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Beyond the marathon
Malcolm Campbell reviews the ultradistance running scene
World Champions Mario Ardemagni (ITA)
and Tatiana Zhyrkova (RUS)
IAU 100km World Cup
and Congress
The Dutch town of Winschoten has been
the scene of many historical IAU
competitions, none more so than the
IAU 100km World Cup on 11 September
2004. The IAU Congress took place the
day before the race and, with Malcolm
Campbell not standing for re-election as
President after 20 years in the position,
there was much interest in his successor.
The new elected President was Dirk
Strumane (BEL) and we wish him every
success for the future.
The 100km World Cup had attracted some
outstanding entries and all eyes were on the
Italian teams which had won both team races
and both individual races last year in Taiwan.
The defending Champions were Mario
Fattore, who had also won the World Cup in
2002, and Monica Casiraghi. In the men’s race
it was another Mario - Mario Ardemagni -
who led the field to the 50km point in 3:07:45.
He must have found the 10km “canal-flat”
course to his liking as he gradually increased
his lead to win with 6:18:24 - the best time of
the year, a national record and a World Age-
Best Performance (M40).
In the women’s race Tatiana Zhyrkova
(RUS) also won the race from the front. She
led at 50km in 3:32:09, just a few seconds
ahead of Casiraghi. Gradually Zhyrkova’s
increased her lead and it seemed that the
defending champion would have to settle for
silver, but during the last 10km Marina
Bychkova (RUS) came past Casiraghi.
Zhrykova’s winning time of 7:10:32 was the
best in 2004.
Italy secured gold in the men’s team race
and the Russian team won the women’s race.
With three to score, 16 men’s teams and 12
women’s teams finished. The event was held
under IAAF patronage and the IAAF flag next
moves on to Japan where the 100km World
Cup 2005 will take place at Lake Saroma,
Hokkaido on 26 June.
Please note the new address
of the IAU Bureau is:
International Association of
Ultrarunners (IAU),
Kruiskalsijdestraat 32,
B-8900 Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
President: dirk.strumane2@pandora.be
General Secretary:
hilary.walker@virgin.net
The IAU 24-Hour European Challenge
was first staged in 1992 and following
the success of this and subsequent
events it was decided to open the
event up to competitors from outside
Europe. In 2003 at Uden, Netherlands
the IAU World 24-Hour Challenge was
held in conjunction with the European
24-Hour Challenge. In 2004 these
combined events were staged at Brno
in the Czech Republic.
Scoring three to a team, 16 men’s teams
and 10 women’s team finished and a record
number of 61 runners passed the 200km
point. Individual winners of the World
Challenge were Ryiochi Sekiya (JPN) and
Sumie Ingaki (JPN). The individual
European Champions were Lubomir Hrno
(SVK) and Galina Eremina (RUS)
Gregory Murzin (RUS)
wins for the sixth time
The first Cantabria International
100km race took place on 13
September 1980. Although the venue
has changed from time to time the
event has been located at Santa Cruz
de Bezana for many years. The race
director has always been Soto Rojas-
IAU Director of Development. The 25th
edition took place on 2 October 2004.
Gregory Murzin (RUS), winner for the last
five years, was race favourite and he set off
in determined fashion. He finished the first
10km lap in 37:21, and reached halfway well
clear, in 3:06:00. There was a point when a
world best performance seemed possible
but somewhere between 70-90km his pace
dropped slightly and he left himself too
much to do in the closing stages. His
winning time of 6:23:08 places him high on
the 2004 ranking list. The women’s race was
dominated by Marina Myshlyanova who
finished in 7:57:56, well clear of any
challengers.
CZECH REPUBLIC
23-24 October 2004:
IAU 24 Hours European &
World Challenge, Brno
MEN:
KM
1 Ryochi SEKIYA JPN 269.095
2 Lubomir HRMO SVK 259.064
3 Mohammed MAGROUN FRA 257.881
4 Vladimir BYCHKOV RUS 248.595
5 Emmanual CONRAUX FRA 247.205
6 Kaname SAKURAI JPN 241.449
7 Claude HARDEL FRA 240.638
8 Lars CHRISTOFFERSON DEN 239.136
9 Dominique PROVOST FRA 236.354
10 Andrei KAZANTSEV RUS 235.160
TEAMS: (3 TO SCORE)
1 FRA
2 JPN
3 RUS
4 USA
5 SVK
(16 teams finished)
WOMEN:
KM
1 Sumie INGAKI JPN 237.154
2 Galina EREMINA RUS 235.012
3 Stephanie EHRET USA 225.573
4 Edit BERCES HUN 217.664
5 Sachiko OKANDA JPN 215.824
6 Irina REUTOVICH RUS 214.632
7 Pam REED USA 213.276
8 Irina KOVAL RUS 211.913
9 Nina MYTROFANOVA UKR 209.186
10 Veronique JEHANNO FRA 207.068
TEAMS (3 TO SCORE)
1 RUS
2 JPN
3 USA
4 FRA
5 ITA
(10 teams finished)
FRANCE
25 September 2004:
100km de Millau
MEN:
1 Christophe BUQUET 7:31:57
2 Christophe MORGO 7:34:20
3 Eric PLANTIN 7:47:46
28 Anny FLORIS 9:15:27
1st woman
68 Katell CORNE 9:49:18
2nd woman
82 Laetita BERGASSE 9:56:55
3rd woman
16-17 October 2004:
24 Heures de Saint Doulchard
MEN:
KM
1 Christian MAINIX 217.532
2 Olivier ARA 206.893
3 Robert BERTIN 198.459
WOMEN:
1 Christine BODET 193.883
2 Noell CHARLON 176.133
3 Nicole GOLFIER 144.642
GERMANY
23 October 2004:
Schwabische 50km, Gmund
MEN:
1 Jurgen WIESER 3:23:47
2 Helmut DEHAUT 3:26:03
3 Bernard WEIS 3:38:04
WOMEN:
1 Mira KAIZI 4:15:02
2 Andrea CAIMBACH 4:16:16
3 Jutta KOLENC 4:17:33
7 November 2004:
Bottrop 50km
MEN:
1 Serhiy OKSENYUK UKR 3:16:33
2 Jorg FRIESE 3:18:53
3 Olaf KRACHT 3:35:16
72 DISTANCE RUNNING January - March 2005