April 2010
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3 APRIL 2010: OLD MUTUAL TWO OCEANS MARATHON 56km, SOUTH AFRICA
MEN: 1 Mabhutile LEBOPO LES 3:06:18 2 Moeketsi MOSUHLI LES 3:07:29 3 Teboho SELLO LES 3:07:44 4 Stephen MUZHINGI ZIM 3:10:35 5 Warinyane LEBOPO LES 3:10:51 6 Mike FOKORONI ZIM 3:11:38 7 Moses NJODZI ZIM 3:12:14 8 Mpesela NTLOSEU LES 3:13:37 9 Nkosiyosi SIBANDA ZIM 3:15:01 10 Sandile NGUNUZE RSA 3:15:42 WOMEN: 1 Olesya NURGALIEVA RUS 3:41:53 2 Elena NURGALIEVA RUS 3:42:19 3 Adinda KRUGER RSA 3:49:23 4 Tshifhiwa MUNDALAMO RSA 3:52:21 5 Samukeliso MOYO ZIM 3:55:32 6 Riana VAN NIEKERK RSA 3:57:57 7 Joanna THOMAS RSA 4:02:08 8 Davera MAGSON RSA 4:02:43 9 Kerry KOEN RSA 4:02:57 10 Mary COORDT USA 4:04:10 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Lusapho APRIL RSA 1:03:54 2 Kalvin PANGISO ZIM 1:03:59 3 Tshamano SETONE RSA 1:04:13 WOMEN: 1 Rene KALMER RSA 1:12:39 2 Irvette VAN BLERK RSA 1:12:55 3 Mamorallo TJOKA LES 1:15:50
7 APRIL 2010: NORTH POLE MARATHON
The marathon took place in near blizzard conditions, with 25 runners from 10 countries braving 45kph winds, sub-zero temperatures and snowdrifts to complete the 42.2km race at the top of the world.
Marathoners first flew by jet from Spitsbergen (NOR) to a drifting Russian camp at the Geograhic North Pole on 6 April. On the following day, the race commenced at 15:00 GMT. Although the core temperature did not plummet to the -37°C experienced in the 2009 event, strong winds led to snowdrifts developing on the course and wind chill temperatures that occasionally reached -20°C. Despite the strong winds and unfavourable terrain on the frozen Arctic sea ice, every competitor finished.
In the men's event, Joep Rozendal, a former Dutch marine, took control at halfway. Rozendal went on to record a victory over his competitors and the elements to win in a time of 5:00:58. Yen-Po Chen from Chinese Taipei, a 2:30 marathoner in normal conditions, came third in 5:29:47.
Four women took part in the women's competition with Emer Dooley of Ireland proving a decisive winner.
Jamie Cuthbertson, a 49-year-old former British Royal Engineers captain, also succeeded in a challenge of a lifetime. Cuthbertson lost his sight in an explosion in 1986, but accompanied by his guide, Alex Pavanello, he completed the race in 7:37:02. After a celebration at the Pole, all competitors returned to Norway on 9 April.
The next North Pole Marathon is provisionally scheduled for 7 April 2011. For more details, see www.npmarathon.com.
MEN: 1 Joep ROZENDAL NED 5:00:58 2 Rik VERCOE GBR 5:07:30 3 Yen-Po CHEN TPE 5:29:47 4 Michael STASHIN CAN 6:07:27 5 Luis PALLARES ESP 6:21:15 6 Andrew CARNIE GBR 6:39:01 7 Paddy CLARK GBR 6:48:25 8 Matt NICHOLLS GBR 7:11:04 WOMEN: 1 Emer DOOLEY IRL 5:56:54 2 Julia TIZARD GBR 7:31:05 3 Sarah OLIPHANT USA 7:58:14 4 Ivana PILAROVA CZE 7:59:56
9 APRIL 2010: DEAD SEA 50KM ULTRAMARATHON, JORDAN
MEN: 1 Sulaiman AL ZBOUN JOR 2:57:52 2 Fathi SULEIMAN JOR 3:10:24 3 Nouri JABER IRQ 3:14:24 4 Ahmad AL HADEEB JOR 3:16:48 5 Khalid AL SHEIKH JOR 3:29:02 6 Aster BASTERRETXIA ESP 3:36:50 7 Firas AL NEMAAT JOR 3:40:17 8 Giovanni Battista TORELLI ITA 3:41:01 9 Matthew NOVAK USA 3:47:19 10 Paul BEATON GBR 3:48:50 WOMEN: 1 Suzette VERMAAK RSA 3:57:45 2 Victoria HUGHES GBR 4:13:46 3 Ana PIBERNAT ESP 4:24:28 4 Tine KNOTT USA 4:41:16 5 Antje MATTHIESEN GER 4:42:40 6 Andrea BERNATOVA CZE 4:53:41 7 Luisa EVANGELISTI ITA 5:12:05 8 Monica TAGARELLI ITA 5:25:46 9 Maria Paola DE SANTIS ITA 5:39:52 10 Nola REYNOLDS CAN 6:39:18 MARATHON MEN: 1 Mohammed ABU REZK JOR 2:33:45 2 Mutasim ATAWI JOR 2:34:58 3 Anas ZGHOUL JOR 2:42:34 WOMEN: 1 Chris PEETERS BEL 3:17:05 2 Jill VINCENT USA 3:30:23 3 Elsbeth ROELI SUI 3:41:47
11 APRIL 2010: PARIS INT'L MARATHON, FRANCE
Photo: Getty Images
Atsede Baysa and Tadesse Tola produced an impressive Ethiopian double at the 34th Marathon de Paris writes Pierre-Jean Vazel.
Baysa broke the women's race record with the fastest time this year while Tola smashed his personal best by more than nine minutes to take the men's title. Behind Baysa Chantalle Daunay ran the closing kilometres strongly to come in second with a new French national record.
A group of 28 Kenyans and Ethiopians reached the 5km in 15:07 and 10km in 30:11, slowed by a headwind on Faubourg Saint Antoine. Cruising through Bois de Vincennes from 11-18km the pace increased, and the group stretched out. One of favourites, Stephen Kibiwot fell and had to make a tremendous effort to renew contact with the leaders. A few minutes later, two other falls occurred, at the halfway refreshment station. Kenyan Alfred Kering led through halfway in 1:03:00.
Passing back through the Place de la Bastille the pace temporarily slowed, but picked up along the banks of the Seine, with only a dozen men still together. The remaining pacemaker, Kenyan Philip Manyim stopped at 30km (1:22:50).
Wilson Kipsang (a Marathon debutante but the eighth all-time performer at the Half-Marathon with 58:52) and 2009 Rome winner Benjamin Kiptoo were leading the compact front pack at 35km (1:45:21) with eight men observing each other and perceptibly slowing down in what looked like becoming a tactical finish. But with 5km to go Alfred Kering and Tadesse Tola produced a decisive acceleration while Kiptoo almost fell on the corner and went out of contention.
Kipsang couldn't follow the two men in front and was running third with Daniel Kiprugut (10th last year in Paris with 2:08:38) a distant 4th. Tola progressively opened a gap over Kipsang, while the wind was blowing against them (2:00:05 at 40km). The Ethiopian secured his victory thanks to a storming finish, smashing his personal best.
Ethiopian Atsede Baysa, winner of this race last year with a personal best of 2:24:42 and the winner of the Paris Half-Marathon last month, intended to defend her crown and break the old course record of 2:23:05 set by Marleen Renders seven years ago. She immediately took the lead as her plan was to pass the half way point in 1:11. By the 5km French star Christelle Daunay, who had finished third in Paris in 2007 and 2009 as well as in New York in last November, was 14 seconds behind, escorted by a group of men including her husband. Baysa was accompanied by her teammates Tirfe Tsegaye, Marathon debutante Gurmu Workitu Ayanu Azalech Woldeselassie. Baysa pulled away, passing halfway in 1:10:04 and 30km in 1:40:19, on pace for a new record.
At 35Km (1:57:16) Daunay was two minutes behind, but she caught and passed Woldeselassie, and, with 2km to go, the second Ethiopian Tsegaye. Baysa finished a minute inside Renders' famous race record. While Daunay, 35, fulfilled her promise to break the national record, running 81 seconds faster than she did last year.
Some 40,000 runners lined-up on a cool (9°C) and sunny Sunday morning.
MEN: 1 Tadesse TOLA ETH 2:06:41 2 Alfred KERING KEN 2:07:09 3 William KIPSANG KEN 2:07:10 4 Benjamin KIPTOO KEN 2:07:13 5 Daniel KIPRUGUT KEN 2:08:01 6 Muluguta WAMI ETH 2:08:32 7 Zambala YEGEZE ETH 2:08:48 8 Hailu MEKONNEN ETH 2:09:01 9 Francis KIBIWOTT KEN 2:09:26 10 Vincent KIPLAGAT KEN 2:09:38 WOMEN: 1 Atsede BAYSA ETH 2:22:03 2 Christelle DAUNAY FRA 2:24:22 3 Tirfe Beyene TSEGAYE ETH 2:24:51 4 Azalech WOLDESELASSE ETH 2:25:35 5 Gurmu Workitu AYANU ETH 2:29:25
11 APRIL 2010: FORTIS MARATHON ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Photo: Jiro Mochizuki
Patrick Makau became the fourth fastest marathoner writes Wim Van Hemert. It was windy and rather cold (8-10°C) but Makau weathered the conditions to post a world leading time and pull compatriot Geoffrey Mutai to a sub-2:05 performance. The women's edtion was a relatively lonely affair for Ethiopian Aberu Kebede who clocked 2:25:29. American Magdalena Lewy-Boulet was second in 2:26:22, a personal best.
Makau had run his ninth Half Marathon a month earlier in The Hague winning in 59:51. "Victory in The Hague gave me the feeling that everything was okay" And Makau showed that he was O.K., kicking away from Mutai over the final kilometre. In the Kralingse Bos after 32km the 20-year old Ethiopian Feyisa Lelisa broke away from a group of ten. The group then broke up, with Makau, Mutai and a third Kenyan, Vincent Kipruto, chasing. The quartet passed 35km in 1:43:52, after which Lelisa and then Kipruto fell back. The final 7km it became a duel between Makau and Mutai with Makau mostly leading before making his final break.
Makau covered the last 2195m in 6:10 adds Ken Nakamura, which is same as Ronald da Costa when he set his world record in 1998, but still slower than 6:05 Mutai took in the 2009 Eindhoven marathon. He ran his last 7195m in 20:56, two seconds slower than Haile Gebrselassie's time when he set his world record. Da Costa ran this section in 20:50, and Mutai in 20:29. With these results Rotterdam becomes the fastest marathon in the world on two counts: the top-10 performances ever, and the top-10 performances since 2007. Behind Makau there was a best-ever time recorded for fourth place by Lelisa. The average of top-10 performances in Rotterdam is now 2:05:15, 15 seconds faster than the average for Berlin. The average of top-10 performances since 2007 in Rotterdam is 2:05:20, 29 seconds faster than the average in London.
MEN: 1 Patrick MAKAU KEN 2:04:48 2 Geoffrey MUTAI KEN 2:04:55 3 Vincent KIPRUTO KEN 2:05:13 4 Feyisa LELISA ETH 2:05:23 5 Bernard KIPYEGO KEN 2:07:01 6 Francis KIPROP KEN 2:08:53 7 Daniel RONO KEN 2:09:49 8 Elias Chelimo KEMBOI KEN 2:10:29 9 Koen RAYMAEKERS NED 2:11:09 10 Yared Dagnaw SHAREW ERI 2:11:28 WOMEN: 1 Aberu KEBEDE ETH 2:25:25 2 Magdalena LEWY-BOULET USA 2:26:22 3 Xialin ZHU CHN 2:29:42 4 Yevgenia DANILOVA RUS 2:31:44 5 Beatriz ROS BLANCO ESP 2:32:28 6 Alina ISTADURA ROM 2:33:36 7 Zoila GOMEZ USA 2:33:54 8 Meseret MENGISTU ETH 2:34:07 9 Olga GLOK RUS 2:38:10 10 Merel DE KNEGT NED 2:38:41
11 APRIL 2010: MILANO CITY MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Jafred Chirchir KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:09:15 2 Charles Kamathi WAWERU KEN 2:11:24 3 Teferi Kebede BALCHA ETH 2:11:35 4 Abebe Negewo DEGEFA ETH 2:13:04 5 Robert CHEBOROR KEN 2:13:46 6 Sentayehu Ejigu MERGA ETH 2:15:38 7 Elijah Sang KIPRUTO KEN 2:16:03 8 William Todoo ROTICH KEN 2:17:28 9 Abdelkebir LAMACHI MAR 2:19:53 10 Ahmed EZZOBAYRY FRA 2:19:53 WOMEN: 1 Asnakech Egigayeuh MENGISTU ETH 2:25:50 2 Anne Berewe CHEPTANUI KEN 2:28:22 3 Yeshimebet Tadesse BIFA ETH 2:36:04 4 Marcella MANCINI ITA 2:37:43 5 Jinxue CHANG CHN 2:42:47 6 Daneja GRANDOVEC SLO 2:46:28 7 Sanna KULLBERG FIN 2:48:09 8 Giuseppina CHIOLO ITA 2:49:59 9 Beatriz MOLINA SPA 2:50:50 10 Ilaria ZACCAGNI ITA 2:53:04
11 APRIL 2010: 11TH SAO PAULO INT'L HALF MARATHON CORPORE, BRAZIL
At 12km Mathew Cheboi Kiptoo took the lead and went on to win. "The atmosphere was great and I was ready. I had trained well and the flat course helped" he said. There was also a Kenyan winner in the women's race, and Elizabeth Chepkanan Romokol also noted that "it was an easy race. I liked the course very much."
Asics had offered a special award whereby the first runner to cross the finish line wearing Asics shoes was given a trip to the New York City Marathon. Marcos Alexandre Elias took the award, in fourth place overall.
MEN: 1 Mathew Kiptoo CHEBOI KEN 1:03:49 2 Kiprop MUTAI KEN 1:04:19 3 Solonei Rocha DA SILVA BRA 1:05:17 4 Marcos Alex ELIAS BRA 1:05:53 5 Edson Tiburcio ALVES BRA 1:05:53 6 Francisco Barbosa DOS SANTOS BRA 1:06:25 7 Adriano BASTOS BRA 1:06:35 8 Fabiano Gomes DOS SANTOS BRA 1:07:08 9 Marildo José BARDUCCO BRA 1:07:12 10 Renilson Vitorino DA SILVA BRA 1:07:33 WOMEN: 1 Elizabeth Chepkanan ROMOKOL KEN 1:14:40 2 Leah JEROTICH KEN 1:15:15 3 Michele Cristina DAS CHAGAS BRA 1:15:32 4 Maria Zeferina BALDAIA BRA 1:15:57 5 Rosangela Raimunda FARIA BRA 1:16:17 6 Fabiana Cristine DA SILVA BRA 1:16:43 7 Ednah MUKHWANA KEN 1:17:19 8 Noeme Maria PEREIRA BRA 1:18:25 9 Adriana Aparecida DA SILVA BRA 1:18:48 10 Sirlene Sousa DE PINHO BRA 1:20:17
11 APRIL 2010: ZURICH MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
Photos: Erwin Züger
Despite a slight drop in the number of participants spectators were out in force on a bright and sunny day, and a festive atmosphere filled the city. Of the 5,243 registered runners, 4,567 started and 4,451 finished coming from 43 countries and all continents.
The 8th edition, which for the firast time included a relay race, started at 08.30 under clear blue skies in front of the Hafendamm Enge on the Zurich lakeshore. A lead group of African runners quickly emerged but it was only at 35km that the group had thinned out to just four Kenyans. From 40km the contest became David Kiprono Langat against Stanley Leleito as Daniel Kiptum and Kiprop Korir Tuwei fell back. It was 36-year old Langat who prevailed, but in third place Kiptum ran the fastest ever time for a deaf runner by 44 seconds.
Olga Rosseeva won the women's division, after a smooth race in which she was untroubled.
The 1st Annual Zurich Relay Marathon enjoyed an entry of 320 teams. Next year's Zurich Marathon will take place on 17 April, 2011.
MEN: 1 David Kiprono LANGAT KEN 2:11:04 2 Stanley LELEITO KEN 2:11:37 3 Daniel KIPTUM KEN 2:14:01 4 Kiprop Koriri TUWEI KEN 2:14:33 5 Hailu BEGASHAW ETH 2:16:15 6 Tewodros ZEWDU ETH 2:17:52 7 Dereje TEFERA ETH 2:20:02 8 Tarcis ANCAY SUI 2:20:54 9 Hussein AWADAH LIB 2:21:17 10 Patrick WIESER SUI 2:21:26 WOMEN: 1 Olga ROSSEEVA RUS 2:23:08 2 Lena GAVELIN SWE 2:25:14 3 Emebet ABOSSA ETH 2:29:52 4 Rachel BERCHTOLD SUI 2:47:11 5 Luzia SCHMID SUI 2:48:07 6 Addis GEZAHEGNE ETH 2:49:04 7 Karin JAUN SUI 2:50:08 8 Sandra WYSS SUI 2:53:57 9 Denise ZIMMERMANN SUI 2:56:42 10 Maja MENEGHIN-PLISKA SUI 2:58:20
11 APRIL 2010: SANTIAGO MARATHON, CHILE
MEN: 1 Alene RETA ETH 2:12:33 2 Jacob CHAMER KEN 2:12:52 3 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 2:13:50 4 Christopher KIPYEGO KEN 2:19:56 5 Francisco Medes MORALES CHI 2:21:00 6 Eugenio Galaz SANUEZA CHI 2:22:46 7 Raul Mora RIVERA CHI 2:24:50 8 Sergio Lopez DURAN CHI 2:25:16 9 Framcisco Gomez MUNOZ CHI 2:29:03 10 Mauricio FLANDEZ CHI 2:29:44 WOMEN: 1 Erika De La Fuente OLIVERA CHI 2:36:19 2 Clara Urzua MORALES CHI 2:39:19 3 Natalia Jaramllo ROMERO CHI 2:44:24 4 Paulina Castillo MAMANI PER 2:49:31 5 Paulina Gonzalez COVARRUBIAS CHI 3:11:38
11 APRIL 2010: 2ND DAEGU INTERNATIONAL MARATHON, KOREA
Deressa Chimsa fell 14 seconds short of last year's course record, but Yeshi Esayias defended her title and broke her own course record writes Bob Ramsak.
Chimsa broke away from 2009 winner Ji Young-Jun after 35km to take a convincing victory in his first race since dropping out of last year's World championships Marathon in Berlin.
In the women's race, 24-year-old Esayias recorded the fastest time of her career, well ahead of a close-run finish for second and third.
MEN: 1 Deressa CHIMSA ETH 2:08:45 2 Young-Jun JI KOR 2:09:31 3 Wegayehu Girma TEFERA ETH 2:10:09 4 Sammy KURGAT KEN 2:11:29 5 Philip KIMUTAI KEN 2:12:52 6 Dmitriy SAFRONOV RUS 2:12:55 7 Samson BARMAO KEN 2:12:59 8 Wolaye AMARE ETH 2:13:12 9 Joseph NGENY KEN 2:13:52 10 Raymond KIPKOECH KEN 2:14:21 WOMEN: 1 Yeshi ESAYIAS ETH 2:29:17 2 Harun MAKDA ETH 2:30:44 3 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:30:47 4 Martha MARKOS ETH 2:32:11 5 Eun-Jung LEE KOR 2:32:22 6 Risper KIMAYO KEN 2:32:28 7 Leah MALOT KEN 2:34:57 8 Yanan WEI CHN 2:35:46 9 Sun-Sook YUN KOR 2:35:59 10 Sun-Young LEE KOR 2:37:58
17 APRIL 2010: PARDUBICE WINE HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
MEN: 1 Cosmas KYENA KEN 1:03:10 2 Ben CHEBOI KEN 1:03:41 3 Michael Rutto CHETOO KEN 1:03:44 4 Boniface WAMBUA-NDUVA KEN 1:03:51 5 Samuel Kamiti MUNGARA KEN 1:06:12 6 Tomas MATIJOSIUS LTU 1:06:35 7 Aurimas SKINULIS LTU 1:08:09 8 Daniel ORALEK CZE 1:08:22 9 Jan MRAZEK CZE 1:10:36 10 Jiri CIVRNY CZE 1:11:06 WOMEN: 1 Jane Wanjiku GAKUNYI KEN 1:13:21 2 Purity Wangui MACHARIA KEN 1:13:21 3 Lucia Mwihaki KIMANI BSH 1:13:33 4 Anna PICHRTOVA CZE 1:18:30 5 Tana Metelkova CZE 1:19:14 6 Anna JAKUBCZAK POL 1:20:23 7 Radka CHURANOVA CZE 1:22:56 8 Ivana MARTINCOVA CZE 1:23:23 9 Myroslava PETRONYUK UKR 1:25:03 10 Michaela DIMITRIADU CZE 1:28:32
18 APRIL 22010: NAGANO OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE MARATHON, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Nicholas CHELIMO KEN 2:10:24 2 Peter KARIUKI KEN 2:11:30 3 Shadrack KIPLAGAT KEN 2:12:49 4 Masaru TAKAMIZAWA JPN 2:13:04 5 Etsu Miyata JPN 2:13:19 6 Anthony WANGECI KEN 2:14:49 7 Tomohiro SETO JPN 2:15:26 8 Abiyote GUTA ETH 2:18:06 9 Tomonori ONITSUKA JPN 2:18:22 10 Eric WAINANA KEN 2:19:14 WOMEN: 1 Lisa WEIGHTMAN AUS 2:28:48 2 Olena BURKOVSKA UKR 2:31:53 3 Eri HAYAKAWA JPN 2:33:05 4 Kiyoko SHIMAHARA JPN 2:34:46 5 Irene LIMIKA KEN 2:36:26 6 Chinatsu MARUOKA JPN 2:38:45 7 Kate SMYTH AUS 2:39:27 8 Naoko TSUCHIYA JPN 2:39:35 9 Chihiro TANAKA JPN 2:42:39 10 Miya NISHIO JPN 2:43:15
18 APRIL 2010: BELGRADE TIME FORCE MARATHON, SERBIA
Photos: Belgrade Marathon Ltd
Running into a headwind for much of the race 22-year Johnstone Maiyo won decisively against a group of his compatriots in only his second marathon writes Pat Butcher. He had confidently predicted victory two days earlier and remained so even when among a group of six with 10km to run. "It was very windy" he said. "That's why I didn't take the lead too soon, but when we got to 35km I knew I had to go."
Maiyo built up almost a minute's margin of victory in the final 6km back into the city centre, by which time the temperature had risen towards 20°C. Another Kenyan Hellen Mugo had an even easier victory in the women's race well ahead of Volha Rezkaya of Belarus.
MEN: 1 Johnstone MAIYO KEN 2:16:23 2 Sammy KIBET KEN 2:18:15 3 Paul LOPIO KEN 2:18:19 4 Sammy ROTICH KEN 2:19:29 5 Victor KIMELI KEN 2:20:25 6 Paul KIPTANUI KEN 2:23:20 WOMEN: 1 Hellen MUGO KEN 2:41:19 2 Volha REZKAYA BLR 2:53:57 3 Neza MRAVJE SLO 2:59:30
18 APRIL 2010: VIENNA CITY MARATHON, AUSTRIA
Kenyans took both wins in the 27th Vienna City Marathon for the first time in the history of the event which registered a record number of 32,940 runners from 108 nations. A strong headwind in parts of the race had slowed the elite runners considerably.
The men started fast passing 10km in 30:07, but the wind picked up strongly, pacemakers tired early and split times slowed. After reaching halfway in 64:30 the last pacemaker dropped out and the 11 runners sharing the lead at 25km (1:16:15) all slowed.
After 30km (1:32:19) four runners broke away: Henry Sugut and his fellow Kenyans Paul Kimugul and Joseph Lomala Kimosop as well as Ethiopia's Mesfin Ademasu. Then with around 5km to go Sugut surged away from this group. The 24 year-old Kenyan had only run one marathon before and now improved his best by two minutes. Austrian hope Günther Weidlinger suffered of a calf muscle problem and came in 12th with 2:14:05. Pre-race favourite Felix Limo was seventh while his fellow-countryman Luke Kibet, Kenya's World Marathon Champion from 2007, dropped out soon after the start with a calf muscle or Achilles tendon injury.
In the women's race a group of four runners reached the half way mark in 1:14:40. Among them were defending champion Andrea Mayr, the two-time Vienna winner Luminita Talpos (Romania/2007 and 2008) plus Irene Mogaka and Hellen Kimutai. The two Kenyans then took the lead and opened a substantial gap. Mogaka went six seconds clear with 7km to go but could not keep the pace and Hellen Kimutai overtook her 2km later. 32 year-old Kimutai had been second in Vienna 10 years ago.
MEN: 1 Henry SUGUT KEN 2:08:40 2 Joseph LOMALA-KIMOSPO KEN 2:09:32 3 Mesfin ADEMASU ETH 2:09:41 4 Henryk SZOST POL 2:10:27 5 Adam DRACZYNSKI POL 2:10:49 6 Paul KIMUGUL KEN 2:10:56 7 Felix LIMO KEN 2:11:34 WOMEN: 1 Hellen KIMUTAI KEN 2:31:08 2 Irene-Kemunto MOGAKA KEN 2:31:28 3 Olha KELENAROVA-OCHAL UKR 2:33:05 4 Luminita TALPOS ROM 2:33:37 5 Andrea MAYR AUT 2:34:09 6 Sharon TAVENGWA ZIM 2:36:22
18 ARIL 2010: NICE INT'L HALF MARATHON, FRANCE
MEN: 1 Peter KIMELI KEN 1:01:34 2 Isaiah ONDIEKI KEN 1:01:42 3 Belete ASEFA ETH 1:02:45 4 Barnabas KOSGEI KEN 1:03:13 5 Gishu DIDA ETH 1:03:14 6 Jairus CHANCHIMA KEN 1:04:04 7 James THEURI FRA 1:05:14 8 Hsain MOUNIR 1:06:13 9 Paolo SANDALI 1:07:28 10 William STRUYVENS 1:08:34 WOMEN: 1 Magdalene MUKUNZI KEN 1:14:08
18 APRIL 2010: ALEXANDER THE GREAT MARATHON, GREECE
MEN: 1 Mehari Gebre BARAKI ETH 2:15:11 2 Noah Kipsang TALAM KEN 2:15:44 3 James CHERUIYOT KEN 2:16:15 4 Edwin Kimutai KIPCHOM KEN 2:20:20 5 Irko Yada LEMECHA KEN 2:21:08 6 Lucho Seme ABDI ETH 2:24:29 7 Aregawi Alemayehu ABRHA ETH 2:26:14 8 Teyounis DIMITRIOS GRE 2:28:37 9 William KIPTOO KEN 2:29:26 10 Peter Njuguna KARIUKI KEN 2:35:12 WOMEN: 1 Svitlana STANKO UKR 2:41:18 2 Tigist Abdi SHENE ETH 2:41:29 3 Nadezhda TRILINSKAYA RUS 2:41:44 4 Gemilu Adamech BYENE ETH 2:42:49 5 Rosaline DAVID KEN 2:42:50 6 Sisay Measso ARSEDE ETH 2:50:43 7 Maria POULOUPATI GRE 3:20:04 8 Sara SKOULARIKI GRE 3:24:34 9 Patoura PHROSO GRE 3:24:44 10 Deli EVAGGELIA GRE 3:27:55
18 APRIL 2010: RABAT INT'L HALF MARATHON, MOROCCO
MEN: 1 John Nzau MWANGANGI KEN 1:01:04 2 Falilk ADBELLAH MAR 1:01:20 3 Tolcha Berhan SHIFERAW ETH 1:01:41 4 Abdellah TAGHRAFET MAR 1:01:53 5 Eticha Shumi GERBABA ETH 1:02:03 6 Mustapha EL AZZIZ MAR 1:02:21 7 Wolde Botoru TSEGAYE ETH 1:03:03 8 Bernard Kipmoi ROTICH KEN 1:03:06 9 Biratu Gudeta GYDETAGMECHU ETH 1:03:11 10 Riyad EL MUSTAPHA BRN 1:03:17 WOMEN: 1 Mare Dibaba HURSSA ETH 1:11:10 2 Goitetom TESEMA ETH 1:11:33 3 Dergo Fatuma SADO ETH 1:12:02 4 Samir RAYEF MAR 1:12:07 5 Jara Dehininent DEMSW ETH 1:12:19 6 Malika BEL FAKIR MAR 1:14:14 7 Amira BEN AMOR MAR 1:19:19 8 Hafida NARMOUCH MAR 1:20:59 9 Yuliya SYOSEEVA RUS 1:22:01 10 El Bouazaaoui SANAE MAR 1:22:41
18 APRIL 2010: DALIAN MARATHON, CHINA
MEN: 1 Stephen CHEMLANY KEN 2:13:10 2 William MUSYOKI KEN 2:13:11 3 Christopher KIPKEMBOI KEN 2:13:19 4 Guojian DONG CHN 2:13:23 5 Zhenlong ZHANG CHN 2:13:28 6 Gert THYS RSA 2:13:47 7 Patrick ROTICH KEN 2:14:23 8 Justus MEBUR KEN 2:14:40 9 Youcai LI KEN 2:16:56 10 Henry KAPKIAI KEN 2:17:01 WOMEN: 1 Rong CHEN CHN 2:30:09
19 APRIL 2010: BAA BOSTON MARATHON, USA
Photos: Getty Images
Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot demolished the course record in the 114th edition writes Parker Morse. Cheruiyot took a staggering minute and twenty-two seconds off the previous record of 2:07:14 set by Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (no relation) in 2006. Teyba Erkesso held off the late-charging Russian Tatyana Pushkareva in the closing steps.
With halfway splits of 1:03:24 and 1:02:28 Cheruiyot underlined long-standing wisdom that the best way to run the Boston course is to run the second, hillier half faster than the first, largely downhill half.
Ryan Hall led the pack down from Hopkinton pushing on the downhill sections and relaxing on the uphills. The pack reached halfway mark on sub-2:07 pace, then began racing in earnest as they entered the series of four hills, culminating in the infamous Heartbreak Hill. Defending champion Deriba Merga broke the pack apart with an injection of pace just before 30km. Cheruiyot followed cautiously. Cresting the hills Cheruiyot then dropped Merga.
Cheruiyot, only 21, became the first man under 2:07, not to mention 2:06, on the Boston course. Tekeste Kebede passed a fast-fading Merga to take second in 2:07:23, now the 5th fastest ever on the Boston course; Merga ran 2:08:39, and Hall finished fourth in 2:08:41.
In the women's race Teyba Erkesso broke away from a pack of eight before reaching halfway. Like Cheruiyot, she also ran a faster second half and built a lead which at one point was more than two minutes. She ran most of the second half alone, and struggled to hold on as Tatyana Pushkareva chipped away at her lead in the closing miles. In the end Erkesso won by just three seconds, the third-smallest winning margin in Boston history (2009 and 2008 margins were 1 and 2 seconds). Defending champion Salina Kosgei came in third just a second ahead of Waynishet Girma. 2008 champion Dire Tune dropped out before the 30km mark.
MEN: 1 Robert CHERUIYOT KEN 2:05:52 2 Tekeste KEBEDE ETH 2:07:23 3 Deribe MERGA ETH 2:08:39 4 Ryan HALL USA 2:08:41 5 Meb KEFLEZIGHI USA 2:09:26 6 Gashaw ASFAW ETH 2:10:53 7 John KOMEN KEN 2:11:48 8 Moses Kigen KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:12:04 9 Jason LEHMKHULE USA 2:12:24 10 Alejandro SUAREZ MEX 2:12:33 WOMEN: 1 Teyba ERKESSO ETH 2:26:11 2 Tatyana PUSHKAREVA RUS 2:26:14 3 Salina KOSGEI KEN 2:28:35 4 Waynishet GIRMA ETH 2:28:36 5 Bruna GENOVESE ITA 2:29:12 6 Lidiya GRIGORYEVA RUS 2:30:31 7 Yurika NAKAMURA JPN 2:30:40 8 Weiwei SUN CHN 2:31:14 9 Nailya YULAMANOVA RUS 2:31:48 10 Albina Mayorova-IVANOVA RUS 2:31:55
25 APRIL 2010: MOBEL KRAFT MARATHON HAMBURG, GERMANY
MEN: 1 Wilfred KIGEN KEN 2:09:22 2 Arado U BUTA NOR 2:09:27 3 Zerea B BERAKI ERI 2:10:06 4 Kipchirchir J KIPRONO KEN 2:10:16 5 Matthew K KIBOWEN KEN 2:10:57 6 Ignacio CACERAS ESP 2:12:49 7 Regis BORDIER FRA 2:22:31 8 Alvaro JIMENEZ ESP 2:23:48 9 Vincent NOTHUM LUX 2:27:35 10 Magnus KRETH GER 2:28:27 WOMEN: 1 Sharon CHEROP KEN 2:28:38 2 Eshetu B DEGEFA ETH 2:29:48 3 Beata NAIGAMBO NAM 2:33:00 4 Elizabeth CHEMWENO KEN 2:33:24 5 Tetyana MEZENTSEVA UKR 2:34:24 6 Chemunge S CHELIMO KEN 2:37:20 7 Alemitu BEKELE BEL 2:37:35 8 Lilian CHELIMO KEN 2:40:41 9 Kajsa BERG SWE 2:45:25 10 Johanna KYKYRI FIN 2:46:10
25 APRIL 2010: MARATON POPULAR DE MADRID, SPAIN
The 33rd 'Maratón Popular de Madrid' attracted more than 10,000 runners from no fewer than 49 countries. Thomson Cherogony set a new course record by three seconds writes Emeterio Valiente. A large group of Africans passed 10km in 31:07, and halfway in 1:05:21. At 25km Eritrea's Adhanom Abraha was followed by the Kenyan trio of Cherogony, Dickson Chumba and Jonathan Kipkosgei, the latter already a Madrid winner back in 2007. At 35km (1:48:11) Cherogony and Kipkosgei (1:48:11 the 35km split) left Chumba behind but the closing 3km uphill section proved too tough for Kipkosgei and he was taken by Chumba while Cherogony ran on to victory.
Pre-race favourite Magadaline Chemjor faded badly in the last 10km to finish well behind Ethiopia's Girma Tadesse. The halfway split was 1:15:30 as the Kenyan pair of Lydia Njeri and Chemjor led Tadesse and Dais Letay of Ethiopia, along with Poland's Justyna Bak. As Chemjor faded Tadesse proved strongest over the last 2km, romping home 100m ahead of her compatriot.
A 10km race opened the day in which Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie just jogged to a 28:56 win ahead of Francisco España, who was timed at 30:28. Gebrselassie turned 37 last Sunday (18 April).
MEN: 1 Thomson CHEROGONY KEN 2:11:27 2 Dickson CHUMBA KEN 2:11:54 3 Jonathan KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:13:06 4 David TONIOK KEN 2:14:45 5 Miguel Ángel GAMONAL ESP 2:17:27 6 Rachid NADIJ ESP 2:18:01 7 Pablo LOPEZ ESP 2:18:43 8 Yousef AAKOU ESP 2:19:44 9 Asier CUEVAS ESP 2:20:30 10 Kahsay KIDANE ERI 2:21:23 WOMEN: 1 Desta Girma TADESSE ETH 2:34:39 2 Dais LETAY ETH 2:34:58 3 Justyna BAK POL 2:37:52 4 Lydia Njeri MATHATI KEN 2:38:55 5 Tigist KILTE ETH 2:43:31 6 Ana CASARES ESP 2:47:50 7 Magdaline CHEMJOR KEN 2:50:38 8 Esther HIDALGO ESP 2:51:52 9 Leonor PEREZ ESP 2:57:31 10 Marta FIGUEREDO CUB 3:04:40
25 APRIL 2010: ENSCHEDE MARATHON, NETHERLANDS
MEN: 1 John KELAI KEN 2:12:17 2 Julius K KORIR KEN 2:12:34 3 Jacob YATOR KEN 2:12:43 4 Gilbert K ROTICH KEN 2:13:12 5 Gemechu WORKU ETH 2:13:51 6 Pius M MUTUKU KEN 2:14:18 7 Michael N KIMANI KEN 2:14:23 8 Amos MAIYO KEN 2:16:14 9 Edwin KIMAIYO KEN 2:18:41 10 Eric KIGEN KEN 2:21:47 WOMEN: 1 Ingrid PRIGGE NED 2:46:25 2 Stephanie WARNER NED 3:15:40 3 Mieke HEKKERS NED 3:32:58 4 Josien AVESKAMP NED 3:34:27 5 Martine WITHAG NED 3:34:33 6 Gerry VISSER NED 3:36:43 7 Alien KRUIZE NED 3:37:24 8 Sophie DE KEERSMAEKER NED 3:39:09 9 Marianne VAN DER VEEN NED 3:39:48 10 Michaela HOFFNER NED 3:40:01 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Leon SANDERMAN NED 1:12:34 2 Jan PAALMAN NED 1:13:15 3 Rooney AGTEN NED 1:14:16 WOMEN: 1 Naomy JEPKOSGEI KEN 1:18:21 2 Emily CHEMUTAI KEN 1:18:24 3 Sharon TAVENGA ZIM 1:21:52
25 APRIL 2010: BIG SUR INT'L MARATHON, USA
The 25th anniversary event sold out 4600 registered marathoners. A total of 8,254 from a variety of distance events crossed the finish line, coming from all 50 states and 29 countries. First time marathoner Daniel Tapia took off from the start and never looked back. Coming in behind him was 36-year old Michael Wardian who was crowned the 'Boston 2 Big Sur Challenge' victor from among 300 who had completed the Boston Marathon six days earlier. He had also completed the six-day Marathon des Sables across the Saraha Desert only 10 days earlier.
MEN: 1 Daniel TAPIA USA 2:26:09 2 Michael WARDIAN USA 2:27:39 3 Christopher MOCKO 2:33:05 4 Rich HANNA 2:33:49 5 Justin CHASTON 2:35:53 6 Jesus CAMPOS 2:36:37 7 Joseph PHELAN 2:39:00 8 Louis-Philippe GARNIER CAN 2:39:49 9 Daniel SNYDER 2:40:48 10 Chris CALZETTA 2:45:18 WOMEN: 1 Veronica CLEMENS USA 2:55:18 2 Melinda SCHWARZ USA 3:08:11 3 Erin CRUM 3:09:22 4 Tamar GAMLIEL 3:10:43 5 Sarah PLAXTON 3:11:14 6 Stacey CHASTON 3:11:22 7 Nikia BRAUTOVICH 3:16:08 8 Suzy WEST 3:17:52 9 Hannah KUNKLE 3:20:11 10 Alexandra HASERT 3:22:49
25 APRIL 2010: MARATONA SANT ANTONIO, ITALY
MEN: 1 Gilbert CHEPKWONY KEN 2:10:45 2 Giovanni GUALDI ITA 2:13:39 3 Abraham CHELANGA KEN 2:15:38 4 Benjamin CHEBOI KEN 2:16:52 5 Gabor SZABO HUN 2:27:11 6 Franko PLESNIKAR ITA 2:29:36 7 Antonio SANTI ITA 2:29:50 8 Claudio CAVALLI ITA 2:30:44 9 Eliije KIBET KEN 2:30:53 10 Juan SALVADOR ESP 2:33:55 WOMEN: 1 Rael KIYARA KEN 2:30:18 2 Priscah LEPTOO KEN 2:30:53 3 Lisa BORZANI ITA 2:57:40 4 Simona PILI ITA 2:59:32
25 APRIL 2010: GOLDEN HORN HALF MARATHON, TURKEY
MEN: 1 Abdulkader TURK TUR 1:06:52 2 Ramazan ISMEL TUR 1:14:39 3 Murat KAYA TUR 1:15:20 4 Mansuri YUKSEL TUR 1:15:57 5 Sinan KOSAY TUR 1:16:59 6 Zulkuf ISMEL TUR 1:17:18 7 Mustafa BULDUM TUR 1:17:24 8 Orhun Ugur TASTEKIN TUR 1:17:49 9 Omer YUMAK TUR 1:18:18 10 Tahir SULUK TUR 1:18:25 WOMEN: 1 Tugba Merve CAVDAR TUR 1:33:03 2 Susanna NIEL SWE 1:36:41 3 Bakiye DURAN TUR 1:37:25 4 Haki BINGOL TUR 1:37:48 5 Blanca Rincon AZNAR ESP 1:38:32 6 Ozlem AYDIN TUR 1:39:18 7 Nurgun SAYAR TUR 1:43:24 8 Ulku Coskunoglu ABADAN TUR 1:43:36 9 Sukran CAVLAK TUR 1:44:13 10 Handan ESER TUR 1:45:55
25 APRIL 2010: ANTWERP MARATHON, BELGIUM
MEN: 1 Nahashon KIMAITO KEN 2:12:00 2 Luke KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:14:37 3 Dismas LOTIRA 2:17:09 4 Fino Van GEYTE BEL 2:17:43 5 Koen NEVEN BEL 2:22:37 WOMEN: 1 Anne-Marie DUPONT BEL 3:03:34 2 Liesbeth Van LEEUWEN NED 3:04:41 3 Marijke GUILLEMYN BEL 3:05:30 4 Christine WENZL AUT 3:11:06 5 Linda BOURQUIN BEL 3:13:13 6 Vincianne LERATE BEL 3:14:48 7 Katja MALFIET BEL 3:17:13 8 Petra SLIEPERS BEL 3:20:24 9 Veronique FARRUGIA BEL 3:23:18 10 Valerie BROEKMANS BEL 3:23:20
25 APRIL 2010: CRACOVIA MARATHON, POLAND
MEN: 1 Abebe DAGANE ETH 2:16:12 2 Dmitriy BARANOWSKI BLR 2:22:16 3 Przemyslaw ROJEWSKI POL 2:22:31 4 Anton POTOCKI POL 2:25:18 5 Damian ZAWERIUCHA POL 2:27:22 6 Fredi MARTI SUI 2:30:36 7 Krzysztof SZCZEPANSKI POL 2:30:58 8 Grzegorz CZYS POL 2:36:01 9 Marek DZIEGIELEWSKI POL 2:36:49 10 Tadeuush ZHAUTOK BLR 2:37:37 WOMEN: 1 Gete Etaferahu TAREKEGN ETH 2:37:22 2 Agnieszka GORTEL POL 2:39:15 3 Yulia VINOKUROVA RUS 2:40:22 4 Tadelech BIRRA ETH 2:43:27 5 Elena TIKHONOVA RUS 2:44:41 6 Olga GORBUNOVA RUS 2:49:30 7 Morgilene GYTE LIT 2:56:11 8 Colleen SUNDERLAND 3:09:26 9 Agnieszka CADER POL 3:15:53 10 Barbara GRUCA POL 3:16:11
April 2010
