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WOMEN:
1 Judi CHIAVETTA USA 3:04:42
2 Debra MOREAU USA 3:21:00
3 Lara JUDSON USA 3:21:23
4 Kathleen MUNSON USA 3:22:46
5 Amanda DREYER USA 3:23:50
14 OCTOBER 2007:
TIMISOARA MARATHON AND
HALF, ROMANIA
The race passed a milestone by attracting runners from
more than ten countries for the first time. Nebojsa
Kosic from neighbouring Serbia won the men's
Marathon in great style and Hiroko Ogawa from Japan
dominated the women's competition.
Runners enjoyed both marathon and half marathon
events in sunny conditions, on a fast course and against
the beautiful backdrop provided by the historical city
of Timisoara. Beside the main events there was also a
"Bambi Marathon" for 4 to 6 year old children, over a
course of a few hundred metres.
MEN:
1 Nebojsa KOSIC SRB 2:40:16
2 Gennaro FRANCESCO ITA 2:52:02
3 Danut CERNAT ROM 2:54:27
4 Florian CUTI ROM 2:54:28
5 Giulio CAVATAIO ITA 2:58:55
WOMEN:
1 Hiroko OGAWA JPN 3:30:55
2 Silvia BANDA ROM 3:47:10
3 Chandra LECOMPTE USA 4:19:18
HALF MARATHON
MEN:
1 Constantin MINERAN ROM 1:14:26
WOMEN:
1 Cuta STEFAN TALPAU ROM 1:30:49
21 OCTOBER 2007:
ING AMSTERDAM MARATHON,
NETHERLANDS
Ideal weather (10-12°C and sunny but with no wind)
allowed fast times in a race which was not determined
until the final 250m inside the 1928 Olympic Stadium
writes Wim van Hemert. Emmanuel Mutai clocked the
third fastest time in the history of the event and the
second fastest time of the year. Compatriot Magdaline
Chemjor won her debut marathon.
Mutai earned the victory by his strong front
running. After a moderate start a large group of
runners held together through 10km (29:55) and
halfway (1:03:56). After this point, outside Amsterdam
by the River Amstel, the pace increased as some
pacemakers dropped out. The lead group diminished
but still numbered 11 runners who passed 25km in
1:15:32 and 30km in 1:30:20. By 35km (1:44:55) there were
three leaders: the Kenyans Mutai and Richard Limo and
Yonas Kifle of Eritrea. Kifle lost contact and was
overtaken by the Kenyans James Rotich and Paul Kirui
at around 41km. Mutai and Limo battled on but in the
last kilometre Mutai succeeded in breaking away from
his final opponent. Rotich and Kirui stayed together
until the last stride both clocking the same time for
third and fourth place.
Mutai's previous best was a modest 2:13:06 from
Rotterdam in April. Dutchman Kamiel Maase gave
himself a nice present, a day after his 37th birthday, by
finishing ninth with a new Dutch record. He bettered
his old national record, which he also set in
Amsterdam four years ago, by exactly ten seconds.
Magdaline Chemjor dropped her last opponents,
Ethiopians Marta Markos and Ayelech Worku, at 35km
(1:44:47). The experienced Pole Dorota Gruca was very
strong in the final seven kilometres, coming through to
take second place.
Over 8000 runners took part in the Marathon
while another 16,000 competed over the other two
distances.
MEN:
1 Emmanuel MUTAI KEN 2:06:29
2 Richard LIMO KEN 2:06:45
3 James ROTICH KEN 2:07:12
4 Paul KIRUI KEN 2:07:12
5 Yonas KIFLE ERI 2:07:34
WOMEN:
1 Magdaline CHEMJOR KEN 2:28:16
2 Dorota GRUCA POL 2:30:10
3 Ayelech WORKU ETH 2:30:15
4 Shiru DERIBA ETH 2:30:30
5 Liza HUNTER-GALVAN NZL 2:30:40
21 OCTOBER 2007:
ANA BEIJING MARATHON, CHINA
See separate feature p33
21 OCTOBER 2007:
FERRARI ITALIAN MARATHON,
ITALY
Aniko Kalovics scored a back-to back win while Kenyan
Noah Serem took the honours in the men's race with a
personal best writes Diego Sampaolo.
Ornella Ferrara, a former Marathon world
championships bronze medallist now aged 39, ran well
in her comeback competition after undergoing surgery
twice in the last two years.
Kalovics had already declared herself below her
form of last year, when she set a Hungarian record, but
she went ahead at 10 km and built up a 45-second lead
by 15 km (52:27). She passed halfway in 1:13:53 and
increased the gap on Ferrara to 1:06 at 25 km (1:27:46)
and to 1:45 at 35 km (2:03:10). She ran the second half in
1:14:24 for the third Marathon win of her career. "I
wanted to dip under 2:28 but it was too cold today,"
Kalovics said.
Ferrara was delighted with her second place in her
comeback competition. "I hoped to run under 2:30. But
considering that I have not run a Marathon race since
December 2004 I am happy," Ferrara said. In third,
Justina Bak smashed her personal best by ten minutes.
Reigning Olympic and European champion Stefano
Baldini made his final test for the ING New York City
Marathon by running 25 km in the race, very close to
his home town of Castelnovo di Sotto.
Baldini showed progress after a difficult 2007
season, running the first 25km alone. The Italian
marathon hero reached 1:04:57 at the halfway mark and
finished his test at 25km where he clocked 1:17:02.
With Baldini gone, four Kenyans remained in
contention for the final victory: Serem, Biwott,
Cheruyiot and Willy Korir. Biwott was the first to test
the others at 31km but they held on. At 36km Serem
attacked and this time only Biwott resisted. Serem
maintained the pressure and at 37km had established a
six-second gap which he held to the end.
Race organisers presented plans for next year's
celebrations of the century anniversary of the famous
Marathon race of Italian Marathon legend Dorando
Pietri at the Olympic Games in London 1908. A
monument dedicated to the great Italian runner will be
unveiled. A book "The race of the century", written by
athletics historian and journalist Augusto Frasca, was
presented to the Italian media. The celebration will
also be marked by the issue of a series of special
stamps and postmarks and a set of illustrated
postcards will be printed.
MEN:
1 Kiplagat N SEREM KEN 2:11:15
2 Kiplagat P BIWOTT KEN 2:11:25
3 James CHERUIYOT KEN 2:12:48
4 Willy KORIR KEN 2:13:16
5 Mekonnen Y TEMESGEN ETH 2:14:33
WOMEN:
1 Aniko KALOVICS HUN 2:28:14
2 Ornella FERRARA ITA 2:30:18
3 Justina BAK POL 2:30:42
4 Getnet S KASSA ETH 2:34:41
5 Paola VENTRELLA ITA 2:37:02
21 OCTOBER 2007:
LAUSANNE MARATHON,
SWITZERLAND
MEN:
1 Kwambai W KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:12:18
2 Kiptoo B KOLUM KEN 2:12:25
3 Lamma FIKADE ETH 2:24:16
4 Christophe STAUFFER SUI 2:31:05
5 Steffen LEONHARDT 2:37:08
WOMEN:
1 Jeanna MALKOVA RUS 2:47:11
2 Krijstina LOONEN NED 2:53:48
3 Keneli CHALA ETH 2:58:46
4 Sandra ANNEN-LEMARD 2:59:31
5 Elfenesh MALAKU ETH 3:01:41
21 OCTOBER 2007:
5TH HALF MARATHON OF BAHIA,
BRAZIL
MEN:
1 Titus Kosgei KIBII KEN 1:09:14
2 Giomar PEREIRA DA SILVA BRA 1:09:17
3 Marcos Alexandre ELIAS BRA 1:09:18
4 Josueldo F NASCIMENTO BRA 1:09:21
5 Cicero Marcos DE LIMA BRA 1:09:22
WOMEN:
1 Marily DOS SANTOS BRA 1:17:57
2 Edielza A Dos A GUIMARAES BRA 1:18:55
3 Eunice KIRWA KEN 1:21:18
4 Sirlene SOUZA PINHO BRA 1:21:45
5 Marluce BORGES BRA 1:23:15
21 OCTOBER 2007:
PORTO MARATHON, PORTUGAL
Last year this was the fastest marathon in Portugal,
with a sub 2:10 winning time, but this year the weather
was very hot and winner's time was much slower. Even
so, Marisa Barros from the Azores broke her personal
best and the race record with 2:31:31, and also obtained
the Olympic qualifying time. She maintained the
unbroken run of victories for Portugal in the women's
race.
The course is flat and fast and shows the best of
the city, combining seaside and riverside. The Half
Marathon was run over the second half of the
marathon course, which was of some help to the
marathon runners. In all three races - there was also a
mini marathon - a total of nearly 7,500 runners took
part. The 2008 race is scheduled for 26 October.
MEN:
1 Edwin KIMUTAI KEN 2:15:12
2 Thomas KIPROSGEI KEN 2:20:00
3 Antonio SALVADOR POR 2:22:52
4 Philip KIPROECH KEN 2:25:30
5 Peter KIPTOO KEN 2:25:53
WOMEN:
1 Marisa BARROS POR 2:31:31
2 Karolina JARKYNASKA 2:54:55
3 Chantal XHERVELLE 2:58:11
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