April 2011
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2 APRIL 2011: HERVIS PRAGUE HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
Philemon Limo, 25, has only been running seriously for two years, and racing at world class for 12 months writes Pat Butcher. But he ran away from three men who have already gone under the hour for the half marathon. He beat Azmeraw Bekele of Ethiopia and Titus Masai by over a minute, taking 37 seconds off the course record, to become the third fastest man of the year at the distance. Lydia Cheromei took exactly a minute and half from the former record, and is the second fastest time of the year.
Azmeraw was a marginal race favourite and followed pacemaker Edward Muge in the early stages along with Masai and Jairus Chanchima. But Limo was lurking in the background, and stayed with the favourites when a group of five broke away after 5km.
At halfway the group was down to Azmeraw, Masai and Limo, but 2km later Limo shot away to built up a lead which just grew and grew.
It is just over 20 years since Cheromei shocked the athletics world by taking the world junior cross country title a month or so short of her 14th birthday. Following the birth of daughter Faith, now five, she has returned as a marathon runner, with a best of 2:23 in Dubai in January. She now has an equally good 'half' to her name after running away from Belainesh Zemedkun of Ethiopia, and course record holer Rose Kosgei.
MEN: 1 Philemon LIMO KEN 59:30 2 Azmeraw BEKELE ETH 1:00:35 3 Titus MASAI KEN 1:00:40 4 Henry CHIRCHIR KEN 1:01:25 5 Edward MUGE KEN 1:01:39 6 Hosea MACHARINYANG KEN 1:02:31 6 Boniface KIRUI KEN 1:02:57 8 Jairus CHANCHIMA KEN 1:03:10 9 Gunter WEIDLINGER AUT 1:03:47 10 Sammy KURUI KEN 1:04:59 WOMEN 1 Lydia CHEROMEI KEN 1:07:33 2 Belainesh ZEMEDKUN ETH 1:09:16 3 Rose KOSGEI KEN 1:09:31 4 Joyce CHEPKIRUI KEN 1:11:22 5 Christelle DAUNAY FRA 1:11:22 6 Emily CHEBET KEN 1:12:00 7 Korahubsh ITAA ETH 1:13:08 8 Alena SAMOCHVALOVA RUS 1:16:08 9 Petra KAMÍNKOVÁ CZE 1:16:57 10 Ivana SEKYROVÁ CZE 1:07:09
3 APRIL 2011: VATTENFALL BERLIN HALF MARATHON, GERMANY
In warm weather and a slight wind, two 18-year old Kenyans stole the show. Junior World Cross Champion Geoffrey Kipsang won the men's race while Valentine Kipketer was a surprise women's winner after pre-race favourite Sabrina Mockenhaupt dropped out at 12km. A record 25,500 runners from 102 countries were entered in this 31st edition of the race. Kipsang went through 10km in 28:47 in the lead group, and only drew away from the others after 17km. Kipketer led from the start in the women's race, the first she had run outside Africa,and only her second half marathon. She led through 10km in 32:33, with Mockenhaupt running behind her but still on course for a personal best up until the time she dropped out. Kipketer subsequently slowed, but her win was never in doubt.
MEN: 1 Geoffrey KIPSANG KEN 1:00:38 2 Eliud KIPLAGAT KEN 1:00:52 3 Daniel CHEBII KEN 1:00:56 4 Paul KIPKORIR KEN 1:01:11 5 Kiplimo KIMUTAI KEN 1:01:16 6 Megersa BACHA ETH 1:01:33 WOMEN: 1 Valentine KIPKETER KEN 1:10:12 2 Fata TOLA ETH 1:11:40 3 Sonia SAMUELS GBR 1:12:56 4 Andrea MAYR AUT 1:13:22 5 Agnieszka GORTEL POL 1:14:57
3 APRIL 2011: POZNAN MARATHON, POLAND
MEN: 1 Dennis MUSAU KEN 1:03:14 2 Gadengoi LOITARENG KEN 1:03:15 3 Hosea TUEI KEN 1:04:38 4 Mike CHERUIYOT KEN 1:06:00 5 Marcin SAJEK POL 1:09:18 6 Diego ABBATESCIANNI ITA 1:09:50 7 Maciej LUCYK POL 1:11:03 8 Pawel TARASIUK POL 1:11:22 9 Pawel TADEJEWSKI POL 1:13:30 10 Andrzej KRZYSCIN POL 1:13:57 WOMEN: 1 Eunice KALES KEN 1:12:54 2 Caroline CHEPKWONY KEN 1:12:56 3 Nadjerzda TRILINSKAJA RUS 1:14:57 4 Masila NDUNGE KEN 1:15:19 5 Agnieszda JANASIAK POL 1:20:08 6 Edyta RYBACKA POL 1:25:53 7 Dorota PAWLOWSKA POL 1:26:41 8 Antonina RYCHTER POL 1:28:10 9 Aleksandra DZIERZKOWSKA POL 1:31:48 10 Iwona ZUKOWSKA POL 1:33:11
3 APRIL 2011: MEDIO MARATON DE MADRID, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Enoch MITEI KEN 1:02:42 2 Abderraim EL ARSI MAR 1:02:46 3 Hassane AHOUCHAR ESP 1:04:37 4 Victor BITOK KEN 1:04:52 5 Amos KAPTICH KEN 1:05:01 6 Oswaldo JAMI JAMI ECU 1:05:23 7 Simon AYEKO KEN 1:06:25 8 Gordon MUGI KEN 1:06:35 9 Youness AIT HADI ESP 1:07:18 10 Pablo Vilalobos BAZAGA ESP 1:07:23 WOMEN: 1 Firhiwot GOSHU ETH 1:13:25 2 Rebecca CHEPTEGEI KEN 1:13:56 3 Leah SEROTICH KEN 1:14:33 4 Rebby KOECH KEN 1:14:52 5 Joan AYABEI KEN 1:15:53 6 Maria Ruiz CASTELLANO ESP 1:19:05 7 Rosa Maria Teresi MORALES ESP 1:19:23 8 Yesenia Centeno SOSA ESP 1:19:50 9 Lucia Morales GARCIA ESP 1:21:48 10 Azeb SHEWAMARE ETH 1:22:30
3 APRIL 2011: SEMI MARATHON INT'L DE RABAT, MOROCCO
MEN: 1 John Nzau MWANGANGI KEN 1:01:08 2 Atsede TSEGAY ETH 1:01:12 3 Nathaniel KIPKOSGEI KEN 1:01:24 WOMEN: 1 Feyse Tadese BORU ETH 1:08:44 2 Doris CHANGEYWO KEN 1:08:49 3 Filomena CHEPCHIRCHIR KEN 1:08:51
3 APRIL 2011: mds SANTIAGO MARATHON, CHILE
MEN: 1 Julius KETER KEN 2:13:01 2 Simon KARIUKI KEN 2:17:01 3 Isaac WAWERU KEN 2:17:39 4 Eugenio GALAZ CHI 2:20:31 5 Alene RETA ETH 2:21:02 6 Carlos Roberto ECHEVERRIA CHI 2:21:13 7 Francisco GOMEZ 2:27:24 8 Rodrigo MONTECINOS 2:28:00 9 Franklin JIMENEZ 2:29:19 10 Javier SALILLAS 2:32:46 WOMEN: 1 Hyvon NGETICH KEN 2:34:42 2 Erika ABRIL COL 2:35:01 3 Alejandra OLIVERA CHI 2:36:27 4 Carmen ROMERA CHI 2:37:06 5 Alba Rosa CHACHA ECU 2:37:27 6 Mary AKOR USA 2:39:52 7 Hortencia ARZAPALO 2:40:49 8 Lasnieves MORATES 2:41:37 9 Roxana BALLESTEROS 2:42:03 10 Rose JEBET KEN 2:44:34
8 APRIL 2011: NORTH POLE MARATHON
Photos: Mike King
The marathon started at 22:00 and ran throughout the 'night' (there are 24 hours of daylight at the North Pole). The temperature was -32°C and conditions underfoot became more difficult as the race progressed. However, all runners successfully completed the event and have now stood at the precise Geographic North Pole.
MEN: 1 Istvan TOTH HUN 4:54:03 2 John BRAUN LUX 5:05:50 3 Dmitry Mamadaliev RUS 5:05:53 4 Fernando GONZALEZ ESP 5:09:40 5 Peter Van Den BERG GBR 5:23:55 6 David BROGAN GBR 5:34:35 7 Ben WALMSLEY GBR 5:34:35 8 Nigel CLARK GBR 5:41:42 9 James LOVE GBR 6:01:05 10 Andre CRONJE RSA 6:08:08 WOMEN: 1 Richelle TURNER AUS 6:03:06 2 Sharyn FITZGERALD AUS 6:28:16 3 Sue BRADFORD GBR 7:14:24 4 Aly Van Den BERG GBR 8:52:04 5 Uma Devi CHIGURUPATI IND 9:11:20
8 APRIL 2011: TEL AVIV MARATHON, ISRAEL
A total of 20,000 participants took part in the various race distances, including 1147 in the Marathon, 6000 in the Half Marathon and 10,000 in the 10km. The 4.2km course, offering just a taste of the Tel Aviv Marathon experience attracted 3000 more runners. It was the largest ever-running event in Israel, indicating the unprecedented growth of running in the country since the renewal of the Tel Aviv Marathon tradition in 2009.
The pleasant weather (12°C at the start) and the spectacular flat courses, contributed to the many personal records achieved. Participants ran along the main streets and avenues of the city, the splendid seashore and the spacious parks. The leading groups in both men's and women's marathons were dominated by Kenyan and Ethiopian runners.
MEN: 1 Josphat Kipkemboi RONO KEN 2:19:02 2 Kimutai CHERUIYOT KEN 2:19:38 3 Henry Kipkirui CHUMBA KEN 2:19:54 4 Sammy Kiprop TOO KEN 2:20:53 5 Ashenafi Eshetu DEME ETH 2:23:14 6 Habte Dibaba ROBELE ETH 2:32:04 7 ?? ISR 2:38:57 8 ?? ISR 2:45:59 WOMEN: 1 Worknesh ODA ETH 2:40:35 2 Senait Getachew HAILU ETH 2:45:40 3 Habtamnesh Gashaw MENCHO ETH 2:47:40 4 Mercy JELIMO KEN 2:47:46 5 Mekides Demis BEKELE ETH 3:06:42 6 Teglah Jepleting MURREY KEN 3:08:05 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Adugna ASSEFA DERIBA ETH 1:07:35 2 Moti MIZRAHI ISR 1:10:03 3 Solomon BEKELEEN ETH 1:11:01 WOMEN: 1 Bekelech DABA BEDADA ETH 1:12:23 2 Zeleke HABTEWOLDNAHU ETH 1:14:34 3 Yaara ZANGI ISR 1:24:15
08 APRIL 2011: DEAD SEA ULTRAMARATHON 50km, JORDAN
MEN: 1 Suleiman AL GHUDRAN JOR 2:59:52 2 Fathi DAYAT JOR 3:00:24 3 Motassem AKAWI JOR 3:04:54 4 Abdul Azziz AL SHOAIBI JOR 3:14:57 5 Mohammed AL MATARI JOR 3:14:58 6 Ahmad AL GAZAWI JOR 3:36:10 7 Khaled AL SHEIKH JOR 3:37:17 8 Kurt Andreas SCHLODER GER 3:50:52 9 Annas ZGHOUL JOR 3:54:21 10 Othman OQIAH JOR 3:58:52 WOMEN: 1 Jen SHELTON USA 3:21:16 2 Marie PERIN FRA 3:54:17 3 Maria CLEMENTE USA 3:54:19 4 Suzette VERMAAK RSA 3:57:31 5 Chris PEETERS BEL 3:59:17 6 Zainah ABU SHAMMALEH JOR 3:59:35 7 Anna WATSON GBR 4:06:26 8 Fleur KENWARD CAN 4:11:45 9 Wendy FITZMAURICE RSA 4:14:35 10 Monika SCHLODER GER 4:35:14 MARATHON MEN: 1 Mithqal AL ABADI JOR 2:22:01 2 Ayman HUSSEIN JOR 2:35:54 3 Aayi AL RAWAHNEH JOR 3:37:00 WOMEN: 1 Kristin RICCI USA 3:24:33 2 Anne MEKANEN FIN 3:39:34 3 Nahida AL RAWAT JOR 3:39:56
10 APRIL 2011: MILANO CITY MARATHON, ITALY
Running in unseasonably warm conditions Solomon Bushendich won the 11th edition of the Milano City Marathon a minute ahead of Ruggero Pertile writes Diego Sampaolo. The 27°C heat took a dramatic toll in the women's race as Marcella Mancini overtook Monica Wangari as she struggled along at 5 minutes per kilometre pace in the final stages.
Kenyan pacemaker Nickson Kurgat and Gilbert Chepkwony set the early pace passing five kilometres in 15:01 and the 10km in 30:37 leading over a group which featured Daniel Limo, Daniel Too, Joel Kimurer Kemboi, Bushendich and Pertile.
Pacemaker Gilbert Chepkwony led through halfway in 1:04:50 and finished his duties at 30km (1:32:35), leaving Bushendich, Pertile, Daniel Too and Daniel Limo at the front. Bushendich broke away with a 33rd kilometre clocked at 2:56 and continued to increase his lead. In the fight for second place Too tried to pull away from Pertile at 38km but the Italian responded, and went ahead at 40km. "The conditions were difficult" said Pertile, "but running on a warm day was a good test for the World Championships in Daegu".
Wangari led the women's race by over two minutes at halfway (1:14:21 to 1:16:45), and extended it to over three minutes at 30km (1:47:13 to 1:51:25) but began to fade after 34km, running 5:20 for the 39th kilometre. Mancini closed the gap and took the lead with 2km to go.
While the conditions did not allow for fast times, the sunny weather was the backdrop to a marvellous running day for a record figure of 10,203 runners who took part in the two main events: 5075 in the Marathon and 5128 in the second edition of the Relay Marathon.
MEN: 1 Solomon Naibei BUSHENDICH KEN 2:10:38 2 Ruggero PERTILE ITA 2:11:23 3 Daniel Too KIPRUGUT KEN 2:12:04 4 Daniel Kiprugut TOO KEN 2:13:40 5 Joel Kemboi KIMURER KEN 2:15:48 WOMEN: 1 Marcella MANCINI ITA 2:41.24 2 Monica WANGARI KEN 2:42:56 3 Stefania BENEDETTI ITA 2:45:20
10 APRIL 2011: PARIS MARATHON, FRANCE
Kenya prevailed at thew 35th Paris Marathon, with victories in both men's and women's races, writes Pierre-Jean Vazel. After a fast start a pack of about 15 men including the pacemakers reached 10km in 29:46, and 15km in 44:55. At halfway (1:02:39) pacemaker John Komen injected pace, but the group did not respond. Komen dropped out at 30km (1:29:28) to leave Henry Sugut in front of a group of eight. At 35km (1:45:03) Alfred Kering caught the leaders just at the point when Benjamin Kiptoo accelerated, dropping Bernard Kipyego and Eshetu Wendimu. At 2:54/km pace, he was now unstoppable. Kiptoo smashed his personal best and ran the fourth fastest time ever in Paris. Despite the heat (20°C) eight men ran under 2:09.
In the women's race the favourite Mamitu Daska, Koren Yal (a 2:24:33 performer), Ashu Kasim (4th in Paris in 2009 with 2:25:49) and Marathon debutante Mestawet Tufa took command. They maintained their lead through 10km (32:59) but Agnes Kiprop, fastest in the field with 2:24:07, surged to the front at 15km (50:14). At halfway (1:10:27), Daska dropped back as the sun and heat rose over the French capital. Then Priscah Jeptoo gently but surely got rid of Kiprop along the banks of the Seine, and entered the Bois de Boulogne (30km in 1:41:54) with a winning margin. She improved her previous best (2:27:01) by more than four minutes, running the second fastest ever time in Paris, 51 seconds down on the course record.
MEN: 1 Benjamin KIPTOO KEN 2:06:31 2 Bernard KIPYEGO KEN 2:07:16 3 Eshetu WENDIMU ETH 2:07:33 4 Alfred KERING KEN 2:07:41 5 Assefa GIRMA ETH 2:07:43 6 Stephen CHEBOGUT KEN 2:08:02 7 Henry SUGUT KEN 2:08.22 8 Bettona Sahle WARGA ETH 2:10:12 9 Zambala YEGEZE ETH 2:10:38 10 Abdelatif MEFTAH FRA 2:10:53 WOMEN: 1 Priscah JEPTOO KEN 2:22:55 2 Agnes KIPROP KEN 2:24:43 3 Koren YAL ETH 2:26:57 4 Eyerusalem KUMA ETH 2:27:02 5 Margarita PLAKSINA RUS 2:27:07 6 Ashu KASMI ETH 2:28:11 7 Meseret LEGESE ETH 2:29:09 8 Gisaw MELKAW ETH 2:29:15 9 Marina KOVALEVA RUS 2:31:11 10 Alemnesh ESHETU ETH 2:39:05
10 APRIL 2011: ABN AMRO ROTTERDAM MARATHON, NETHERLANDS
Running in sunny and humid conditions Wilson Chebet broke away from Vincent Kipruto the final stages to win with a world leading time writes Wim Van Hemert. Philes Ongori won her debut marathon by beating Hilda Kibet.
Hopes for a new World mark in the men's race lasted until 25km. Six pacemakers went through 5km in 14:38 and then speeded up, passing 10km in 29:09 and 20km in 58:40. But then the pace began to slip away from world record schedule. Sammy Kiwara led through 35km in 1:43:44 before finishing his duties, leaving Vincent Kipruto and Wilson Chebet out on their own. They passed 40km in 1:58:47, and Chebet opened a gap at 41km.
In the womens' race, Hilda Kibet led from the gun, heading a lead group of four with Ongori, Lishan Dula and Shetaye Bedasa as far as 30km, reached in 1:43:17. Dula and Bedasa then dropped back, leaving Ongori to make her move in the final kilometre.
MEN: 1 Wilson CHEBET KEN 2:05:27 2 Vincent KIPRUTO KEN 2:05:33 3 Chele DECHASA ETH 2:08:47 4 Elius KIPTANUI KEN 2:09:08 5 Alemayehu SHUMYE ETH 2:09:36 6 Michael KIPYEGO KEN 2:11:03 7 Feyisa LILESA ETH 2:11:42 8 Koen RAYMAEKERS NED 2:13:41 9 Julius Kanghethe MBUGUA KEN 2:14:11 10 Zemiro ZOHAR ISR 2:14:28 WOMEN: 1 Philes ONGORI KEN 2:24:20 2 Hilda KIBET NED 2:24:27 3 Lishan DULA BRN 2:26:56 4 Alessandra AGUILAR ESP 2:27:00 5 Rita JEPTOO KEN 2:28:09 6 Shetaye BEDASA ETH 2:29:52 7 Maria Jose PUEYO ESP 2:34:52 8 Xenia LUXEM BEL 2:35:48 9 Christina Bus HOLTH NOR 2:37:12 10 Lindsay van MARREWIJK NED 2:37:40
10 APRIL 2011: ALEXANDER THE GREAT MARATHON, GREECE
MEN: 1 Peter BIWOTT KEN 2:13:12 2 Isaiah KOSGEI KEN 2:13:49 3 Benazzouz SLIMANI MAR 2:14:37 4 Daniel GATHERU KEN 2:15:00 5 Joseph MBITHI KEN 2:23:20 6 Dmitris TSIOYNIS GRE 2:27:23 7 Antonios KAKARONTZAZ GRE 2:36:07 8 Athanasias LIOPURIS GRE 2:46:07 9 Panagiotis IOANNIDES GRE 2:46:14 10 Dmitris KASIMIS GRE 2:46:14 WOMEN: 1 Sisay MEASSO ETH 2:40:41 2 Alena VINNITSKAYA BLR 2:45:43 3 Vasiliki SYKOPETI GRE 3:16:36 4 Elina MAKRIDI GRE 3:21:30 5 Kyriaki ARSENI GRE 3:28:44 6 Irena MALIMPORSKA GRE 3:39:18 7 Georgia LALIOTI GRE 3:43:36 8 Katerina GKERLI GRE 3:44:24 9 Kristina DESKOU GRE 3:45:36 10 Zoi METALLINOU GRE 3:46:53
10 APRIL 2011: SAO PAULO HALF MARATHON CORPORE, BRAZIL
MEN: 1 Fabio NASCIMENTO BRA 1:08:00 2 Adriano BASTOS BRA 1:08:34 3 Francisco DAS CHAGAS BEZERRA BRA 1:08:57 4 Naval FREITAS BRA 1:09:26 5 Fabio Ramos DOS SANTOS BRA 1:09:47 6 Jose Virginio DE MORAIS BRA 1:09:50 7 Francisco Ribama DE SOUSA BRA 1:11:16 8 Genildo Riberio FERNANDEZ BRA 1:11:40 9 Alex Passos BARBOSA BRA 1:12:11 10 Jose Luis DA SILVA BRA 1:12:14 WOMEN: 1 Elizabeth Esteves DE SOUZA BRA 1:21:03 2 Beatriz G NASCIMENTO BRA 1:23:03 3 Maria Jose ALVES BRA 1:24:30 4 Jaciana Barroso ARAUJO BRA 1:25:33 5 Edneusa DE JESUS SANTOS DORTA BRA 1:26:05 6 Paloma VASCONCELOS BRA 1:26:37 7 Vivian DE OLIVEIRA BRA 1:27:10 8 Lindinalva Saraiva DA SILVA BRA 1:27:56 9 Josefa Maria DA SILVA BRA 1:29:33 10 Francine DO AMARAL LOPES BRA 1:30:08
10 APRIL 2011: DAEGU INT'L MARATHON, KOREA
Despite warm conditions both winners set new course records writes Mirko Javala. Good weather made it possible to really test the World Championships marathon course and it proved to be fast too.
The men's race started fast pace but a huge lead pack of 21 athletes (containing 12 Kenyans and five Ethiopians but only one Korean) reached 5km in 15:04. The next 5km was faster with the trio of Daniel Abera (ETH) and Kenyans Hillary Kimaiyo and Boniface Muema leading through 10km in 30:01, still with 18 athletes left. The same number were still there at 20km, with a 60:38 split. Then things began to thin out, with 13 in the group at 25km and 11 at 30km (1:30:47) with more dropping off soon after, even though the 5km split to 35km was slower (1:46:20). Six were left to fight it out. Songoka made his move and by 40km held a clear lead with Abdellah Falil eight seconds behind. The top six were all under 2:10.
The women's race had fewer elites and the lead pack was more compact. Atsede Habtamu led through 5km in 16:59 and 10km mark in 34:04 with eight runners together, including five Ethiopians. The others — two Kenyans and Wang Xiaoshu of China were dropped in the next 5km and the Ethiopian quintet passed through 15km in 50:52, 20km in 1:08:07, 25km in 1:25:46 and 1:43:12 for 30km. At 35km there were still four together but the end game then started. Habtamu sprinted off the remaining group at 40km passing through in 2:18:25, two seconds ahead of Yeshi Esayias as the others dropped back. Habtamu went on to set a new course record and last year's winner Esayias finished behind her in a time three minutes faster than the personal best she set in this race last year.
MEN: 1 Yusuf SONGOKA KEN 2:08:08 2 Abdellah FALIL MAR 2:08:18 3 Leonard MUCHERA KEN 2:08:53 4 Haile Haja GEMEDA ETH 2:09:20 5 Felix KENY KEN 2:09:25 6 Elias KEMBOI KEN 2:09:53 7 Evans RUTO KEN 2:10:38 8 Dereje Raya TADESSE ETH 2:10:42 WOMEN: 1 Atsede HABTAMU ETH 2:25:52 2 Yeshi ESSAYIAS ETH 2:26:04 3 Alemitu ABERA ETH 2:26:33 4 Makda HARUN ETH 2:27:46 5 Irene KOSGEI KEN 2:31:31 6 Rehima KEDIR ETH 2:32:11 7 Yuko MACHIDA JPN 2:32:39 8 Tomo HIGUCHI JPN 2:33:48
16 APRIL 2010: PARDUBICE WINE HALF MARATHON, CZECH REPUBLIC
MEN: 1 Mike Kiprop CHERUIYOT KEN 1:05:19 2 Boniface Wambua NDUVA KEN 1:05:21 3 Jan KREISINGER CZE 1:05:27 4 Petr PECHEK CZE 1:06:45 5 Vít PAVLISTA CZE 1:06:53 6 Martin KUCERA CZE 1:08:38 7 Daniel ORALEK CZE 1:08:42 8 Jan HAVLICEK CZE 1:09:06 9 Franti?ek MAHOVSKY CZE 1:09:29 10 Petr LOSMAN CZE 1:09:43 WOMEN: 1 Ivana SEKYROVA CZE 1:15:24 2 Petra KAMINKOVA CZE 1:16:00 3 Ta?ána METELKOVA CZE 1:19:44 4 Radka CHURANOVA CZE 1:20:40 5 Marta FENCLOVA CZE 1:22:15 6 Zuzana WEISSOVA CZE 1:22:45 7 Lenka SIBRAVOVA CZE 1:22:54 8 Denisa KOZAKOVA CZE 1:23:53 9 Jind?i?ka MARTINLOVA CZE 1:24:46 10 Lenka KRALOVA CZE 1:27:55
17 APRIL 2011: BELGRADE MARATHON, SERBIA
High winds blew away any chance of fast times but Gebrselassie Tsegaye, 27, was always in the men's leading group writes Pat Butcher. He said afterwards that he was uncomfortable at 30km, when he conceded the lead to Michael Rutto, but he came back and pulled away from his pursuers only a short while later to win by a four minute margin.
By contrast, Frasiah Waithaka only pulled away in the final stages of the women's race and, despite the conditions, clocked a personal best time. Local hero Olivera Jevtic failed to score an eighth victory in the half marathon. She could only finish third.
MEN: 1 Gebrselassie TSEGAYE ETH 2:14:41 2 Michael RUTTO KEN 2:18:13 3 Tadele GEREMEW ETH 2:19:26 4 Negash ABEBE ETH 2:19:27 5 Silas MUTURI KEN 2:19:39 6 Tesfaye BEKELE ETH 2:20:30 7 Elias KIPTUM KEN 2:20:53 8 Gebreegziabher GEBRESILASSIE ETH 2:22:40 9 John KATIO KEN 2:22:50 10 Bruce KILULAI KEN 2:34:31 WOMEN: 1 Frasiah Waithaka ETH 2:34:31 2 Mulu SEBOKA ETH 2:34:38 3 Meseret HAILU ETH 2:35:14 4 Aberesh NEGSA ETH 2:35:18 5 Lucia KIMANI BSH 2:36:57 6 Birzaf TAKELE ETH 2:40:48 7 Volha MALEVICH BLR 2:49:20 8 Emily JEMUTAI KEN 2:57:27 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Adugna TEKELE ETH 1:03:46 2 Ernest KIPRUGUT KEN 1:04:08 3 Robert WAMBUA KEN 1:04:19 WOMEN: 1 Ehitu KIROS ETH 1:12:35 2 Tadelech BEKELE ETH 1:13:00 3 Olivera JEVTICH SRB 1:13:12
17 APRIL 2011: VIENNA CITY MARATHON, AUSTRIA
Photos: photorun.net
John Kiprotich (Kenya) and Fate Tola (Ethiopia) were the unexpected winners of the 28th Vienna City Marathon. 22 year-old John Kiprotich improved his personal best by more than seven minutes. At halfway the pacemakers led through in 1:03:53, but were reluctantly followed by the main contenders who were more concerned with watching each other. By 30km (1:31:31) the course record was beyond reach. By 35km the lead group was reduced to four Kenyans: Patrick Ivuti, Evans Kiplagat, Joseph Maregu and John Kiprotich. Maregu and Kiplagat soon dropped back and it was then John Kiprotich who applied pressure on Patrick Ivuti. At 38km he opened a winning gap.
The women's race was completely different with debutante Peninah Arusei running fast from the start. She was soon on her own, reaching halfway in 1:12:11. At 25k she was 1:14 minutes ahead of Ana Dulce Felix, Fate Tola and Genet Getaneh (Ethiopia), but by 30km her advantage had started melting quickly in the sun.
While Getaneh also slowed Felix, who had her own pacemaker in front of her, and Tola overtook Arusei at around 37km. There was a tough fight for victory between Tola and Felix but with 1km to go Tola broke away.
In the Half Marathon Gebrselassie had started two minutes behind the leaders of the Marathon, but caught and passed them by 12km. More than 300,000 spectators lined the streets. Many had come to see the great Ethiopian running through their city. Fitting to the occasion organisers had put down a red carpet on the final 100 metres of the race, which finished at the Wiener Hofburg. Among all events there were 32,542 entries, with 8044 in the Marathon.
MEN: 1 John KIPROTICH KEN 2:08:29 2 Patrick IVUTI KEN 2:08:41 3 Evans KIPLAGAT KEN 2:09:22 4 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 2:09:43 WOMEN: 1 Fate TOLA ETH 2:26:21 2 Ana Dulce FELIX POR 2:26:30 3 Peninah ARUSEI KEN 2:27:17 4 Genet GETANAH ETH 2:28:08 5 Elza KIREYEVA RUS 2:29:41 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Haile GEBRSELASSIE ETH 1:00:18
17 APRIL 2011: SEMI MARATHON INT'L DE NICE, FRANCE
MEN: 1 Levi MATEBO KEN 1:00:07 2 Silas KIPRUTO KEN 1:01:12 3 Edwin KIPYEGO KEN 1:01:27 4 Ezekiel CHEBII KEN 1:01:41 5 Michael MUTAI KEN 1:01:43 6 Sammy KIGEN KEN 1:01:54 7 Samson KIFLEMARIAN ERI 1:02:35 8 Isiah ONDIEKI KEN 1:04:07 9 Evans KOSGEI KEN 1:04:11 10 Chelere THOLOSSA 1:04:25 WOMEN: 1 Feyese TADESSE ETH 1:11:09 2 Adabei YESHANEH ETH 1:11:14 3 Diana CHEPKEMOI KEN 1:11:36 4 Martha KOMU KEN 1:13:10 5 Beatrice CHEPCHUMBA KEN 1:13:29 6 Svetlana PRETOT FRA 1:13:41
17 APRIL 2011: DVV ANTWERP MARATHON, BELGIUM
MEN: 1 Elijah KEMBOI KEN 2:11:15 2 Lander Van DROOGENBROECK NED 2:16:21 3 Ghirma WOLDU ETH 2:17:23 4 Koen NEVEN NED 2:17:53 5 Tim STESSENS NED 2:21:24 WOMEN: 1 Anne-Marie DUPONT NED 3:08:13 2 Nicole VERMEERSCH NED 3:14:51 3 Kristel VOCHTEN NED 3:15:17
17 APRIL 2011: MARATONA SANT ANTONIO, ITALY
MEN: 1 Aredo Toleda TADESE ETH 2:09:02 2 Ben Kipruto CHEBET KEN 2:09:26 3 Peter Some KIMELI KEN 2:10:16 4 Solonei ROCHA BRA 2:11:32 5 Denis CURZI ITA 2:14:56 6 Mitja KOSOVELJ SLO 2:17:45 7 Hicham EL BAROUKI MAR 2:18:33 8 David CRINITI NZL 2:23:47 9 Alberto MOSCA ITA 2:24:55 10 Tommaso VACCINI ITA 2:25:26 WOMEN: 1 Florence CHEPSOI KEN 2:29:25 2 Tiruwork LEMMA ETH 2:33:42 3 Michele DAS CHAGAS BRA 2:35:09 4 Ivana IOZZIA ITA 2:35:58 5 Lucija KRKOC SLO 2:46:13 6 Olena BILOSHCHUK UKR 2:49:02 7 Francesca IACHAMET ITA 2:49:17 8 Paola MARIOTTI ITA 2:54:48 9 Aleksandra FORTIN SLO 2:56:26 10 Loretta GIARDA ITA 2:56:28 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Alberto RAMIREZ ITA 1:08:23 2 Giuseppe MUCERINO ITA 1:10;28 3 Diego MASSAROTTO ITA 1:13:16 WOMEN: 1 Silvia SERAFINI ITA 1:22:05 2 Paola BAZZANO ITA 1:29:26 3 Monica PELOSI ITA 1:30:11
17 APRIL 2011: VANCOUVER SUN RUN, CANADA
MEN: 1 Eric GILLES CAN 29:06 2 Dylan WYKES CAN 29:15 3 Kip KANGOGO KEN 29:15 4 Kibet RUTTO KEN 29:31 5 Willy KIMOSOP KEN 29:38 6 David JACKSON CAN 30:27 7 Colin FEWER CAN 30:27 8 Jim FINLAYSON CAN 30:28 9 Jeremiah ZIAK CAN 30:28 10 Brandon LAAN CAN 30:34 WOMEN: 1 Lucy NJERI KEN 33:41 2 Paula FINDLAY CAN 33:47 3 Natasha WODAK CAN 34:01 4 Emily TALLEN CAN 34:31 5 Chantell WIDNEY CAN 34:33 6 Courtney LAURIE CAN 34:43 7 Emebet BACHA ETH 35:07 8 Gillian GOOK CAN 35:21 9 Lucy SMITH CAN 35:26 10 Lisa HARVEY CAN 35:31
17 APRIL 2011: ZURICH MARATHON, SWITZERLAND
Daniel Kiptum, in fourth, beat his world record for deaf runners with a time of 2:11:32 and 77-year-old Wesley Love (USA) reached the finish line of his 200th and final Marathon with a time of 6:03:36. Participation in the relay marathon doubled. Of the 3,900 registered marathon runners, 3,321 started and 3,175 finished. In the relay 2,652 participants entered, 2,592 started, and 2,572 (643 teams) made it to the finish line.
John Kyui broke away at 30km and dominated all the way through the finish line. Aleksey V. Solokov led the chase group, securing second place. 27-year old Kyui beat his best time by five minutes. Kiptum improved his world record among deaf runners by about two and a half minutes. A strong duo led the women through the first half of the race but at 35km Svitlana Stanko pushed ahead of Switzerland's Patricia Morceli and Kenya's Salome Biwott.
MEN: 1 John Kyalo KYUI KEN 2:10:00 2 Aleksey V SOKOLOV RUS 2:10:23 3 Abraham TANDOI KEN 2:11:00 4 Daniel KIPTUM SUI 2:11:32 5 Aleksey A SOKOLOV RUS 2:11:53 6 David Kiprono LANGAT KEN 2:13:39 7 Vladimir PONOMAREV RUS 2:16:00 8 Mohamednur HAMD SUI 2:19:46 9 Stanley LELEITO KEN 2:20:03 10 Ancay TARCIS SUI 2:20:03 WOMEN: 1 Svitlana STANKO UKR 2:33:25 2 Patricia MORCELI SUI 2:37:28 3 Salome BIWOTT KEN 2:39:02 4 Magali DI MARCO SUI 2:42:57 5 Immaculate CHEMUTAI KEN 2:46:04 6 Maja MENEGHIN-PLISKA SUI 2:46:08 7 Addis GEZAHEGNE ETH 2:52:04 8 Nicole LOHRI SUI 2:52:32 9 Tanja AMIET SUI 2:53:09 10 Rachel BERCHTOLD SUI 2:53:43
17 APRIL 2011: ENSCHEDE MARATHON, NETHERLANDS
MEN: 1 Stephen KIPROTICH KEN 2:07:20 2 Julius KORIR KEN 2:09:46 3 Gezahagne GIRMA ETH 2:10:17 4 Samson BARMAO KEN 2:10:21 5 Cosmas KOECH KEN 2:11:41 6 Gemechu WORKU ETH 2:12:03 7 Cosmas KIGEN KEN 2:12:35 8 Justus MEBUR KEN 2:13:15 9 Alebachew DEBAS ETH 2:13:37 10 Matthew KOECH KEN 2:14:28 WOMEN: 1 Mariska DUTE NED 2:55:30 2 Arenda ABBINK NED 3:09:38 3 Anke LIBUDA GER 3:33:27 4 Manon HERBERT NED 3:45:30 5 Rose-Minke SCHURE NED 3:58:25 6 Yvonne CLAUSS GER 4:01:45 7 Cobie BROUWER NED 4:19:58 8 Erin FISHER IRL 4:24:08 9 Alexandra FRANKE GER 4:29:54 10 Shanti VAN LEEUWEN NED 4:49:51 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Casper KOELMA NED 1:12:42 2 Maik VOPPEN NED 1:19:12 3 Brenner GREEN USA 1:21:04 WOMEN: 1 Marlin NIJHOF NED 1:26:28 2 Ester EXTERKATE NED 1:36:08 3 Rieneke SCHINKEL NED 1:38:01
17 APRIL 2011: MARATON POPULAR DE MADRID, SPAIN
Kenya's Moses Arusei beat defending champion Thomson Cherogony to set a new course record writes Emeterio Valiente. Ethiopia's Desta Girma Tadesse defended her title in a modest 2:35:28, two seconds faster than Gebriel Teamu, who was making her marathon debut.
Passing through 10km in 30:35 a large group of Africans was already on pace for a new course record in the men's race. No less than 12 remained at halfway 1:04:35. After pacing had finished Arusei's front running soon paid off and only three runners were able to keep up, passing through 35km in 1:47:07: Cherogony, Francis Kiprop and Ethiopia's Gamal Belal Salem. With 2km left Arusei opened up a 20m gap on an uphill section and there was no catching him as he romped home to dip under 2:11 for the first time in Madrid.
Arusei commented: "The first half of the race was comfortable but the second part is full of ups and downs and the hilly closing 5km make this marathon really tough. I liked how the people cheered me on throughout."
Ethiopians swept the women's race. Reaching halfway in a modest 1:15:32, five women were in contention: Girma Tadesse, Teamu, Shuru Diriba, and Worknesh Tola with Hellen Kimutai the only Kenyan. The pace slowed in the second half, but Kimutai lost contact at 35km (2:07:36). With 1km to go the four Ethiopians remained together until Girma Tadesse's late burst of speed stretched the others out.
MEN: 1 Moses ARUSEI KEN 2:10:58 2 Thompson CHEROGONY KEN 2:11:03 3 Francis KIPROP KEN 2:11:50 4 Gamal Belal SALEM ETH 2:12:27 5 Francis KIBIWOTT KEN 2:13:08 6 David Toniok CHERONO KEN 2:13:09 7 Alex KIRUI KEN 2:14:50 8 Mitku Suboka TULU ETH 2:15:17 9 Amos MAIYO KEN 2:15:44 10 Vasyl MATVIYCHUK UKR 2:16:21 WOMEN: 1 Girma TADESSE ETH 2:35:28 2 Woldegebriel TEAMU ETH 2:35:30 3 Worknesh TOLA ETH 2:35:35 4 Shuru DERIBA ETH 2:35:48 5 Hellen KIMUTAI KEN 2:36:30 6 Pauline WANGUI KEN 2:38:05 7 Yailen GARCIA CUB 2:41:58 8 Rose JEPCHUMBA KEN 2:44:02 9 Radiy Mohamed ROBA ETH 2:48:47 10 Irene MARTIN ESP 2:59:38
17 APRIL 2011: CRACOVIA MARATHON, POLAND
MEN: 1 Cosmas Mutuku KYEVA KEN 2:12:20 2 Stephen Kipchumba RUTTO KEN 2:13:15 3 Vincent KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:14:08 4 Peter Kariuki WANJIRU KEN 2:15:25 5 Kennedy Kiptoo MELLY KEN 2:16:35 6 Dennis Mwanzxia MUSAU KEN 2:17:34 7 Ihor TSETSERUKOV BLR 2:17:35 8 Andrey MINYAKOV RUS 2:18:50 9 Vyatcheslav SCHABUNIN RUS 2:19:15 10 Julius Kiplagat RUGUT KEN 2:19:52 WOMEN: 1 Tatiana GAMERA-SHMYRKO UKR 2:28:14 2 Natassia STAROVOITARA BLR 2:34:08 3 Maryna DAMANTSEVICH BLR 2:35:22 4 Irayda ALEKSANDROVA RUS 2:36:13 5 Lyudmila BIKTASHEVA RUS 2:37:04 6 Getahun TAREKEGN ETH 2:40:39 7 Gabriela BENKO HUN 3:01:23 8 Maria KAWIORSKA POL 3:14:03 10 Magdalena BIALORCZYK POL 3:14:25
18 APRIL 2011: BAA BOSTON MARATHON, USA
Strong south-westerly winds coupled with cool temperatures provided a magic carpet ride for athletes competing in the 115th edition of the Boston Marathon writes David Monti. The outcome was the two fastest Marathons ever run. Close finishes in both the men's and women's contests heightened the excitement surrounding America's oldest marathon.
Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai had fans screaming on Boyleston Street as he won a two-man sprint by four seconds over Marathon debutant and compatriot Moses Mosop in the unlikely time of 2:03:02, fully 57 seconds under Haile Gebrselassie's World record of 2:03:59. But there is no new World record; even without the tail wind the Boston course has more than three times the elevation drop permitted for record-setting. "It was at our back," Mutai said matter of factly about the wind. Mutai credited American Ryan Hall for his fast performance today as he had reinvigorated the pace nearly every time the race slowed on the hilly course from Hopkinton to Boston. Hall saw the lead pack through 10km in 29:05. "I want to congratulate him," said Mutai. "He pushed it, he pushed it all the time. He was like a pacemaker; he helped us a lot."
Halfway was reached in 1:01:58, but the pace quickened in the second half, despite several challenging hills. Mutai broke away by blasting 30-40km in 28:22. Only Mosop had the legs to follow him. Mutai ran the second half in 1:01:04.
Not since Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach crossed the finish line first 26 years ago has an American woman won the Boston Marathon but Desiree Davila came very close. New Zealander Kim Smith led for 29km at a fast pace but suffered spasms in her calf muscles so severe that she began to skip and hop up and down and by 30km was swallowed up by a chase pack of four women: Kenya's Sharon Cherop, Caroline Kilel and Alice Timbilili, and Ethiopia's Dire Tune. Davila was about 20m back. Smith abandoned but Davila moved up and took over the lead.
First Timbilili then Tune fell back, leaving Davila, Cherop and Kilel in contention for the win. A surge by Kilel dropped the tiring Cherop and Davila was hurting. The two traded surges, and the crowd roared for Davila. But Kilel made the final move with 200m to go, and Davila could not respond. Cherop came in four seconds later.
There were 26,964 entrants and 24,385 starters.
MEN: 1 Geoffrey MUTAI KEN 2:03:02 2 Moses MOSOP KEN 2:03:06 3 Gebregziabher GEBREMARIAM ETH 2:04:55 4 Ryan HALL USA 2:04:58 5 Abraham CHERKOS ETH 2:06:13 6 Robert Kiprono CHERUIYOT KEN 2:06:43 7 Philip SANGA KEN 2:07:10 8 Deressa CHIMSA ETH 2:07:39 9 Bekana DABA ETH 2:08:03 10 Carlos CARDONA COL 2:12:17 WOMEN: 1 Caroline KILEL KEN 2:22:36 2 Desiree DAVILA USA 2:22:38 3 Sharon CHEROP KEN 2:22:42 4 Caroline ROTICH KEN 2:24:26 5 Kara GOUCHER USA 2:24:52 6 Dire TUNE ETH 2:25:08 7 Worknesh KIDANE ETH 2:26:15 8 Yolanda CABALLERO COL 2:26:17 9 Alice TIMBILILI KEN 2:26:34 10 Yuliya RUBAN UKR 2:27:00
23 APRIL 2011: OLD MUTUAL TWO OCEANS MARATHON 56km, SOUTH AFRICA
MEN: 1 George NTSHILIZA RSA 3:08:31 2 Motolhokoa NKHABUTLANE LES 3:08:49 3 Tsotang MAINE LES 3:09:19 4 Moeketse MOSHULE LES 3:09:40 5 Stephen MUZHINGI ZIM 3:09:46 6 Lebohang MAHLOANE RSA 3:10:49 7 Mike FOKORONI ZIM 3:11:24 8 Henry MOYO MAL 3:11:31 9 Peter MUTHUBI RSA 3:12:47 10 Vusi MALOBOLA RSA 3:12:55 WOMEN: 1 Olesya NURGALIEVA RUS 3:33:58 2 Elena NURGALIEVA RUS 3:37:54 3 Mamorallo TJOKA LES 3:42:12 4 Simona STAICU HUN 3:42:59 5 Nina PODNEBESNOVA RUS 3:43:56 6 Elizabeth HAWKER GBR 3:46:46 7 Samukeliso MOYO ZIM 3:50:49 8 Farwa MENTOOR RSA 3:52:05 9 Riana VAN NIEKERK RSA 3:53:55 10 Joanna THOMAS RSA 3:54:55 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Lusapho APRIL RSA 1:03:58 2 Xolisa TYALI RSA 1:04:18 3 Tsotsane KGOSI RSA 1:04:35 WOMEN: 1 Helalia JOHANNES NAM 1:11:56 2 Irvette VAN BLERK RSA 1:12:04 3 Zintile XINIWE RSA 1:14:58
30 APRIL 2011: DALIAN INTERNATIONAL MARATHON, CHINA
MEN: 1 Stephen CHEMLANY KEN 2:14:15 2 Gidena GEBREMEDHIN ETH 2:14:15 3 Pius MUASA KEN 2:14:15 4 Shi-wei WU CHN 2:14:44 5 Meng-xu TIAN CHN 2:15:11 6 Shu-jin YIN CHN 2:15:21 7 Qi-quan DUAN CHN 2:15:58 8 Hong WANG CHN 2:16:27 9 Ding-hong YANG CHN 2:16:39 10 Zhan-dong FENG CHN 2:16:53 WOMEN 1 Jia-li WANG CHN 2:26:12 2 Rong CHEN CHN 2:26:49 3 Yuan-yuan YIN CHN 2:27:55 4 Chao-feng JIA CHN 2:29:40 5 Wei-wei SUN CHN 2:29:46 6 Chao UE CHN 2:29:50 7 Wen-rong ZHENG CHN 2:32:54 8 Su-yun LI CHN 2:33:14 9 Ling-ling JIN CHN 2:34:41 10 Xue-qin WANG CHN 2:35:58
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