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2 APRIL 2006:
CHUNJU MARATHON,
KOREA
MEN:
1 Yi-Yong KIM KOR 2:15:01
2 Myoung-Kee LEE KOR 2:17:30
3 Jin-Soo LIM KOR 2:18:08
4 Kun-Hyun KIM KOR 2:18:21
5 Jong-Su CHANG KOR 2:19:53
WOMEN:
1 Eun-Jung KIM KOR 2:35:28
2 Jung-Yeon HAN KOR 2:42:50
3 Mi-Ok PARK KOR 2:46:06
4 Mi-Eun KIM KOR 2:48:11
5 Hyung-Sun JUNG KOR 2:49:07
2 APRIL 2006:
3RD TARSUS INT’L HALF
MARATHON, TURKEY
The half marathon is staged in a city that is 7000
years old. The organisers are the Berdan Textile
Co. which employs 1100 people in Tarsus, in cooperation
with the municipal authorities.
The weather was good for running, and new
records were set in both men’s and women’s
races. In all, 608 men and 65 women ran,
including 46 foreign runners from 11 countries.
MEN:
1 Patrick MUSYOKI KEN 1:02:42
2 Simon KASIMILI KEN 1:03:36
3 Gadissa BEYENE ETH 1:03:39
4 Iaroslav MUCHINSKI MDA 1:04:01
5 Tabor Mengistu NEBSI ETH 1:04:34
6 Abdil CEYLAN TUR 1:04:52
7 Selahattin SELCUK TUR 1:04:59
8 Wellay Amare WELDEGIYORGIS ETH 1:05:25
9 Ahmet YAVUZ TUR 1:05:27
10 Tewodoros CHERU ETH 1:05:33
WOMEN:
1 Letay HADISH ETH 1:12:03
2 Cathy MUTWA KEN 1:12:21
3 Juliya GROMOVA RUS 1:14:51
4 Rima DUBOVIK UKR 1:16:42
5 Lale OZTURK TUR 1:17:22
6 Svetlana TKACH MDA 1:19:46
7 Damla YENIGELEN TUR 1:19:58
8 Bahar DOGAN TUR 1:20:16
9 Yesim Yeter GULAL TUR 1:20:20
10 Birgul OZCAN TUR 1:20:25
2 APRIL 2006:
JERUSALEM HALF
MARATHON, ISRAEL
MEN:
1 Teddessa DARAGAN 1:09:30
2 Svanach DESSTAO 1:09:43
3 Ran ALTERMAN 1:11:32
4 Eli BAYKADI 1:13:12
5 Hervee ATLY 1:14:20
6 Elmiiyahoo PALORO 1:15:14
7 Marc MEYER 1:19:57
8 Itsik LEVY 1:20:34
9 Menahem MONTILYO 1:21:35
10 Chaim ZARGARI 1:22:13
WOMEN:
1 Nilly AVRAMSKY 1:22:02
2 Svetlana BEHMEND 1:22:37
3 Orna BLAU 1:26:54
4 Rona ZAMIR 1:41:52
5 Miriam GOLDSHTIEN 1:42:18
6 Ornit MORGENSTERN 1:42:18
7 Katherine FAIR 1:48:07
8 Tzofnat NEEMAN 1:51:31
9 Maya YIRMIYAHOO 1:55:31
10 Neomi BEN-YITSHAK 1:59:38
8 APRIL 2006: NORTH POLE
MARATHON, NEUTRAL
POLAR OCEAN
See separate feature, p.15
North Pole
9 APRIL 2006: PARIS
MARATHON, FRANCE
On a bright cool morning ideal for running no less
than nine of the first eleven men set personal
bests (three of these were debut marks) along
with two of the top three women. Behind them, a
record 36,500 runners enjoyed the celebratory
atmosphere of this 30th anniversary race, and
1500 of them finished in under three hours.
From the downhill start from the Arc de Triomphe
a large group sped through the centre of Paris,
passing 5km in 14:53. After a tour of the Bois de
Vincennes at the eastern end of the course the
pace had dropped at halfway (1:04:07). All the way
along the Seine Embankment, from 25-33km the
group dwindled in number. After passing through
35km at the Parc des Princes rugby ground in
1:46:27, Gashaw Malese made his move on a
slight uphill. Through the final kilometres in the
Bois de Boulogne he built up a convincing lead,
and entered the Avenue Foch 250m finishing
straight with only the clock as an adversary. He
strove to duck under 2:08, to no avail.
In the women’s race Mihaela Botezan made the
early running, passing 10km in 34:26 and halfway
in 1:13:00 - to lead by a minute. She got to 30km
in 1:44:25, but was now being chased hard by the
Russian pair of Irina Timofeyeva and Natalya
Volgina. They passed her at 35km and Pamela
Chepchumba also overtook her before the finish
line. Although Volgina improved her personal
best by almost 10 minutes, it was Timofeyeva who
finished stronger, pulling away to a 10-second
winning margin.
MEN:
1 Gashaw MALESE ETH 2:08:03
2 Kiprotich KENEI KEN 2:08:51
3 Bernard BARMASAI KEN 2:08:52
4 Luis JESUS POR 2:08:55
5 David LANGAT KEN 2:08:58
6 Youssef GALMIN MAR 2:09:11
7 Philip SINGOEI KEN 2:10:11
8 Francis KIPROP KEN 2:10:40
9 Philip KIRUI KEN 2:10:45
10 Ottavio ANDRIANI ITA 2:10:51
WOMEN:
1 Irina TIMOFEYEVA RUS 2:27:22
2 Natalya VOLGINA RUS 2:27:32
3 Pamela CHEPCHUMBA KEN 2:29:48
4 Mihaela BOTEZAN ROM 2:30:27
5 Alina GHERASIM ROM 2:31:16
6 Zaia DAHMANI FRA 2:31:34
7 Asha GIGI ETH 2:32:35
8 Fatima YVELAIN FRA 2:35:45
9 Carmen OLIVERAS FRA 2:37:01
10 Elena FETIZON FRA 2:41:16
9 APRIL 2006:
FORTIS MARATHON
ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Sammy Korir, second fastest ever marathon
runner, at last approached the form he showed in
2003 by surging to a convincing win in a worldleading
time for 2006. Behind him two others
went sub-2:07 and a 10 ran sub-2:11, doing much
to re-establish Rotterdam’s credentials as one of
the world’s fastest courses.
Careful pacing took a group of 21 runners through
15km in 45:01. By halfway the same pace (1:03:22)
had thinned the group down to nine. Pacemaking
finished at 25km but 30km was reached in 1:30:00
at which point Korir started to push. He reduced
the group to four as Charles Kibiwott, Paul Kirui
and Dejene Birhanu tailed him. Birhanu dropped
off as Korir edged the pace up, passing 40km in
1:59:55. At that point he started to get away:
Kibiwott chased him, but tired and was overtaken
by Kirui for second place.
Four women went through halfway in 1:13:25, but
then Viktoria Klimina fell back to leave Mindaye
Gishu, Helena Javornik and the former world
record holder Tegla Loroupe. Loroupe dropped
back at 30km, and Gishu went ahead of Javornik
after they had passed through 35km together in
2:02:48.
MEN:
1 Sammy KORIR KEN 2:06:38
2 Paul KIRUI KEN 2:06:44
3 Charles KIBIWOTT KEN 2:06:52
4 Dejene BIRHANU KEN 2:08:46
5 Jackson KOECH KEN 2:09:15
6 Salim KIPSANG KEN 2:09:26
7 Christopher CHEBOIBOCH KEN 2:09:41
8 Thomas KIPLITAN KEN 2:10:05
9 Mesefin ADIMASU ETH 2:10:45
10 Kamiel MAASE NED 2:10:45
WOMEN:
1 Mindaye GISHU ETH 2:28:30
2 Helena JAVORNIK SLO 2:29:37
3 Isabel EIZMENDI ESP 2:31:53
4 Susanne RITTER GER 2:32:34
5 Tegla LOROUPE KEN 2:33:24
6 Viktoria KLIMINA RUS 2:34:23
7 Grazyna SYREK POL 2:34:38
8 Maria ABEL ESP 2:35:30
9 Anne-Mette AGAARD DEN 2:37:03
10 Kristyna LOONEN NED 2:43:14
9 APRIL 2006:
ZURICH MARATHON,
SWITZERLAND
The heavy rain and cold could not stop Tesfaye
Eticha, based in Switzerland, winning for the
second time. He won the inaugural edition in
2003.
Eticha led through halfway, accompanied by two
pacemakers, in 1:05:50. But Alphonse Yatich, a
young Kenyan making his marathon debut, caught
him at 28km and went ahead at 32km, while
Eticha was having stomach problems. By 35km
Yatich had built a lead of almost 200m, but Eticha
recovered and managed to catch the tiring 23-year
old in the final kilometre.
In the women’s race Danish favourite Annemette
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