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EXECUTIVES
President
Danny Hughes (GBR)
E-Mail: dannyhughes@ukonline.co.uk
Secretary
Bruno Gozzelino (ITA)
E-Mail: bgozzel@libero.it
Treasurer
Nancy Hobbs (USA)
E-Mail: trlrunner@aol.com
Director of Competition
Raimondo Balicco (ITA)
E-Mail: balicco.rai@tin.it
Director of Organisation
Wolfgang Münzel (GER)
E-Mail: Petra-Muenzel@t-online.de
Director of Development
Tomo Sarf (SLO)
E-Mail: tomo.sarf@helios.si
Director of Marketing
Adrian Woods (GBR)
E-Mail: adrian.woods@virgin.net
MARCO GAIARDO, ITALY (RIGHT) WINNER OF
THE 2007 WMRA GRAND PRIX SERIES AND
ANDRZEJ DLUGOSZ, POLAND (LEFT) RUNNER-UP
IN THE SCHLICKERALM GRAND PRIX RACE.
6 October 2007:
WMRA Grand Prix, 4th race
Smarna Gora Hill Race, Ljubljana, Slovenia
RESULT
MEN:
1 Andrzej DLUGOSZ POL 41:25
2 Robert KRUPICKA CZE 42:00
3 Mitja KOSOVELJ SLO 42:04
4 J.RANCON FRA 42:12
5 Marco GAIARDO ITA 42:22
WOMEN:
1 Victoria WILKINSON GBR 48:54
2 Anna PICHRTOVA CZE 49:41
3 M. KOSOVELJ SLO 50:24
4 Iva MILESOVA CZE 51:56
FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS (after four events)
MEN:
1 Marco GAIARDO ITA 300
2 Andrzej DLUGOSZ POL 246
3 Joe SYMONDS GBR 227
4 G ABATE ITA 223
5 J HAVICEK CZE 207
WOMEN:
1 Anna PICHRTOVA CZE 308
2 Iva MILESOVA CZE 266
3 Victoria WILKINSON GBR 260
4 M ROBERTI ITA 237
5 P HAVLOVA CZE 216
ANNA PICHRTOVA, WINNER OF
THE 2007 WMRA GRAND PRIX
SERIES TO ACCOMPANY REPORT.
Women’s World Mountain Running
Champion Anna Pichrtova suffered
a rare defeat in the final WMRA
Grand Prix race of 2007. After two
weeks of warm autumn weather,
the race was run in torrential rain,
making conditions treacherous on
the forest tracks.
Victoria Wilkinson (GBR) went
into the race leading the Grand
Prix rankings and did all she could
to hold on to the premier position.
She defeated Pichrtova, but it was
not enough to take the series.
Wilkinson won a World title
herself in 1997 when she became
junior champion in the Czech
Republic but since then she has
had some injuries, and had
seriously taken up cycling, but now
appears poised to make a serious
mark in the senior mountain
running scene.
Pichrtova finished 47 seconds
behind the Briton but took the
overall title. Scores are calculated
from the best three finishes in the
four races of the series. Wilkinson
finished the season with 270 points
to take overall second, and by
finishing fourth in Ljubljana, Iva
Milesova (CZE) secured third
overall.
Marco Gaiardo of Italy was under
no pressure in the men’s race
having already secured the overall
Grand Prix title with 300 points
this season. He trotted home in a
careful fifth position.
Nevertheless, the Italian would
have been hard pressed to beat
winner Andrzej Dlugosz (POL)
who was second in this race in
2006. The conditions seemed to
suit the Pole as he nimbly
negotiated some tricky descents on
parts of the course. Dlugosz’s
performance was good enough to
give him second position in the
final ranking.
Joe Symonds (GBR) had a rather
disappointing run and could only
finish 8th, to drop down to third
overall.
Robert Krupicka (CZE) made an
impressive comeback from injury to
finish the race second in front of
local boy Mitja Kosovelj (SLO).
CALENDAR 2008
IAAF AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008
DATE EVENT CITY COUNTRY
12 JULY 7TH EAA MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS ZELL AM HARMERSBACH GERMANY
27TH JULY 3RD CONSUDATLE MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS TBD CHILE
7 OR 14 JUNE 5TH NACAC MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS JALISCO MEXICO
OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008
29 JUNE 1ST BALKAN MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS SAPAREVA BANYA BULGARIA
10TH WMRA GRAND PRIX 2008 (IAAF PERMIT RACES)
24 MAY 5TH COURSE DES 2 BAINS (1ST G.P. RACE) SAILLON – OVRONNAZ SWITZERLAND
15 JUNE 3RD INTERNATIONAL BERGLAUF MERAN 2000 (2ND G.P. RACE) MERANO ITALY
3 AUGUST 21ST SCHLICKERALM BERGLAUF (3RD G.P. RACE) TELFES AUSTRIA
10 AUGUST 13TH INTERNATIONAL SPORT 2000 FEUERKOGEL BERGLAUF (4TH G.P. RACE) EBENSEE AUSTRIA
4 OCTOBER 29TH SMARNA GORA INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN RACE (5TH G.P. RACE) LJUBLJANA SLOVENIA
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