August 2007
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4 AUGUST 2007: SIBERIAN INTERNATIONAL
MARATHON, RUSSIA
Sergey Lukin retained his title in the men's race.
MEN:
1 Sergey LUKIN RUS 2:18:39
WOMEN:
1 Iraida PUDORKINA RUS 2:39:00
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5 AUGUST 2007: PANAMA CITY MARATHON,
PANAMA
MEN:
1 Henry JEAN CUB 2:29:33
2 Juan C CARDONA COL 2:30:32
3 Jose D CARDONA COL 2:31:22
4 Florencio MACHACUAY PER 2:32:54
5 Stephen O OYEWOLE NGR 2:34:16
6 Leonso H JIMENEZ COL 2:36:32
7 Jose LEAL COL 2:40:04
8 Freddy ALVARADO VEN 2:40:15
9 Faustino REYNOSO MEX 2:40:59
10 Claudio RAMAS ECU 2:43:49
WOMEN:
1 Ingladini GONZALEZ COL 3:02:31
2 Rosa RIVERA COL 3:10:37
3 Margarita CONDE GUA 3:12:59
4 Ana Isabel SANCHEZ PAN 3:17:52
5 Josefina DELGADO M CRC 3:27:57
6 Maria T CORDERO GUA 3:36:52
7 Eira LOPEZ PAN 3:39:37
8 Gilda MENDEZ PAN 3:40:30
9 Carmen C VILLEGA CRC 3:42:02
10 Monica DE NAVARRO PAN 3:43:24
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12 AUGUST 2007: CITY TO SURF 14km ROAD RACE,
AUSTRALIA
MEN:
1 Dickson MARWA TAN 41:10
2 Patrick NYANGELO TAN 41:21
3 Brett CARTWRIGHT AUS 41:36
4 Michael SHELLEY AUS 41:46
5 Lee TROOP AUS 41:49
6 Scott WESTCOTT AUS 42:46
7 Courtney ATKINSON AUS 43:11
8 Rowan WALKER AUS 43:16
9 Erwin MCRAE AUS 43:30
10 Anthony HABER AUS 43:38
WOMEN:
1 Jessica RUTHE NZL 46:33
2 Anna THOMPSON AUS 48:35
3 Hayley FIELD AUS 50:11
4 Melinda VERNON AUS 50:37
5 Lauren SHELLEY AUS 51:42
6 Sarah SALMON AUS 51:48
7 Rebecca LOWE AUS 52:24
8 Angela BATEUP AUS 53:00
9 Angela WILLIAMS AUS 53:18
10 Charlotte PAUL AUS 53:19
12 AUGUST 2007: ING EDMONTON MARATHON, CANADA
MEN:
1 David CORBETT CAN 2:40:59
2 Dalas RAUDEBAUGH CAN 2:41:08
3 Dennis COLBURN CAN 2:42:23
4 Brendan LUNTY CAN 2:53:19
5 John TWEDDLE CAN 2:57:30
6 Tom MCGRATH CAN 2:58:01
7 Stephen MATYAS CAN 3:00:28
8 Brett WHITE CAN 3:02:23
9 Yvon ALLEN CAN 3:03:09
10 Stuart MCCORMICK CAN 3:04:23
WOMEN:
1 Joylin NODWELL CAN 3:19:16
2 Nadine MUELLER CAN 3:22:59
3 Heather MOHOLITNY CAN 3:24:05
4 Janice BELENAD CAN 3:26:55
5 Roxanne SKOREYKO CAN 3:29:13
6 Nancy ALINSANGAN CAN 3:30:51
7 Janet MAGDALINSKI CAN 3:32:51
8 Carmen THIESSEN CAN 3:36:30
9 Haley BUCHANAN CAN 3:37:23
10 Tiffany O'HEARN CAN 3:40:12
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Thomas OMWENGA KEN 1:06:52
2 Jim FINLAYSON CAN 1:07:51
3 Matthew NORMINTON CAN 1:08:23
WOMEN:
1 Aster DEMISSE ETH 1:15:14
2 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA CAN 1:19:00
3 Janelle MORRISON CAN 1:21:08
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18 AUGUST 2007: GLITNIR REYKJAVIK MARATHON, ICELAND
More than 11,200 people from 40 countries participated in the series of events, which also
included a 3km fun run and a series of 1km "Lazy town" age group runs,
writes Ian Ladbrooke.
For the title event conditions were good: 12-14°C and minimal wind. Simon Tonui, Mbithi
and Jiri Wallenfells broke away from others within the first 2km, passing 10km in 34:25. They
remained together until 24km as the Czech slowed considerably over the last third of the race.
The two leaders actually increased their pace, and were locked together until the last 800m.
Tonui, in his marathon debut, then used his 10km pace to get away from the former Istanbul and
Edinburgh Marathon champion.
The Half marathon was more exciting, and the race record of 65:18 looked in danger from the
start as a group of five passed 3km in 9:08. The Dane Soren Parlshoj dropped back after 4km as
the other four passed 5km in 15:05 and 10km in 30:35. John Mutai and Zachary Kihara led while
the young Benjamin Serem was biding his time. At 14km he upped the pace and only the Olympic
Marathon champion Stefano Baldini went with him. Redoubling his effort at 17km Serem opened a
small gap that he eventually extended to a minute. Both Serem and Baldini broke the previous
race record.
Cathy Mutwa had things all her own way in the women's race. She left the very promising
young Icelander Nadine Gill at 3km, easing away to win by two minutes. Gill, in second, broke
80 minutes and at age 16 looks a promising hope for the future.
MEN:
1 Simon TONUI KEN 2:24:00
2 Joseph MBITHI KEN 2:24:23
3 Jiri WALLENFELLS CZE 2:36:39
4 Gary CHANDLER GBR 2:40:15
5 Jose RAMON ESP 2:40:16
WOMEN:
1 Sarah Kathryn KNUDSON CAN 3:21:19
2 Sari YRJOLA FIN 3:22:32
3 Tuula YRJOLA FIN 3:22:32
4 Joanne WILSON GBR 3:24:33
5 Bjorg ARNADOTTIR ISL 3:26:51
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Benjamin SEREM KEN 1:04:09
2 Stefano BALDINI ITA 1:05:08
3 Zachary KIHARA KEN 1:05:57
WOMEN:
1 Cathy MUTWA KEN 1:17:30
2 Nadine GILL ISL 1:19:08
3 Rannveig ODDSDITTIR ISL 1:27:28
10km
MEN:
1 Kari Steinn KARLSSON ISL 31:00
2 Bjorn MARGEIRSSON ISL 32:38
3 Ingnacio 32:44
WOMEN:
1 Nikki ARCHER GBR 35:37
2 Iris Anna SKULADOTTIR ISL 37:37
3 Johanna Skuladottir OLAFS ISL 37:39
18 AUGUST 2007: HELSINKI CITY MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN:
1 Peter BIWOTT KEN 2:20:31
2 Johnstone CHEBII KEN 2:20:41
3 Vener KASHAJEV RUS 2:25:00
4 James MIBEI KEN 2:32:33
5 Anssi RAITTILA FIN 2:33:27
6 Duncan K KIPKURGAT KEN 2:37:29
7 Raymo VAN DEN NED 2:37:38
8 Harri NISSINEN FIN 2:39:17
9 Riccardo CHIOCCOLONI ITA 2:42:13
10 Matti TEITTINEN FIN 2:43:56
WOMEN:
1 Flora KANDIE KEN 2:51:05
2 Mihret ANAMO ETH 2:53:06
3 Irina PANKOVSKAJA RUS 2:54:58
4 Elizabeth MONGUDHI NAM 2:59:19
5 Minna KAINLAURI LUM 3:04:45
6 Anna KANTOLA FIN 3:09:08
7 Ruut HEIKKINEN FIN 3:10:01
8 Erja NURKKALA FIN 3:11:25
9 Tia YRJOLA FIN 3:12:49
10 Melissa STREI USA 3:14:02
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25 AUGUST 2007: XI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS, OSAKA, JAPAN
Photo: Getty Images
MEN:
Over 500 Kenyans ran under 2:20 for a marathon last year, and most of the world's big city
races are won by them, but Luke Kibet's victory was a surprise writes Pat Butcher.
This Kenyan team was supposed to be the poorest ever assembled, but 24-year old Kibet turned
all that on its head at 31km in the hot and humid conditions. "I heard that people were
saying we were not strong," said Kibet immediately after his victory, "but when I
came here, I promised myself that I would do well, to prove them wrong."
He left the pack well behind at the start of his 10km surge to run a faster second half and
win by over a minute. This was the slowest winning time yet, but starting at 07.00 in 28°C
and 81% humidity and finishing in 33°C heat and 67% humidity that is hardly surprising.
Kibet started on the track, specialising in the steeplechase, but took second place in the
Enschede Marathon in May 2004 after he joined the management group of Frans Denisen in Tilburg,
where Kibet had already won the annual 10 Miles race in 2003. Like many Kenyan athletes, Kibet
is theoretically a civil servant (as a member of the Prison Service based in Nairobi) but
since his ascent to world class (he also won the Vienna City Marathon in 2:10:07 earlier this
year) he only has to do nominal service, and does most of his training back home in Eldoret,
where he is mentored by one of the Kenyan Marathon greats, Moses Tanui, at the training camp
that the latter set up in nearby Kaptagat. Kibet is married, with one child.
Kibet's best time was set in Eindhoven, where he finished third in 2:08:52, in 2005, the
same year that he won the Berlin 25k in 1:13:51. The World Championships win was his eighth
Marathon, and apart from the Vienna victory three months ago, he has also won the Taipei
Marathon in 2005 and 2006. Considering how well he coped with the temperature and humidity,
it is perhaps no coincidence that Vienna was very hot this year, and Taipei has similar
climatic conditions to Osaka.
Such is the embarassment of running riches in Kenya, there is another Luke Kibet, eight
years older, who is also a marathoner, and who won the Country Music Marathon back in 2004.
Kibet's was the first marathon win for a Kenyan man in the World Championships since
Douglas Wakiihuri in 1987.
1 Luke KIBET KEN 2:15:59
2 Mubarak Hassan SHAMI QAT 2:17:18
3 Viktor ROTHLIN SUI 2:17:25
4 Yared ASMEROM ERI 2:17:41
5 Tsuyoshi OGATA JPN 2:17:42
6 Satoshi OSAKI JPN 2:18:06
7 Toshinaru SUWA JPN 2:18:35
8 William KIPLAGAT KEN 2:19:36
9 Janne HOLMEN FIN 2:19:36
10 Jose Manuel MARTINEZ ESP 2:20:25
TEAMS:
In the team competition Japanese runners packed well in the leading group to record a
convincing home victory. Neighbouring Korea, whose runners were also used to the torrid
conditions, just pipped Kenya for second place.
1 Japan 6:54:23
2 Korea 7:12:08
3 Kenya 7:12:33
25 AUGUST 2007: NUUK MARATHON, GREENLAND
MEN:
1 Lars SVITH GLD 2:45:07
2 Kim GODTFREDSEN GLD 2:48:25
3 Lars VINDFELD GLD 2:59:13
4 Rasmus HEDEHOLM DEN 3:04:17
5 Simon ANDERSEN GLD 3:14:57
6 Allan SANDGREEN GLD 3:21:16
7 Clemens CHRISTIANSEN GLD 3:31:08
8 Abia ABELSEN GLD 3:32:31
9 Xavier GAILLARD FRA 3:37:03
10 Morten NORDAL GLD 3:38:44
WOMEN:
1 Katti FREDRIKSEN GLD 3:49:15
2 Brit FOLKERMAN DEN 4:05:48
3 Andrie SORENSEN GLD 4:19:52
4 Susi HINRUP GLD 4:29:44
5 Nunni OLSEN GLD 4:43:50
6 Kirstine GODTFREDSEN GLD 4:48:01
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Stig B SORENSEN GLD 1:16:14
2 Frederik BRUMMERSTED GLD 1:23:46
3 Lars HENRIKSEN GLD 1:28:52
WOMEN:
1 Liza T HEINRICH GLD 1:38:02
2 Katya NYBORG GLD 1:44:44
3 Yvonne LUD GLD 1:47:20
10.5K (QUARTER MARATHON)
MEN:
1 Olliver C HEILMANN GLD 38:15
2 Henrik KREUTMANN GLD 41:55
3 Rene OLSEN GLD 43:27
WOMEN:
1 Ane HARDENBERG GLD 46:19
2 Paviaarag HEILMANN GLD 46:19
3 Sofus SORENSEN GLD 47:52
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26 AUGUST 2007: SSQ QUEBEC CITY MARATHON, CANADA
MEN:
1 Amor DEHBI CAN 2:24:08
2 Richard TESSIER CAN 2:31:54
3 Louis-Philippe GARNIER CAN 2:34:46
4 Terry GEHL CAN 2:38:34
5 Marc GILBERTSON CAN 2:44:11
6 Alain GUIMONT CAN 2:44:54
7 Kaven DESPRES CAN 2:48:14
8 Pierre-Luc GOULET CAN 2:48:45
9 Michael CIAMPINI CAN 2:51:19
10 Camilien BOUDREAU CAN 2:53:51
WOMEN:
1 Natalie GOYER CAN 2:55:39
2 Louise VOGHEL CAN 3:02:41
3 Valerie ST-MARTIN CAN 3:11:29
4 Suzanne MUNGER CAN 3:14:40
5 Rachel PAQUETTE CAN 3:14:49
6 Maryse NAUIT CAN 3:14:50
7 Marianne PELCHAT CAN 3:21:01
8 Abbey KAKNES CAN 3:22:32
9 Veronique BERTRAND CAN 3:23:41
10 Lucie GONTHIER CAN 3:25:49
26 AUGUST 2007: MARATON DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO, MEXICO
MEN:
1 Hilary K KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:15:55
2 George OKWORO KEN 2:17:56
3 Alejandro CUAHTEPITZI MEX 2:18:00
4 Carlos C GOMEZ MEX 2:18:19
5 Oscar C SANTOS MEX 2:18:36
6 Edilberto M HERNANDEZ MEX 2:19:30
7 Efrain O GUDINO MEX 2:20:23
8 Peter OMAE 2:20:50
9 Jonnatan M SERRANO MEX 2:21:22
10 Christoper K CHIPSIYA KEN 2:21:36
WOMEN:
1 Anna K JELAGAT KEN 2:38:23
2 Margaret K TOROITICH KEN 2:39:09
3 Adriana S RUIZ MEX 2:40:07
4 Paula A JUAREZ MEX 2:42:42
5 Rocio C CLEMENTE MEX 2:42:55
6 Karina P DELGADO MEX 2:43:16
7 Marisol R ROSALES MEX 2:43:19
8 Susan K MUTHONI KEN 2:43:20
9 Alice N WARUGURU KEN 2:44:23
10 Judith R HERNANDEZ MEX 2:46:56
26 AUGUST 2007: VICTORIA FALLS MARATHON & HALF, ZIMBABWE
An increased field of 360 in all three races, from 14 countries, enjoyed the race in great
weather despite the country's current economic problems. The new route, into the National Park
and through the high density suburbs, proved very popular with runners, sponsors and
spectators alike. Local kids gave great support, and game viewing within the park was an
additional attraction.
The Falls were impressive as ever, and crossing the bridge into Zambia was an early
highlight for runners. The authorities - Police, Immigration and Customs, the Presidents
Office, National Parks, Zimbabwe Tourism etc. - allowed the race to run like clockwork, and
officials and volunteers turned out in droves. Sponsors were actively involved in running the
waterpoints and Shoprite pulled out all the stops to provide drinks and goodie bags as well as
some really loud "running music" and excellent food at the finish.
The "Sunset Cruise" and After Party at the Boat Club rounded off proceedings. Few
events finish with elephants swimming in the river, hippos, a spectacular sunset over the
Zambezi and rock and roll until the wee hours.
The "putting something back" initiative yielded 10 wheelchairs for the disabled
athletes in the town, thanks to the Rotary Club, and some great gifts from runners for the
Aids Orphans' Christmas Party. Surplus drinks and snacks went down well locally. The main
thing about this race is the community spirit - everyone gets involved.
MEN:
1 Felix MUSHURWA ZIM 2:26:15
2 Vusa MNIKWA ZIM 2:26:57
3 Nicholas MUGOMERI ZIM 2:27:56
4 Nkosiyazi SIBANDA ZIM 2:28:21
5 Innocent T PEMHINA ZIM 2:29:50
6 Bashir A VALLY ZIM 2:30:17
7 Chasara MASIYATSVA ZIM 2:34:23
8 Makako MPANDE ZIM 2:37:00
9 Rwatinyanya J MANGWENGWE ZIM 2:40:05
10 Hebert CHOKERA ZIM 2:44:28
WOMEN:
1 Rabia FILIMA ZIM 3:11:07
2 Cathy-Lee CUNNINGHAM RSA 3:47:03
3 Mavis KATEIWA ZIM 3:56:49
4 Tracey ASHWIN ZIM 3:57:15
5 Diane TRAUTMAN RSA 4:21:28
6 Rosalind FRASER RSA 4:29:42
7 Catharina J MAREE RSA 4:35:25
8 Sindy J KREUTZNER RSA 4:38:42
9 Sheree KIRSTEN RSA 4:38:43
10 Tracee BOTES RSA 4:39:51
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Wirimai JUWAWO ZIM 1:06:23
2 Linos CHINTALI ZAM 1:07:18
3 Brian MUSONDA ZAM 1:08:40
WOMEN:
1 Jane MAKOMBE ZIM 1:29:03
2 Sharon CHINOLEIYA ZIM 1:29:14
3 Nicola MCIVOR GBR 1:41:43
August 2007
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