KEN 2:45:46 3 DORCAS JEBOTIP TARUS KEN 2:59:34
31 JANUARY 2016: CHINA COAST MARATHON, HONG KONG
MEN: 1 Chak In LAM 3:00:28 2 Ka Hung LEUNG 3:03:47 3 Wai Kei CHEUNG 3:07:15 4 Chi Yung LAM 3:07:50 5 Dick CHAN 3:15:23 6 Ping Chuen WONG 3:16:40 7 Yun kam LEUNG 3:17:41 8 Chiu Hung WONG 3:18:39 9 Kin Kwong WONG 3:18:59 10 Ming Wang CHAN 3:19:52 WOMEN: 1 Marcia ZHOU 3:26:53 2 Yuen Ting WONG 3:38:49 3 Choi Long NG 3:42:15 4 Yuk Lin TZE 3:47:23 5 Stella CANDICE 3:59:53 6 Michelle Gunn 4:01:09 7 Yi Ha TSANG 4:04:01 8 Phyllis CHAN 4:12:56 9 Siu Pik POON 4:14:05 10 Marjorie DI DOMENICO 4:17:09 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Matthew CLARKE 1:17:44 2 Chris WHARTON 1:18:55 3 Tin Yau WONG 1:19:50 WOMEN: 1 Yann Kai OH 1:30:54 2 Angelina KONG 1:31:43 3 Zein WILLIAMS 1:34:43
31 JANUARY 2016: GRAND PREMIO FIM DA EUROPA 16.9km, PORTUGAL
MEN: 1 Bruno LOURENCO POR 59:59 2 Mário FERREIRA POR 1:00:28 3 Vitor OLIVEIRA POR 1:00:43 4 Nuno CARPINTEIRO POR 1:01:22 5 Tiago Miguel LOUSA POR 1:02:23 6 José SILVA POR 1:02:33 7 Paulo ALVES POR 1:02:42 8 Luis SANTOS POR 1:02:55 9 João INOCENCIO POR 1:03:07 10 Carlos TIAGO POR 1:03:40 WOMEN: 1 Isabel SILVA POR 1:12:55 2 Renata BELO POR 1:13:08 3 Virgínia PEREIRA POR 1:17:27 4 Chantal XHERVELLE FRA 1:18:58 5 Paula Rios MARQUES POR 1:19:15 6 Ana ALBERTO POR 1:21:14 7 Filipa FERNANDES POR 1:20:55 8 Fernanda BARBOZA POR 1:21:18 9 Cristina GODINHO POR 1:21:31 10 Patricia ESTEVES POR 1:22:05
31 JANUARY 2016: MARATONA DE FUNCHAL, PORTUGAL
MEN: 1 Paulo MACEDO POR 2:35:26 2 Luís PEREIRA POR 2:35:29 3 Óscar MENDES POR 2:41:47 4 Manuel BESSA POR 2:44:11 5 Marco SILVA POR 2:47:20 6 Marco GONCALVES POR 2:53:42 7 Eugénio PINTO POR 2:53:45 8 Virgílio ORNELAS POR 2:55:03 9 Paulo MARGARIDO POR 2:56:28 10 Daniel FERREIRA POR 3:00:59 WOMEN: 1 Rosa MADUREURA POR 2:55:20 2 Yvonne SCHAFER GER 3:39:31 3 Kathrin KUNZE GER 3:45:30 4 Alice SOUSA BRA 3:48:17 5 Cecília NICOLAO POR 3:57:57 6 Herlinde LEBITSCH AUT 4:04:55 7 Ina FEIL GER 4:08:50 8 Mari SIPOLA FIN 4:14:00 9 Beverley HILL GBR 4:32:10 10 Gina LITTLE GBR 4:44:27 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Carlos Freitas POR 1:09:41 2 Silvestre Rodrigues POR 1:14:08 3 Francisco Freitas POR 1:16:56 WOMEN: 1 Cátia SANTOS POR 1:26:54 2 Cristina NASCIMENTO POR 1:32:45 3 Gyongyi NAGY HUN 1:33:11
31 JANUARY 2016: MARATHON INT'L DE MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
MEN:
1 Moses MBUGUA MOSES KEN 2:11:41
2 Khamis BAKARI MAR 2:11:54
3 Augustine KIPKOECH KEN 2:12:36
4 Ronald KORIR KEN 2:12:59
5 Silas Muturi GICHOVI KEN 2:13:40
6 Tesfaye FIKADU ETH 2:16:20
7 Mohamed HAJJY MAR 2:17:04
8 James THEURI FRA 2:18:19
9 Mohamed OUMAARIR MAR 2:18:58
10 Mostafa CHANNI MAR 2:19:54
WOMEN:
1 Shasho INSERMU ETH 2:32:42
2 Tigist GIRMA ETH 2:33:03
3 Loice Jebet KIPTOO KEN 2:33:54
4 Shewe HAYMANOT ETH 2:39:02
5 Sanaa ACHAHBAR MAR 2:39:24
6 Tigist TESHOME ETH 2:40:13
7 Hanane QALLOUJ MAR 2:41:16
8 Khadija EL AARIBI MAR 2:54:44
9 Meriem KHALI MAR 3:00:33
10 Aziza RAJI MAR 3:05:00
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Mustapha EL AZIZ MAR 1:00:39
2 Zakaria BOUDAD MAR 1:02:14
3 Hassan ABBASSI MAR 1:02:16
WOMEN:
1 KELTOUM BOUASSRIYA MAR 1:12:29
2 Soud KANBOUCHIA MAR 1:13:10
3 Aicha BANI MAR 1:15:11
31 JANUARY 2016: 35th OSAKA INT'L WOMEN'S MARATHON, JAPAN
Kayoko Fukushi put more than six minutes between herself and her nearest rival and almost certainly clinched Olympic Games selection writes Ken Nakamura.
The race started fast in a bid to beat the 2:22:30 Olympic qualifying standard, in sunny conditions with the temperature at 9°C. The lead pack quickly reduced to six runners. By 15km (49:57) it was down to Fukushi, Risa Takenaka and Kenyan Selly Chepyego, plus two pace makers. They passed halfway on course record (2:21:18) schedule with 1:10:27 but the fast pace started to take a toll after 24km. Takenaka and then Chepyego drifted back but Fukushi stayed close to the remaining pacemaker. By 30km Fukushi was left alone in front in her quest for a fast time. Without help Fukushi started to slow and the race record drifted out of reach leaving her to concentrate on beating 2:22:30.
She entered the Nagai Stadium to take her second Osaka title, after winning in 2013, and beat her personal best by 2:04. Fukushi's huge winning margin of 6:03 was less than that of Ireland's Carey May who won the 1983 edition of the race by 6:20.
Unless two runners go faster than Fukushi in the forthcoming Nagoya Marathon she will be on the plane to Rio. In her debut at the 2008 Osaka Women's Marathon she led most of the way but hit the wall hard and finished in a disappointing 2:40:54. She ran under 2:25 three times between 2011 and 2015 but until now never quite produced the fast time many thought her capable of.
WOMEN (ONLY): 1 Kayoko FUKUSHI JPN 2:22:17 2 Misato HORIE JPN 2:28:20 3 Risa TAKENAKA JPN 2:29:14 4 Diana LOBACEVSKE LTU 2:30:09 5 Risa SHIGETOMO JPN 2:30:40 6 Misaki KATO JPN 2:31:04 7 Aya HIGASHIMOTO JPN 2:31:28 8 Hiroko MIYAUCHI JPN 2:32:40 9 Hitomi NAKAMURA JPN 2:33:23 10 Yuka TAKEMOTO JPN 2:33:29
31 JANUARY 2016: VADODARA INT'L HALF MARATHON, INDIA
MEN: 1 Samuel MACHARIA KEN 1:02:30 2 Tafese Delelegn ABEBE ETH 1:02:30 3 Mekasha TSEGAYE ETH 1:02:31 WOMEN: 1 Hannah GATHERU KEN 1:11:08 2 Adawork SADURA ETH 1:13:11 3 Keneni GUDETA ETH 1:13:13 15km MEN: 1 Kuldeep TOMAR IND 48:12 2 Sunil KUMAR IND 48:15 3 Niraj PATEL IND 49:33 WOMEN: 1 Nikita NAGAPURE IND 1:00:32 2 Bhumika SANT IND 1:05:17 3 Shobhaben MAKWANA 1:08:33
January 2016
