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Jensen took an early lead and passed halfway in
1:17, but then began to slow. She later
complained of cramp. Helena Tikhonova caught
sight of Jensen at 35km and by 37km had drawn
level. She pushed on ahead to win by nearly 400m.
In the absence of the top two Swiss women,
Claudia Oberlin and Vera Notz-Umberg, 26-year
old Maja Neuenschwander, from Berne and
running only her second marathon, was the first
Swiss to finish.
There were 7000 starters in this fourth edition.
MEN:
1 Tesfaye ETICHA ETH 2:12:39
2 Alphonse YATOCH KEN 2:12:54
3 Lucian HOMBO TAN 2:18:13
4 John ROTICH KEN 2:18:44
5 Alexei KHOKLOV RUS 2:18:54
WOMEN:
1 Helena TIKHONOVA RUS 2:39:52
2 Annemette JENSEN DEN 2:41:17
3 Maja NEUENSCHWANDER SUI 2:44:23
9 APRIL 2006:
CANBERRA MARATHON,
AUSTRALIA
See separate feature, p.21
9 APRIL 2006:
SAO PAULO HALF
MARATHON CORPORE,
BRAZIL
MEN:
1 Geovane DOS SANTOS BRA 1:04:42
2 Francisco DOS SANTOS BRA 1:05:52
3 Antonio DA SILVA BRA 1:06:03
4 Alan Wendel SILVA BRA 1:06:15
5 Adriano BASTOS BRA 1:06:26
6 Alex de MENDONCA BRA 1:07:20
7 Paulo DOS SANTOS BRA 1:07:42
8 Claudio DA CRUZ BRA 1:08:41
9 Elson GRACILOI BRA 1:08:39
10 Andre FERREIRA BRA 1:09:00
WOMEN:
1 Sirlene DE PINHO BRA 1:15:19
2 Viviany DE OLIVEIRA BRA 1:17:59
3 Marily dos SANTOS BRA 1:18:21
4 Rosa Jussara BARBOSA BRA 1:18:40
5 Conceição De CARVALHO BRA 1:21:16
6 Rosangela FIGUEREDO BRA 1:22:47
7 Reginaldo FAGUNDES BRA 1:25:34
8 Elizabete CRUZ BRA 1:25:36
9 Ilaine WANDSCHEER BRA 1:26:40
10 Lindinalva DA SILVA BRA 1:27:24
Canberra
15 APRIL 2006:
TWO OCEANS MARATHON,
SOUTH AFRICA
MEN:
1 Moses NJODZI ZIM 3:06:50
2 Honest MUTSAKANI ZIM 3:08:14
3 Sipho NGOMANE RSA 3:10:07
4 Themba LAMANE RSA 3:10:48
5 Mzwanele MAPHEKULA RSA 3:11:09
6 Henry MOYO MAW 3:12:09
7 Zamile GEBASHE RSA 3:12:48
8 Brian ZONDI RSA 3:13:40
9 Kasirai SITA ZIM 3:14:19
10 Isaac MALATJIE RSA 3:14:30
WOMEN:
1 Tatyana ZHIKOVA RUS 3:36:19
2 Yelena NURGALIEVA RUS 3:36:29
3 Simone STAICU HUN 3:37:15
4 Marina BYCHKOVA RUS 3:44:53
5 Farwa MENTOOR RSA 3:47:17
6 Louisa LEBALLO RSA 3:47:26
7 Mamokete LECHELA LES 3:50:07
8 Yolanda MACLEAN RSA 3:50:10
9 Rakela AKUKOTHELA NAM 3:57:18
10 Ursula FRANS RSA 3:58:25
HALF MARATHON:
MEN:
1 Cutbert NYASANGA ZIM 1:02:54
2 Zolani NTONGANA RSA 1:03:03
3 Wirimayi JUWAWO ZIM 1:03:36
WOMEN:
1 Helaria JOHANNES NAM 1:13:35
2 Poppy MLAMBO RSA 1:15:20
3 Ronel THOMAS RSA 1:15:26
16 APRIL 2006: CARLOS
LOPES GOLD MARATHON
MEMORIAL, PORTUGAL
Basweti Momanyi patiently held back from a
leading foursome in the early stages and trailed
by over 100m at 10km. He was 30 seconds behind
three leaders at half way (1:04:45 to 1:05:15)and
remained 12 seconds behind at 30km. He was still
in fourth place at 35km but then moved through
to lead by 12 seconds at 40km and inexorably
extended his advantage through to the finish line.
The women’s race had only nine finishers.
MEN:
1 Basweti MOMANYI KEN 2:12:00
2 Paul KORIR KEN 2:12:58
3 Jacob MENGICH KEN 2:13:16
4 Samson KOSGEI KEN 2:13:57
5 John BIRGEN KEN 2:14:47
6 Nelson CRUZ POR 2:17:39
7 Stephen RUGUT KEN 2:26:35
8 Joao TALHAS POR 2:31:55
9 Amilcar DUARTE POR 2:33:35
10 Paulo RAMOS POR 2:39:00
WOMEN:
1 Rosa SILVA POR 3:32:36
2 Ana Coito ANDRE POR 3:52:47
3 Analice SILVA POR 3:57:44
4 Monika EDSTRAND SWE 4:00:43
5 Celia AZENHA POR 4:04:59
16 APRIL 2006: NAGANO
OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE
MARATHON, JAPAN
One champion won again, the other was
vanquished writes Ken Nakamura. Albina Ivanova
defended her title while James Macharia
conceded to his compatriot Nephat Kinyanjui.
In the men’s race Gidey Amaha broke away after
only 2km. He passed 3km in 9:40 and 5km in 15:35
- not unduly fast, but he headed the 17-strong
chasing pack by 200m and continued to go away.
At 10km (30:41) he was nearly 400m clear as the
pack consolidated behind him.
He was still 150m clear at 20km (1:02:03) but after
25km he slowed - taking 16:10 to go from there to
30km. As his effort faded, three runners started
their chase. Kinyanjui, Russia’s Georgiy Andreyev
and defending champion Isaac Macharia caught
Amaha at 31km and left him trailing by 34km. At
35km Macharia was slowed by a stitch, and
dropped back. Kinyanjui and Andreyev entered
the stadium together, but the Kenyan had the
strength to claim victory over the final lap.
Masako Chiba led the women’s race in the early
stages (10km: 36:01) at a modest pace and was
then found wanting (she dropped out at 22km) as
Silvia Skvortsova took up the running. Skvortsova
led a group of six through 20km on an even
schedule (1:12:08) but then broke clear with the
defending champion Albina Ivanova. Ivanova
went ahead at 30km for an untroubled win,
although behind her marathon debutante Nina
Rillstone (NZL) came through to finish under
2:30, and hard on Skvortsova’s heels.
MEN:
1 Nephat KINYANJUI KEN 2:11:18
2 Georgiy ANDREYEV RUS 2:11:19
3 Isaac MACHARIA KEN 2:12:44
4 Mykola ANTONENKO UKR 2:13:28
5 Gidey AMAHA ETH 2:15:19
6 Juremieh MIANO KEN 2:15:34
7 Gemechu WOYECHU ETH 2:15:44
8 Daisuke FUJIMOTO JPN 2:16:30
9 Hideki MIYAMA JPN 2:17:27
10 Toshiaki TEZUKA JPN 2:18:26
WOMEN:
1 Albina IVANOVA RUS 2:28:52
2 Silvia SKVORTSOVA RUS 2:29:28
3 Nina RILLSTONE NZL 2:29:46
4 Yoshimi HOSHINO JPN 2:36:56
5 Atseda BAYSA ETH 2:39:31
6 Chikako OGUSHI JPN 2:40:00
7 Risa MIZUTANI JPN 2:43:24
8 Kaori TAKAI JPN 2:44:40
9 Magda KARIMALI GRE 2:49:03
10 Chiemi OANA JPN 2:49:39
17 APRIL 2006: 110TH BAA
BOSTON MARATHON, USA
Robert Cheruiyot broke the course record by a
single second (beating Cosmas Ndeti’s windassisted
1994 mark). In the women’s race Rita
Jeptoo made something of a competitive
breakthrough. The weather was “ideal for
running”, and the NW wind probably did more to
assist than obstruct.
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