March 2013
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1 MARCH 2013: JERUSALEM WINNER MARATHON, ISRAEL
MEN: 1 Abrham Kabeto KETLER ETH 2:16:30 2 Luka Kipkemoi CHELIMO KEN 2:19:02 3 Vincent Kiplagat KIPTOO KEN 2:20:13 4 Samson Kiptoo BUNGEI KEN 2:21:31 5 Amos Kirop MATUI KEN 2:24:05 6 Jose MONTEIRO POR 2:47:55 WOMEN: 1 Mihiret Anamo ANTONIOS ETH 2:47:27 2 Radiya Mohamed ROBA ETH 3:05:59 3 Elissa BALLAS 3:11:38 4 Fridah SODERMARK SWE 3:11:38 5 ?? ISR 3:27:21 6 Claudia CRUCHAUDET FRA 3:28:55 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Stephen Kabari NJERI KEN 1:06:52 2 Egziabher GEDAMU ETH 1:10:56 WOMEN: 1 Kalkidan Dagne BALCHA ETH 1:22:35 2 Azeb Gegzabhar WELDEHAWARIAT ETH 1:26:36
1 MARCH 2013: LIBYA OPEN INT'L CHAMPIONSHIP 10km
The second edition was held under warm and windy conditions, with increased participation. The race combines an elite field and popular participation as part of the Libyan authorities' efforts to include running events in their programme of social activities.
Runners representing 22 different countries produced world leading times for the distance alongside Libyan national performances. The race looks set to become an effective vehicle for Libyan integration back into the international athletics community.
MEN: 1 Silas KIPRUTO KEN 28:15 2 Anis SELMOUNI MAR 28:19 3 Dickson MARWA TAN 28:29 4 Titus MBISHEI KEN 28:35 5 Dennis MASAI KEN 28:36 6 Mourad MAROFFIT MAR 28:38 7 Khalid SADDEN MAR 28:39 8 Youssef KAMALI MAR 28:44 9 Kendeya TESFAY ETH 28:46 10 David Kwemoi MARU KEN 29:02 WOMEN: 1 Agnes BARSOSIO KEN 33:15 2 Waganesh MEKASHA ETH 33:16 3 Tadelech BEKELE ETH 33:17 4 Betelhem Moges CHERNET ETH 33:22 5 Leonidah MOSOP KEN 33:31 6 Natalia SOLOVEVA RUS 34:39 7 Jebichi YATOR KEN 35:10 8 Dorcas INZIKURU UGA 35:20 9 Lalla Aziza Alaoui SELSO MAR 35:37 10 Olga SKRYPAK UKR 35:57
3 MARCH 2013: OEGER ANTALYA INT'L MARATHON, TURKEY
MEN: 1 Murat KAYA TUR 2:36:35 2 Wolfgang LENS GER 2:38:58 3 Yordan PETRON BUL 2:39:18 4 Muharem YILMAZ GER 2:41:15 5 Akis ESER TUR 2:42:53 6 Marco DIEHL GER 2:43:01 7 Jerome CHAZELAS FRA 2:48:07 8 Tobias HENKEL GER 2:54:10 9 Fatih BUZGAN TUR 2:56:17 10 Andreas RIEDEL GER 2:56:38 WOMEN: 1 Lutfiye KAYA TUR 3:01:29 2 Marina ZHALYBINA RUS 3:03:48 3 Ezki AKDESHIR TUR 3:05:58 4 Britta GIESEN GER 3:23:57 5 Sybille MOLLENSIEP GER 3:25:07 6 Barbara MALLMAN GER 3:25:28 7 Tina BERNHARDT GER 3:28:56 8 Fleur KENWARD CAN 3:30:31 9 Handan ESER TUR 3:32:37 10 Carole EMEKLIOGLU TUR 3:41:34 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Ali Haydar TEKGOZ TUR 1:11:48 2 Uzeyir SOYLEMEZ TUR 1:12:14 3 Mustafa KUCUK TUR 1:16:34 WOMEN: 1 Olesya NURGALIEVA RUS 1:16:27 2 Elena NURGALIEVA RUS 1:16:27 3 Nursel YILDIZ TUR 1:20:18
3 MARCH 2013: KILIMANJARO MARATHON, TANZANIA
MEN: 1 Kipkemoi KIPSANG KEN 2:14:58 2 Julius KILIMO KEN 2:15:45 3 Dominc KANGOR KEN 2:16:27 4 Onesmus MAITHYA KEN 2:16:38 5 Lioshiye MOIKAN TAN 2:17:52 6 Abraham KIPKOSGEI KEN 2:18:04 7 Alex BARTILOL KEN 2:18:06 8 Justus MEBUR KEN 2:18:18 9 Eric CHEPSIROR KEN 2:18:28 10 Anthony MUGO KEN 2:18:31 WOMEN: 1 Edna JOSEPH KEN 2:39:06 2 Eunice MUCHIRI KEN 2:41:02 3 Fridah TOO KEN 2:44:09 4 Rosaine DAVID KEN 2:45:03 5 Jane KANGARA KEN 2:46:08 6 Gladys OTERO KEN 2:47:55 7 Lilian CHELIMO KEN 2:49:10 8 Rosina KIBOINO KEN 2:50:13 9 Seoflesina SUMAWE TAN 2:51:00 10 Eunice KORIR KEN 2:52:51 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Silah LIMO KEN 1:03:49 2 Bernard KIPROTICH KEN 1:04:05 3 Charles OGARI TAN 1:04:28 WOMEN: 1 Sara MAKERA TAN 1:13:39 2 Vicoty CHEPKEMOI KEN 1:14:38 3 Failuna MATANGA TAN 1:15:49
3 MARCH 2013: LAKE BIWA MAINICHI INT'L MARATHION, JAPAN
Photo: Victah Sailor
Vincent Kipruto won the 68th edition in a relatively slow 2:08:34, writes Ken Nakamura. A huge group of 36 runners reached halfway in 1:04:05, but at 22km Tariku Jufar surged ahead with a 2:52 kilometre. Although no one followed the pacemakers reeled him back and the lead pack regrouped with 22 runners passing 25km in 1:15:53. Pacemaking finished at 30km (1:31:37) and the lead pack started to disintegrate. By 32km only seven runners were in contention. Masakazu Fujiwara shared the lead with Vincent Kipruto and the group reduced to five, but at 37.6km Jufar again surged into the lead and only Kipruto was able to cover him. James Mwangi slowly regained contact and re-joined the leaders before 40km, only to be left behind again as Jufar and Kipruto duelled to the finish. With 400m to go Jufar took the lead but Kipruto wouldn't let go and, with 100m remaining, sprinted past for the victory.
The race incorporated the final Japanese team selection for the World Championships. Ten years after making his Marathon debut at Lake Biwa, Fujiwara was the highest Japanese finisher with a time of 2:08:51, just 17 seconds behind the winner. The race was also the national championships so Fujiwara was crowned national champion. The domestic qualifying battle for men is now over, but the Japanese Federation will consider results from London and Boston, after which the Moscow marathon team will be announced on 25 April.
MEN: 1 Vincent KIPRUTO KEN 2:08:34 2 Tariku JUFAR ETH 2:08:37 3 James MWANGI KEN 2:08:48 4 Masakazu FUJIWARA JPN 2:08:51 5 Ryo YAMAMOTO JPN 2:09:06 6 Suehiro ISHIKAWA JPN 2:09:10 7 Kohei MATSUMURA JPN 2:10:12 8 Viktor ROTHLIN SUI 2:10:18 9 Tomoya ADACHI JPN 2:10:22 10 Hideaki TAMURA JPN 2:10:54
3 MARCH 2013: LALA MARATHON, MEXICO
Photos: Alan Brookes
The 25th anniversary edition of "La Fiesta Lagunera" attracted a record 4500 participants, writes Alan Brookes. The race record of 2:08:17 set in 2011 was not remotely threatened by relatively slow winning times on this flat but elevated (1000m) course on the dry Mexican tableland. The race finishes in the lush green oasis of the Bosque Venustiano Carranza park. Grupo Lala, the dairy conglomerate that promotes the race, with 30,000 employees in 24 cities across Mexico, employs 4000 in Torreon and 3500 of them form the volunteer workforce on race day.
Alejandro Suarez made the early pace, but without willing partners the leaders dawdled through the first half of the race in 67:03 with eight men still in contention. Growing impatient, Suarez put in a 2:58 kilometre and reduced his competition to just Isaac Kimaiyo and Gualberto Vargas. By 25km (1:19:10), Vargas was gone, and the race was then between the Mexican aggressor and the Kenyan stalker, as Kimaiyo remained a step or two directly behind Suarez. After 35km Kimaiyo surged and created a gap but Suarez came back to resume the lead. Kimaiyo tried again between 38-39km and then it was all over.
In the women's race a leading group of five formed early, including Kenyan Gladys Onwonga, eventual winner Truphena Jemeli, plus Mexicans Vianey De La Rosa, Paula Apolonio and Sarai Perez. Jemeli managed to get away by 30km (1:51:22), but 25-year old De La Rosa stayed doggedly close to finish just 27 seconds back, taking nine minutes off her previous best. Her performance was the best Mexican news of the day in an era when Mexican marathoning is languishing in the doldrums.
MEN:
1 Isaac KIMAIYO KEN 2:13:56
2 Alejandro SUAREZ MEX 2:14:29
3 Thomas LUNA MEX 2:15:30
WOMEN:
1 Truphena JEMELI KEN 2:37:03
2 Vianey DE LA ROSA MEX 2:37:30
3 Paula APOLONIO MEX 2:38:56
3 MARCH 2013: SEMI MARATHON INT'L DE PARIS, FRANCE
MEN: 1 Abebe NEGOWO ETH 1:01:33 2 Daniel SALEL KEN 1:01:34 3 Stephen KIPROTICH UGA 1:01:34 4 Deriba MERGA ETH 1:01:37 5 Ashchalew MEKETA ETH 1:01:37 6 Gilbert MASAI KEN 1:01:38 7 Sylvester TEIMET KEN 1:02:06 8 Lawrence KIMAIYO KEN 1:02:37 9 Abdellatif MEFTAH MAR 1:02:46 10 Clinton PERRET FRA 1:05:47 WOMEN: 1 Pauline NJERI KEN 1:08:58 2 Gladys KIPSOI KEN 1:09:11 3 Monica JEPKOECH KEN 1:09:32 4 Caroline CHEPKWONY KEN 1:10:26 5 Coretti JEPKOECH KEN 1:10:32 6 Yamna OBOUHOU FRA 1:21:56 7 Daniella VAN LEGGELO 1:24:06 8 Claire VROLANT FRA 1:24:10 9 Nathalie QUESNOT FRA 1:24:22 10 Monika SCHURI 1:24:28
3 MARCH 2013: NEW TAIPEI CITY WANJINSHI INT'L MARATHON, CHINESE TAIPEI
MEN: 1 Josphat Kiptanui TOO KEN 2:19:13 2 Hosea KIPYEGO KEN 2:20:38 3 Pius Muasa MUTUKU KEN 2:21:02 4 Shadrack MAIYO KEN 2:25:32 5 Jackson Kiprotich CHIRCHIR KEN 2:28:53 6 David Kipkoech KIPSANG KEN 2:32:01 7 Chih Ping SO TPE 2:35:32 8 Ching Wen HO TPE 2:36:02 9 Yen Ch'ing CHIANG TPE 2:37:33 10 Chih Hung HO TPE 2:37:58 WOMEN: 1 Mercy Jelimo TOO KEN 2:38:18 2 Everline Nyamu ATANCHA KEN 2:47:09 3 Sayaka MAEDA JPN 2:49:39 4 Yuki SAITO JPN 2:50:18 5 Eunice Jelagat LELEI KEN 2:51:35 6 Oipher ORUDE KEN 2:52:54 7 Ruth Charlotte CROFT 2:53:50 8 Pei Yu CHIEN TPE 3:07:26 9 Ling Chun CHOU TPE 3:09:43 10 Lu Ching CHIA TPE 3:14:04
3 MARCH 2013: TREVISO MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Said BOUDALIA ITA 2:20:38 2 Adam KOVACS HUN 2:23:34 3 Simone GOBBO ITA 2:27:38 4 Herman ACHMEULLER ITA 2:27:38 5 Michele DEL GUIDICE ITA 2:27:55 6 Giorgio ZANTA ITA 2:30:30 7 Domenico LORENZON ITA 2:33:54 8 Giancarlo MANIGHETTI ITA 2:34:22 9 Cristiano FAVARO ITA 2:34:40 10 Thomas CAPPONI ITA 2:35:03 WOMEN: 1 Josephine WANGOI KEN 2:43:32 2 Claudia GELSOMINO ITA 2:45:44 3 Francesca MARIN ITA 2:47:22 4 Paola DAL MAS ITA 2:54:19 5 Yvette MORO PIAZZON ITA 2:57:52 6 Genet Adeke AGTEW ETH 2:59:22 7 Sara CREMONESI ITA 3:01:36 8 Annalisa MINESSO ITA 3:05:27 9 Federica POESINI ITA 3:06:09 10 Ilaria GURINI ITA 3:07:01
5–8 MARCH 2013: 100km DEL SAHARA, SENEGAL
The first stage of this 15th edition of the 100km of Sahara in Senegal was staged as a loop around the village of Lompoul. The stage started at 08:00 to avoid warmer hours and a slightly cloudy sky helped.
Runners were transported to Rao Village a little bit after sunrise for the Marathon stage on day 2. Race leader Thomas Wittek imposed a fast pace from the start. This stage provided splendid African landscape in the Sahel, and as runners passed through several small villages they were cheered on like champions by the locals.
After a 70km transfer, of which half was on dirt roads, the group arrived at the Djoudj Natural Park, one of the world's most important ornithological areas. At the start of the 24km third stage it was slightly chilly, but temperatures rose rapidly to normal sweltering conditions.
The last stage, at Lac Rose, was again won by Thomas Wittek and Alice Modignani — who both maintained unbeaten runs in the competition.
MEN: 1 Thomas WITTEK GER 1:00:31 3:22:26 1:40:31 1:35:48 7:39:16 2 Riccardo ROMANO ITA 1:09:27 3:38:47 1:45:43 1:42:11 8:16:08 3 Massimo PLEBANI ITA 1:11:58 3:46:46 1:46:52 1:43:28 8:29:04 4 Ferran CASADEVALL ESP 1:13:41 3:44:07 1:54:42 1:47:28 8:39:58 5 Gianluca FERRO ITA 1:11:32 4:01:26 1:51:41 1:48:06 8:52:45 6 Lorenzo ILLIBERI ITA 1:21:37 3:59:49 1:49:40 1:46:36 8:57:42 7 Maurizio CANALICCHIO ITA 1:13:52 4:04:29 1:57:08 1:49:59 9:05:28 8 Jose Tadeu GUGLIEMO BRA 1:25:36 4:08:18 1:54:11 1:54:26 9:22:31 9 Gaspard CLERC SUI 1:13:30 4:13:27 2:04:43 1:53:34 9:25:14 10 Guido PETRUCCHI ITA 1:16:53 4:20:27 2:02:54 1:51:51 9:32:05 WOMEN: 1 Alice MODIGNANI ITA 1:20:23 4:03:06 1:53:36 1:50:14 9:07:19 2 Yvette MAHRER DOM 1:29:41 5:08:29 2:12:06 2:15:31 11:05:47 3 Emanuela MARZOTTO ITA 1:40:26 4:58:38 2:17:32 2:18:10 11:14:46 4 Maria Luisa TURRINA ITA 1:37:54 5:07:56 2:27:57 2:21:49 11:35:36 5 Cinzia TOSI ITA 1:44:19 5:30:06 2:28:52 2:31:12 12:14:29 6 Valentina RONDI ITA 1:46:56 5:59:24 2:40:04 2:31:12 12:57:36 7 Suzanne ZENALDI SUI 1:41:13 5:50:35 2:50:30 2:36:06 12:58:24 8 Mireille CLERC SUI 1:41:13 5:50:35 2:46:28 3:04:12 13:22:28 9 Rosmarie HAMMER SUI 1:59:02 5:59:24 2:41:26 2:47:57 13:27:49 10 Doris ZANOLETTI SUI 1:59:02 6:00:51 2:53:45 2:47:57 13:41:25
10 MARCH 2013: ASTA 10km INT'L DE TAROUDANT, MOROCCO
MEN: 1 Adugna BIKILA ETH 27:30 2 Berhanu LEGESSE ETH 27:34 3 Edwin Nyandusa MOKUA KEN 27:38 4 Peter MATEELONG KEN 27:49 5 Najim EL QADY MAR 27:55 6 Clement Kiprono LANGAT KEN 28:08 7 Anis SELMOUNI MAR 28:15 8 Hassan CHANI MAR 28:21 9 Anouar DABAB MAR 28:31 10 Hicham BELLANI MAR 28:39 WOMEN: 1 Khadija SAMMAH MAR 32:11 2 Joan CHELIMO KEN 32:20 3 Emily SAMOEI KEN 32:32 4 Alice MOGIRE KEN 32:48 5 Sonja ROMAN SLO 33:08 6 Fouzia MAJDOUBI MAR 33:18 7 Malika BELFAKIR MAR 33:38 8 Aziza Alaoui SELSOULI MAR 33:42 9 Hajiba HASNAOUI MAR 34:49 10 Faiza BACHAR MAR 35:14
10 MARCH 2013: KYOTO MARATHON, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Shingo IGARASHI JPN 2:20:30 2 Takahiro YODA JPN 2:23:25 3 Kanta FUJII JPN 2:26:32 4 Kosuke MURATA JPN 2:28:21 5 Nobuyuki FUJII JPN 2:29:38 6 Naoki HIRASAWA JPN 2:30:53 7 Tetsuo TOYONAGA JPN 2:31:34 8 Ryosuke HAMAKAWA JPN 2:32:29 9 Yuki ISIBASHI JPN 2:32:29 10 Jyunji TOKUHARA JPN 2:32:56 WOMEN: 1 Reiko KOBAYASHI JPN 2:49:06 2 Kazue HARADA JPN 2:55:15 3 Yuko YOSHIMURA JPN 3:04:22 4 Ai OGO JPN 3:06:43 5 Yoko SOTOMINE JPN 3:07:31 6 Mikiko FUJII JPN 3:08:19 7 Lise HARROW HKG 3:08:39 8 Noriko TAKEDA JPN 3:11:36 9 Chiaki KAWATA JPN 3:13:43 10 Mayumi NAGAI JPN 3:14:00
10 MARCH 2013: LAGO MAGGIORE HALF MARATHON, ITALY
MEN: 1 Luka ROTICH KEN 1:00:14 2 Robert KWAMBAI KEN 1:00:31 3 Ruben LIMAA KEN 1:00:53 4 Hillary KIPCHUMBA KEN 1:01:02 5 Jackson BIWOTT KEN 1:04:25 6 Chengere TOLOSSA ETH 1:06:06 7 Kadi NESSERO ETH 1:06:49 8 Simone GONIN ITA 1:07:54 9 Abraham ESHAK ERI 1:08:39 10 Rolando PIANA ITA 1:09:29 WOMEN: 1 Tadalech BEKELE ETH 1:09:31 2 Mona STOCKHECKE GER 1:17:10 3 Viviana VELATI ITA 1:20:21 4 Sara HOLMGREN SWE 1:21:45 5 Alessia BRAMBILLA ITA 1:27:36 6 Paola FELLETTI ITA 1:28:06 7 Simona GUILIANA ITA 1:28:16 8 Luisa FUMAGALLI ITA 1:30:40 9 Marta LUALDI ITA 1:32:04 10 Federica MACHETTI ITA 1:32:20
10 MARCH 2013: LOS TERRENAS 10kM, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MEN: 1 Frank BOBADILLA DOM 33:31 2 Jesus Sanchez RAMIRA DOM 33:45 3 Eduin DUVAL DOM 34:20 4 Eddy RAMOS DOM 35:39 5 Angel POLANCO DOM 37:57 6 Ariel DE LEON DOM 38:22 7 Carlo Rubio GARCIA DOM 40:14 8 Isaias VALDEZ DOM 40:19 9 Felix OGANDO DOM 41:06 10 Wilfredo MOREL DOM 42:23 WOMEN: 1 Stel RORIGUEZ DOM 45:15 2 Francisca GREEN DOM 46:29 3 Layla DE GRANMEYEH DOM 47:03 4 Astrid FRANCOIS DOM 47:15 5 Ghislaine BREMOND DOM 47:53 6 Alexandra Ortiz ARZU DOM 54:01 7 Molly GLEASON DOM 54:07 8 Amalia Moscoso ARABI DOM 54:53 9 Carla Esperanza DE DOM 55:50 10 Amy MAGERMAN DOM 55:54 5km MEN: 1 Antonio DE LA CRUZ DOM 16:57 2 Ricardo CAMBELLIN DOM 17:48 3 Rami POLANCO DOM 20:10 WOMEN: 1 Jeni CRAIN DOM 25:04 2 Vicky MARTINEZ DOM 26:07 3 Emilia RODRIGUEZ DOM 26:56
10 MARCH 2013: NAGOYA INT'L WOMEN'S MARATHON, JAPAN
Photo: Yohei Kamiyama/Agence SHOT
Ryoko Kizaki broke away from Ethiopia's 19-year-old Berhane Dibaba at the 40km water station to win in the second-fastest time in the world this year. In doing so she clinched a spot on the marathon team for the IAAF World Championships in Moscow. Mizuki Noguchi, the 2004 Olympic Marathon champion, returned to form in third place.
After passing half way in 1:11:32 the lead initially large lead group reduced to Noguchi and Kizaki, Kenyans Margaret Agai and Georgina Rono and Dibaba along with fellow Ethiopian Genet Getanah, who drifted back after 25km, followed by Agai and Rono 5km later, as Dibaba pushed the pace, momentarily opeing up a gap. By 31km Noguchi had closed, and 2km later Kizaki made it a leading trio. Dibaba tried again after 35km and Noguchi lost contact. Kizaki followed Dibaba until making her winning move at 40km.
Kizaki improved her personal best by nearly three minutes and set the third fastest time run in Nagoya. Dibaba sliced five minutes off her best and 2004 Olympic Champion Noguchi ran her fastest time since 2007, which may well be enough to get her World Championships selection. Behind her, Jelena Prokopcuka also ran faster than she had done in six years.
1 Ryoko KIZAKI JPN 2:23:34 2 Berhane DIBABA ETH 2:23:51 3 Mizuki NOGUCHI JPN 2:24:05 4 Jelena PROKOPCUKA LAT 2:25:46 5 Eri HAYAKAWA JPN 2:26:17 6 Mestawet TUFA ETH 2:26:20 7 Yoko MIYAUCHI JPN 2:27:17 8 Genet GETANAH ETH 2:28:08 9 Asami KATO JPN 2:30:26 10 Misato HORIE JPN 2:30:52
10 MARCH 2013: SIHANOUKVILLE INT'L HALF MARATHON, CAMBODIA
MEN: 1 Joerg HEINER GER 1:14:35 2 Buntin HEM CAM 1:14:55 3 Viro MA CAM 1:24:39 4 David STEVENSON GBR 1:30:05 5 Yan DEFONG FRA 1:31:44 6 Zach SLAGEL USA 1:32:09 7 Alastair SLADE GBR 1:33:37 8 Billy MCDONALD USA 1:33:46 9 unidentified 1:34:11 10 Jiuergen WITTSTOCK GER 1:36:07 WOMEN: 1 Beate KECKLOW GER 1:29:51 2 Vivian TANG SIN 1:30:16 3 Veronique MESSINA FRA 1:42:02 4 Clementine TANGUIDE FRA 1:42:03 5 Suzanne MACDONALD GBR 1:43:39 6 Irene PRIMMER USA 1:52:20 7 Ceri DAVIES GBR 1:53:59 8 Melanie FRIEDMANN FRA 1:54:14 9 Sara FREDSLUND DEN 1:54:46 10 Micho HENG CAM 2:02:08
15 MARCH 2013: GILETTE TEL AVIV MARATHON, ISRAEL
Due to unexpectedly hot conditions the marathon was called off on medical advice, but the Half Marathon event went ahead:
HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Zohar ZMIRU ISR 1:06:55 2 Garma AMRA ISR 1:06:56 3 Maro TEFARI ISR 1:09:10 4 Geziagbher GEDAMU ETH 1:11:04 5 Ran ALTERMAN ISR 1:12:50 6 Nitai SHTEIN ISR 1:14:10 7 Andelkau GZEHI ISR 1:14:48 8 Vadeg ZABDIA ISR 1:14:59 9 Dorpon FAIBISH ISR 1:16:48 10 Osmen Ali HOSEN ISR 1:16:59 WOMEN: 1 Kalkidan BALCHA ETH 1:19:36 2 Margaret NJUGUNA KEN 1:21:48 3 Mari ALIAS ISR 1:22:50 4 Yaara ZANGI-RADOSHITZKY ISR 1:24:34 5 Ruti ZINDEL OHMAN ISR 1:28:21 6 Rotem LAHAV ISR 1:30:46 7 Antonina RAZNIKOV ISR 1:34:12 8 Hagar CNAANI ISR 1:35:06 9 Olfat HAIDER ISR 1:36:27 10 Mitel ALON KOTEG ISR 1:36:32
16 MARCH 2013: ROCK 'N' ROLL USA MARATHON
MEN: 1 Peter LAWRENCE USA 2:32:27 2 Michael WARDIAN USA 2:34:12 3 Eric SENSEMAN 2:36:19 4 Jonathan LAURIE 2:43:05 5 Matthew FREY 2:44:49 6 Daven OSKVIG 2:45:14 7 Eric SOEHLEIN 2:45:44 8 Patrick DALESSANDRO 2:46:06 9 Michael PETERS 2:46:47 10 Ryan SAMUEL 2:48:10 WOMEN: 1 Ashley OLSEN USA 2:53:28 2 Justine MORRISON 2:59:21 3 Sara VERGOTE 3:00:42 4 Ashley MANLOVE 3:00:44 5 Silvia BAAGE 3:06:07 6 Daniella ORTON 3:08:49 7 Judy CHEN 3:08:52 8 Mollie ZAPATA 3:11:20 9 Cassandra TRIPALDI 3:12:08 10 Danielle SCHAUB 3:14:57 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Tumicha HORSA 1:06:44 2 Christopher MILLS 1:07:03 3 John HOLT 1:08:20 WOMEN: 1 Hilary DIONNE 1:16:12 2 Lauren PHILBROOK 1:16:47 3 Christine RAMSEY 1:18:46
17 MARCH 2013: ZURICH MARATO DE BARCELONA, SPAIN
MEN: 1 Gezahegn Abera HUNDE ETH 2:10:17 2 Abraham KETER KEN 2:10:48 3 Linus MAIYO KEN 2:11:34 4 Aredom Tiumay DEGEFA KEN 2:12:17 5 Jaume Lieva BEATO ESP 2:13:41 6 Joash MUTAI KEN 2:16:47 7 Samir Ait BOUCHMANE MAR 2:17:31 8 Asensio Just SOCIATS ESP 2:23:25 9 Marc ROIG ESP 2:25:46 10 Abderrahman Ait KAMOUCH ESP 2:26:56 WOMEN: 1 Lemelem Berha YACHEM ETH 2:34:39 2 Bosho Amelework FIKADU ETH 2:35:53 3 Irene MOGAKA KEN 2:38:46 4 Joasia ZAKRZEWSKY GBR 2:43:50 5 Lou COLLINS GBR 2:55:37 6 Beatriz Munoz MELERO ESP 2:55:38 7 Elena Hidalgo VALLS ESP 2:58:16 8 Degitu Jebesa TOLOSA ETH 2:58:39 9 Paula Salgado GONZALEZ ESP 3:00:04 10 Fernanda MACIEL BRA 3:00:06
17 MARCH 2013: 19th ACEA ROME MARATHON, ITALY
Getachew Negari Terfa and 36-year-old Helena Kirop won with respectively the second and third fastest times ever achieved in Rome writes Diego Sampaolo.
A big pack went through halfway in 1:03:43, ahead of course record pace. By 35km there were still nine men together but at 37km Birhanu Gebru, Stephen Chemlany, defending champion Luka Kanda, Haile Gemeda and Terfa got away. Terfa's surge at 40km won a decisive advantage. Despite windy conditions in the second half of the race six men dipped under 2:10.
The leading women were also on course record pace but steadied to pass through halfway in 1:11:58, after which Kirop, Turkey's Sultan Haydar and the Ethiopian trio of Ashu Kasim, Getnet Selomie Kassa and Eshetu Degefa opened up a gap. Degefa was dropped shortly after 25km, and Kirop started to push the pace from 30km. She was only three seconds ahead at 35km but increased her lead to 25 seconds at 37km and was never troubled.
MEN:
1 Getachew Terfa NEGARI ETH 2:07:56
2 Girmay Birhanu GEBRU ETH 2:08:11
3 Stephen CHEMLANY KEN 2:08:30
4 Haile Haja GEMEDA ETH 2:08:35
5 Luka KANDA KEN 2:08:50
6 Samson BARMAO KEN 2:09:47
7 Wolde Tsegaye BOTORU ETH 2:10:00
8 Philemon Kipchumba KISANG KEN 2:10:27
9 Bekana Tolesa DABA ETH 2:11:16
10 Patrick KIptanui KORIR KEN 2:11:32
WOMEN:
1 Helena KIROP KEN 2:24:40
2 Getnet Selomie KASSA ETH 2:25:15
3 Sultan HAYDAR TUR 2:27:10
4 Ashu KASIM ETH 2:30:10
5 Alem Fikre KIFLE ETH 2:30:13
6 Hellen MUGO KEN 2:32:12
7 Nadezdha LEONTEVA RUS 2:32:14
8 Biruktayit DEGEFA ETH 2:32:52
9 Adugna Dalasa SECHALE ETH 2:34:43
10 Alemtsehay DEMSE ETH 2:41:03
17 MARCH 2013: SEOUL INT'L MARATHON, KOREA
In the men's race a group of eight runners got to 30km at a steady 3:01/km pace, at which point Franklin Chepkwony took charge, running the next 5km in 14:44. Sumi Dechase was the only one to chase, but Chepkwony kept the pace going and by 40km had a 100m lead. Dechase closed in slightly over the last two kilometres, but Chepkwony was an assured winner.
The three leading women ran together until 30km, at which point Yeshimebet Tadese Bifa started to lose ground to Philomena Chepchirchir and Emebet Etea. Chepchirchir passed through 40km seven seconds up on Etea, and pushed on to the finish to become the first Kenyan woman to win this race.
MEN: 1 Franklin CHEPKWONY KEN 2:06:59 2 Sumi DECHASE ETH 2:07:12 3 Seboka Dibaba TOLA ETH 2:07:27 4 Yuki KAWAUCHI JPN 2:08:15 5 Josphat KIPLIMO KEN 2:09:44 6 Elijah Kiplagat KEITANY KEN 2:09:53 7 Daniel Kipkorir CHEPYEGON KEN 2:09:58 8 John KIPROTICH KEN 2:10:08 9 Alfred Kipkogei KERING KEN 2:10:23 10 Mulugeta WAMI ETH 2:10:40 WOMEN: 1 Philomena CHEPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:25:43 2 Emebet ETEA ETH 2:25:53 3 Yeshimebet Tadese BIFA ETH 2:26:18 4 Sung-eun KIM KOR 2:27:21 5 Lydia Ruto JEROTICH KEN 2:28:22 6 Ekjigayehu Asnakech MENGISTU ETH 2:31:55 7 Eugenia DANILOVA RUS 2:32:27 8 Sun-ea KIM KOR 2:36:41 9 Bo-ra CHOI KOR 2:36:58 10 Suk-jung LEE KOR 2:37:21
17 MARCH 2013: STANDARD CHARTERED STANLEY MARATHON, FALKLAND ISLANDS
Stanley Marathon is the most southerly certified marathon in the world, extending over the full length of tarmac roads in the island territory (twice).
Under favourable conditions (13°C and 6m/s wind) 46 individual marathoners (39 men and 7 women) took part alongside 26 4-person teams in the relay event. There were 15 international runners representing seven nationalities: France, Argentina, Brazil, UK, Spain, Russia and South Africa.
Andrew Van Kints triumphed in his first marathon (and donated a proportion of his prize to the race charity Seeing is Believing). The Conmael team won the relay event in a new course record.
His Excellency The Governor Mr Nigel Haywood officiated at the start of the race before himself running and completing the race in 3:30:01. Governor Haywood then presented the prizes to the winners in the Town Hall.
The proceeds from the race, totalling over $15,000 (including matching by Standard Chartered), will be donated to Seeing is Believing.
MEN: 1 Andrew VAN KINTS GBR 2:51:43 2 Marcelo DE BERNARDIS ARG 3:03:01 3 Benjamin SHEPHERD GBR 3:05:17 4 Martin COLLINS GBR 3:07:04 5 Carl THOMPSON GBR 3:12:26 6 Anton WOLFAARDT RSA 3:14:10 7 Darryl LOVELAND GBR 3:16:56 8 Leandro HIDALGO ARG 3:17:06 9 David LANDON GBR 3:19:46 10 Ashlee STOBY GBR 3:27:08 First Falkland-born runner: 1 Richard SHORT FKL 3:59:16 WOMEN: 1 Dawn TWEED GBR 3:50:24 2 Rebecca FROSTICK GBR 3:54:00 3 Lynsey SUTCLIFFE GBR 4:32:22 4 Carly YEOMANS GBR 4:44:10 5 Miyuki TASHIMA JPN 4:53:47 6 Miriam Cao GOMEZ ESP 5:00:53 7 Maria Musante GRAU ARG 5:09:32 TEAMS: 1 Conmael GBR 2:56:44 2 Ben, Colin Luke & Rob GBR 2:57:46 3 Mercian GBR 2:58:28
24 MARCH 2013: 8TH CSOB BRATISLAVA MARATHON, SLOVAKIA
Isaac Chesiny broke the course record by over a minute, despite the conditions writes Gabriel Bogdany. "I was expecting 2:15, but the weather was against me" said Chesiny, who is based in Muenster, Germany.
It was his seventh marathon win, but his first outside Germany.
It was snowing at the start in the Slovak capital and the temperature was around 0°C. Peter Wanjiru (coached by former 10000m world record holder Yobes Ondieki) came in about 70m behind.
Lilian Koech, another Kenyan, was the fastest woman over the new city centre course but her time was nine minutes slower than Margaret Murigi's record from last year (2:42:41 in 2012). It was her third victory in Bratislava (2010, 2011 and 2013); last year she finished 3rd. "This was the coldest marathon in my life" said Koech. Croatian ultra runner Marija Vrajic came in two minutes behind her.
Kenyans also won the half-marathon races. Joel Mwangi improved from second in 2011 to edge Dickson Kurui by four seconds. The fastest woman was Chelangat Sang (1:13:24)
Among all seven races more than 7000 runners from 50 countries were registered.
MEN: 1 Isaac CHESINY KEN 2:18:33 2 Peter WANJIRU KEN 2:18:47 3 Aleksander BABARYKA UKR 2:20:20 4 Tamás OLAH HUN 2:30:55 5 Yevgeniy GLYVA UKR 2:33:18 6 Michal KOVAR CZE 2:34:57 WOMEN: 1 Lilian KOECH KEN 2:51:42 2 Marija VRAJIC CRO 2:53:52 3 Katalin FARKAS HUN 2:57:26 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Joel MWANGI KEN 1:04:06 2 Dickson KURUI KEN 1:04:10 3 Thomas LOKOMWA KEN 1:04:43 WOMEN: 1 Chelangat SANG KEN 1:13:24 2 Mary WANJOHI KEN 1:13:42 3 Margaret MURIGI KEN 1:18:40
24 MARCH 2013: LIMASSOL MARATHON GSO, CYPRUS
MEN: 1 Ahmet KAZACHOUM CYP 2:27:51 2 Neil SEGEL USA 2:38:10 3 Ariel ROZENFELD ISR 2:41:29 4 Michael KEENAN GBR 2:42:54 5 Richard GRIEVE GBR 2:45:05 6 Panayiotis STYLIANOU CYP 2:50:08 7 Charalambos IOANNOU CYP 2:51:38 8 Panayiotis NYOFYTOU CYP 3:03:07 9 Gerrit VAN DOORNIK NED 3:04:35 10 Nikos ANTONOPOULOS GRE 3:08:05 WOMEN: 1 Irina PANKOVSKAIA RUS 2:48:35 2 Yulia KHAZOVA RUS 2:50:15 3 Yiota ANDREOU CYP 3:20:33 4 Elena DEMINA RUS 3:29:13 5 Angelika HOFFMAN GER 3:30:20 6 Maria AVRAAMIDOU CYP 3:45:33 7 Pola HADJIPAPA CYP 3:52:45 8 Liga APINE LAT 3:52:54 9 Ayelet GAFNI CYP 3:54:08 10 Meliha KAYA BARGA TUR 3:56:11 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Sergey YAKOVLEV RUS 1:08:45 2 Barry STODDART GBR 1:16:18 3 Lee GREEN GBR 1:21:11 WOMEN: 1 Victoria WHITE GBR 1:30:22 2 Lisa BOWEN GBR 1:38:36 3 Casey TRIPLETT USA 1:44:47
24 MARCH 2013: EDP HALF MARATHON OF LISBON, PORTUGAL
The sun shone on the 40,000 participants, most in the 8km mass run, but the half marathoners faced a strong headwind in the later part of the race writes Antonio Manuel Fernandes.
The elite women's race, staged separately for only the second time, was led out by Paskalia Kipkoech. Edna Kiplagat and Eunice Kirwa tailed her until only those three remained. Kiplagat, sheltering behind the diminutive Kipkoech, left it to the last two kilometres to show her strength. There was a thrilling finish for fourth between Sylvia Kibet and Dulce Felix, who had come through from eighth place at halfway.
Bernard Koech emphatically confirmed his status as men's race favourite, leading from early on and setting a very fast pace. One by one his rivals dropped behind until at halfway only Peter Some and Abera Kuma remained. In the next 5km he pulled away to lead by 26 seconds. Some chased from a distance and was rewarded with a 13-second improvement in his personal best despite the trying conditions.MEN: 1 Bernard KOECH KEN 59:54 2 Peter SOME KEN 1:00:21 3 Abera KUMA ETH 1:01:09 4 Bernard KITUR KEN 1:01:48 5 Richard MENGICH KEN 1:01:56 6 Samuel TSEGAY ERI 1:02:34 7 Mike ROTICH KEN 1:02:46 8 Tsegay ASEFA ETH 1:03:41 9 Cuthbert NYASANGO ZIM 1:04:30 10 Andre POLLMACHER GER 1:04:35 WOMEN: 1 Edna KIPLAGAT KEN 1:08:48 2 Eunice KIRWA KEN 1:08:59 3 Pasalia Chepkorir KIPKOECH KEN 1:09:21 4 Sylvia KIBET KEN 1:10:41 5 Dulce FELIX POR 1:10:44 6 Malika SAHSSAH MAR 1:11:36 7 Tadelech BEKELE ETH 1:11:59 8 Jelena PROKOPCUKA LAT 1:12:55 9 Cruz NONATA BRA 1:13:52 10 Yvette VAN VYL BLERK RSA 1:14:25
24 MARCH 2013: NOVI SAD HALF MARATHON, SERBIA
MEN: 1 Marko MILANOVIC SRB 1:12:47 2 Miksa PAPIC SRB 1:13:18 3 Denis KORABLEV RUS 1:13:23 4 Goran UKIC SRB 1:14:16 5 Ross CLARK GBR 1:14:39 6 Igor JAKIMOVSKI MKD 1:16:50 7 Ibrahim RAMIC BIH 1:18:07 8 Roland UNTERWEGER ROU 1:18:11 9 Zoran MARKOVIC SRB 1:18:13 10 Bojan DUPLJANIN BIH 1:18:26 WOMEN: 1 Rahima ZUKIC BIH 1:22:24 2 Lidija MIKLOS SRB 1:23:10 3 Vanja SLUPIC SLO 1:37:40 4 Duska KAPUN SRB 1:40:25 5 Karolina PUSKAS SRB 1:41:30 6 Katarina BUCAREVIC SRB 1:43:10 7 Tamara CANKOVIC SRB 1:44:52 8 Betina Moreira INFANTE SRB 1:50:16 9 Danijela POSLONCEC SRB 1:51:13 10 Marta JOVANOVIC SRB 1:51:41
24 MARCH 2013: IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND
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The Championships took place on this same course in Myselicinek Park in Bydgoszcz as they did in 2010, but now being contested only every other year, the previous event held two years ago in the south of Spain seemed like a world away from this freezing and snowbound course at the other end of Europe. Despite such a stark contrast in conditions Faith Kipyegon retained her junior women's title and Emily Chebet reclaimed her senior title from 2010. It took until the final event of the afternoon for anything approaching an upset, and while East African mastery of the event remains unchallenged the US men's team delivered a result that has not been seen for decades, as they edged Kenya for the silver medals.
Senior Men: springing a surprise
On a day when three other titles went to athletes who were among the favourites Japhet Korir surprised in taking the senior men's title writes Phil Minshull.
Korir, in only his third race in the last nine months became the youngest ever senior champion and only the second teenager, following the prodigious Kenenisa Bekele.
When the race stoked up after halfway he was consistently at the fore, and in the final kilometre pushed hard to gradually edge away from Ethiopia's defending champion Imane Merga.
Merga defended well but had no answer to Korir's final kick for home. The split was a relatively slow 5:40 at the end of the first lap, compared to 5:24 for the junior men, and 17 runners were still together after the second lap. The pace increased to halfway with a 5:23 third lap and the lead group dwindled to nine.
Korir and Uganda's Timothy Torotich were the driving forces on the fourth lap as another three lost contact. Those remaining were Korir, Merga, Torotich and his better-known compatriot Moses Kipsiro, Eritrea's Teklemariam Medhin and Australia's Collis Birmingham. The latter literally shadowed the rest from the rear of the group due to his stature.
American Ben True, having the race of his life, joined this group midway around the fifth lap, just as Birmingham's effort started to fade. Medhin led into the last lap but soon ceased to be a factor, followed by the two Ugandans, as Korir and Merga started the battle for supremacy in the penultimate kilometre.
But Merga eventually threw in the towel, visibly settling for second place about 200m from the line to allow Korir, only sixth in the Kenyan trials last month, to cruise to victory.
Merga had the consolation of leading Ethiopia to a team win for the first time since 2005, after six consecutive Kenyan victories. Thanks to True's effort — the best American placing in the senior men's race since 1984 — and getting four men in the top 19, USA were surprising silver medallists, their first time on the podium since winning bronze in 2001. With Korir being the only Kenyan in the top-10 the Kenyan team recorded their lowest place finish since 1984.
MEN: 1 Japhet Kipyegon KORIR KEN 32:45 2 Imane MERGA ETH 32:51 3 Teklemariam MEDHIN ERI 32:54 4 Moses Ndiema KIPSIRO UGA 33:08 5 Timothy TOROITICH UGA 33:09 6 Ben TRUE USA 33:11 7 Goitetom KIFLE ERI 33:16 8 Collis BIRMINGHAM AUS 33:18 9 Feyisa LELISA ETH 33:22 10 Chris DERRICK USA 33:23 TEAMS: 1 Ethiopia 38 pts 2 United States 52 pts 3 Kenya 54 pts 4 Eritrea 75 pts 5 Uganda 76 pts
Senior Women: a bold but thwarted bid
Emily Chebet recreated her golden memories of Myslecinek Park by storming past Ethiopia's Hiwot Ayalew in the finishing straight to repeat her win on this course from 2010 writes Nicola Bamford.
A total of 97 athletes from 29 countries contested the 8km course, with Chebet and Ayalew almost inseparable for the entire race. They joined Ireland's European Cross Country Champion Fionnuala Britton at the head of the pack from the gun.
The Kenyan team had five runners in the top seven at halfway, but when Margaret Muriuki joined Chebet the two of them pushed on ahead, with Ayalew tagging them.
Ayalew made a bold bid for home in the final 800m in an attempt to secure the first women's title for Ethiopia since 2008. She established what looked like an unassailable 50m lead going into the final steep uphill. But Chebet surprised maybe even herself by reeling in the tiring Ayalew in the final 100m to sprint to victory here once again.
In the team standings Chebet led Kenya to what might appear an emphatic win, scoring 19 points to Ethiopia's 48. It was their fourth consecutive team win, with all six runners inside the top 11. However Ethiopian-born runners also finished in fourth and eighth places — but were running for Bahrain. Otherwise Ethiopia's total could have been 17 points. Four-time bronze medallist Meselech Melkamu failed to finish.
WOMEN: 1 Emily CHEBET KEN 24:24 2 Hiwott AYALEW ETH 24:27 3 Belaynesh OLJIRA ETH 24:33 4 Shitaye ESHETE BRN 24:34 5 Margatret Wangari MURIUKI KEN 24:39 6 Janet KISA KEN 24:46 7 Viola Jelegat KIBIWOT KEN 24:46 8 Tejitu DABA BRN 24:55 9 Juliet CHEKWEL UGA 24:58 10 Irene Chepet CHEPTAI KEN 25:01 TEAMS: 1 Kenya 19 pts 2 Ethiopia 48 pts 3 Bahrain 73 pts 4 United States 90 pts 5 Ireland 115 pts
Junior Men: unrelenting pace
Ethiopia's Gebrhiwet Hagos, still just 18, took the junior men's title with a wonderfully assured run, hitting the front with 500m to go writes Phil Minshull.
It was his first major championships medal and confirmed his status as race favourite. He had set world junior records at 5000m and indoors at 3000m — this last just last month. The delighted Gebrhiwet savoured the moment: "It was a very tough course but I am so very happy."
His winning time was astonishingly fast and he seemed unconcerned about the chilly weather with temperatures hovering just below zero. From the gun a quartet of Kenyans dictated a fast pace. Behind them Gebrhiwet and his team mate Muktar Edris were running comfortably, easing themselves into the race.
After the first lap eight men were racing in almost in single file, with a gap of six seconds back to ninth place. Leonard Barsoston continued to push relentlessly as Gebrhiwet and Edris ran behind and Conseslus Kipruto hung on while a gap developed behind the leading four. As Kipruto fell back Barsoston continued to push, shadowed by the two Ethiopians.
Barsoston persisted with his valiant effort on the third of four 2km laps, injecting brief surges, and Edris started to slip back as they began the last lap — but Gebrhiwet just bided his time before executing his decisive attack.
Eritrea's Tsegay Tuemay came through strongly on the last lap to take fourth place but was around 80m adrift of the three medallists.
Ethiopia broke the Kenyan stranglehold on the team title for the first time in 15 years and only the second time since 1988. The Moroccan team took bronze medals, returning to the podium for the first time since 1998.
JUNIOR MEN: 1 Hagos GEBRHIWOTT ETH 21:04 2 Leonard BARSOSTON KEN 21:08 3 Muktar EDRIS ERI 21:13 4 Tsegay TUEMAY ETH 21:26 5 Conseslus KIPRUTO KEN 21:40 6 Birhan NEBEBEW ETH 21:42 7 Girmay GEBRESELASSIWE ERI 21:50 8 Dawit WELDESILASIE ERI 21:58 9 Ronald KWEMOI KEN 21:58 10 Michael BETT KEN 22:21 TEAMS: 1 Ethiopia 23 pts 2 Kenya 26 pts 3 Morocco 65 pts 4 United States 106 pts 5 Japan 138 pts
Junior Women: Faith prevails
19-year old Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon became only the third woman to successfully defend her title writes Nicola Bamford. She emulated the achievements of her fellow Kenyan Viola Kibiwot (2001/2), and Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba (2008/9).
Contesting over three laps, Kipyegon initially stayed back in fifth place content to watch her teammate, 17-year-old Agnes Chebet Tirop, and Ethiopia's Ruti Aga lead the field. Striding out over the undulating route with a few patches of bare grass in sub-zero temperatures, Kipyegon joined Tirop at the front just a kilometre into the race.
With several mounds on the lap, and a steep incline towards the end, the pair matched strides as 17-year-old Ethiopian Alemitu Heroye joined them. The three of them got away in the second lap, and although Heroye temporarily lost ground she pulled back up to the two Kenyans with a kilometre to run.
The long uphill stretch was decisive, as Heroye finally succumbed and Kipyegon showed an impressive change of pace to sprint away from her compatriot in the final 300m. She eased off in the final few metres and Tirop was awarded the same time for the silver medal with Heroye following six seconds later.
Kenya managed to regain the team title they lost to Ethiopia two years ago, packing their four to score into the top five places. With the top 12 places filled exclusively by Kenyans and Ethiopians, the third team spot was up for grabs. The British women packed well in 16, 17, 21, and 27 to capture their first ever place on the podium in the category, and the country's first medals of any description since 2004.
JUNIOR WOMEN: 1 Faith Chepngetich KIPYEGON KEN 17:51 2 Agnes Jebet TIROP KEN 17:51 3 Alemitu HEROYE ETH 17:57 4 Caroline Chepkoech KIPKIRUI KEN 18:09 5 Ruti AGA ETH 18:18 6 Sofiya SHEMSU ETH 18:20 7 Rosefline CHEPNGETICH KEN 18:21 8 Shiela Chepngetich KETER KEN 18:21 9 Buze DIRIBA ETH 18:29 10 Alemitu HAWE ETH 18:35 TEAMS: 1 Kenya 14 pts 2 Ethiopia 23 pts 3 Great Britain/NI 81 pts 4 Japan 90 pts 5 Uganda 99 pts
30 MARCH 2013: ANTARCTICA MARATHON
It takes a two-week expedition to run the Antarctica Marathon — and often longer due to the daunting challenges thrown up by Mother Nature writes Patice Malloy. It's the the coldest, windiest and most remote continent of all. The 14th edition brought 92 participants from nine countries to brave temperatures around -6°C while navigating the hilly, snow and ice-covered course.
The full and half marathon courses are mostly on gravel roads that connect the research bases of Uruguay, Chile, China and Russia on King George Island, at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. In the men's race Alan Nawoj took an early lead, and extended it 10 minutes after 32km. With a best marathon time of 2:52:27, he went on to win by eight minutes.
Inez Anne Haagen dominated the women's race, and finished third overall. Dutchwoman Haagen, 49, has won marathons on four other continents, including China's Great Wall Marathon in 2010. Five Russian and Uruguayan Antarctic research base personnel also joined in the competition.
17 runners fulfilled their goal of running a marathon or half-marathon on the seven continents and were inducted into the Seven Continents Club during the post-race awards ceremony held at an outdoor barbecue.
This year's Antarctica Marathon initially scheduled for 7 March came close to being put on ice when the Akademik Ioffe, the chartered Russian research vessel that was to transport the runners from the southernmost tip of Argentina to King George Island, was damaged by an iceberg. Sister ship the Akademik Sergey Vavilov was quickly commissioned but resulted in a three-week delay. More than 85% of the original 114 travelers rearranged their lives to pursue their goal of completing the marathon or half-marathon on the seventh continent.
More than $37,500 was raised by 2013 Antarctica Marathon participants for the event's official charity Oceanites which researches the impact of tourism on Antarctica. Visit www.antarcticamarathon.com, email info@marathontours.com or call +1 617 242 7845
MEN: 1 Alan NAWOJ USA 3:29:56 2 Belthazer NEL RSA 3:37:48 3 Donnald RAYMOND USA 4:11:57 WOMEN: 1 Inez Anne HAAGEN NED 3:41:52 2 Ginger HOWELL USA 4:24:24 3 Winter VINECKI USA 4:49:45 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Sergei MIKHALCHUK RUS 2:01:20 2 John KESSEL USA 2:17:11 3 Andreo BENECH URU 2:21:22 WOMEN: 1 Beth HAMMETT CAN 1:58:46 2 Susan HAWLEY USA 2:43:25 3 Laurie RICE USA 2:54:15
30 MARCH 2013: OLD MUTUAL TWO OCEANS MARATHON 56km, SOUTH AFRICA
Gale force winds made the going tough for over 27000 runners in the ultra and half, including 1800 foreign runners from 34 countries writes Norrie Williamson. Former national marathon champion David Gatebe ran an impressively even-paced race, breaking away from the field at 34km to eventually win by over a minute. Natalia Volgina, at age 36, repeated her 2002 win in a time only 36 seconds slower. Over 8200 runners completed the scenic 56km route around the southern tip of Africa, which offers breathtaking views of the oceans and the Cape.
Entries for the half marathon were capped at 16000 and filled within days, with a record breaking 13743 finishing in the University grounds below the Rhodes Memorial perched on the side of Table Mountain. Both Stephen Mokoka and Ethiopian Biru Meseret Mengistu set course records for the new route which was introduced in 2012 to satisfy the increased demand for entries.
On the Friday 800 ran the 10km and 22km trail runs, around 1000 took part in the international friendship run and hundreds more of all ages participated in fun runs varying from a 56m nappy dash to the 8km Newlands Forest warm-up run. The weekend's festivities ended with the Old Mutual Concert in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
MEN: 1 David GATEBE RSA 3:08:54 2 Mthandazo QHINA RSA 3:10:02 3 Moeketsi MOSUHLI LES 3:10:23 4 Collen MAKAZA ZIM 3:10:29 5 Motlokoa NKHABUTLANE LES 3:10:59 6 Warinyare LEBOPO LES 3:11:10 7 Tsotang MAINE LES 3:12:15 8 Johannes KEKANA RSA 3:12:41 9 Lebenya NKOKA LES 3:13:18 10 Mike FOKORONI ZIM 3:13:29 WOMEN: 1 Natalia VOLGINA RUS 3:38:38 2 Thabita TSATSA ZIM 3:39:57 3 Charne BOSMAN RSA 3:40:13 4 Elena NURGALIEVA RUS 3:41:45 5 Mamorallo TJOKA LES 3:44:43 6 Nina PODNEBESNOVA RUS 3:45:17 7 Ellie GREENWOOD GBR 3:45:18 8 Immaculate CHEMUTAI UGA 3:47:39 9 Michelle WILLIAMS RSA 3:51:02 10 Jennifer KOECH KEN 3:52:21 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Stephen MOKOKO RSA 1:03:36 2 Lusapho APRIL RSA 1:03:40 3 Joel MMONE RSA 1:03:45 WOMEN: 1 Meseret Mengistu BIRU ETH 1:12:43 2 Renee KALMER RSA 1:14:54 3 Irvette VAN BLERK RSA 1:15:20
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