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25th IAU 100km
World Championships
Winschoten, Netherlands, 10 September 2011
Winschoten is a small town
about three hours from
Amsterdam that hosts many
races in conjunction with the
IAU World and European
Championships. The
Championships had a record
entry of 285 athletes from 34
countries and were run on a
10km loop course in warm
conditions (mid 20s C)
2008 World champion Giorgio
Calcaterra took the title after running
stride for stride with Fanie Matshipa
(RSA) until 40km. He then made a
decisive move and went on alone. His
winning time is one of several sub-
6:30 performances during his career.
Michael Wardian ran a more
conservative race compared to his
bronze medal finish last year. He
came from behind in the second half,
Garmins allowed
IAU has permitted the use of
Garmins/GPS monitors as long as
these are not used to
communicate (in accordance with
the IAAF policy review).
finishing fast and strong to take
silver. The race also doubled as the
European Championship and behind
Calcaterra Pieter Vermeesch (BEL)
took silver and two-time World and
European Champion, Jonas Buud
(SWE) took the bronze, finishing
seventh overall 6:52:19
In the women’s race, Marina
Bychkova (RUS) won the women’s
World Championship with a time of
7:27:19. She was followed by the
bronze medallist from the 50km
World Trophy Final Joanna Zakrzewski
(GBR) in 7:41:06. Lindsay Anne van
Aswegen (RSA) took the bronze
medal in her first international IAU
event in 7:42:05. Bychkova ran a
steady pace for the first 50km and
seemed to get stronger as the race
went on. She passed last year’s World
champion Ellie Greenwood (GBR) at
halfway and went on to win in
impressive style. Joanna Zakrzewski
ran conservatively and worked her
way through the field as the race
progressed to finish second overall,
while Lindsay Anne Van Aswegen did
not feature in the top five until
reaching 80km, but then worked her
way through on the last loop to third
place. Bychkova and Zakrzewski won
European gold and silver respectively.
Irina Vishnevskaya, fourth overall,
won the bronze.
Result
MEN:
1 Giorgio CALCATERRA ITA 6:27:32
2 Michael WARDIAN USA 6:42:49
3 Andrew HENSHAW USA 6:44:35
4 Pieter VERMEESCH BEL 6:47:01
5 Shinji NAKADAI JPN 6:48:32
MEN’S TEAMS:
1 USA 20:17:47
2 Japan 21:05:00
3 France 21:36:19
4 Russia 21:57:55
5 Germany 22:31:59
WOMEN:
1 Marina BYCHKOVA USA 7:27:19
2 Joanna ZAKRZEWSKI GBR 7:41:06
3 Lindsay Anne
VAN ASWEGEN RSA 7:42:05
4 Irina VISHNEVSKAYA RUS 7:45:27
5 Meghan ARBOGAST USA 7:51:10
WOMEN’S TEAMS:
1 Russia 23:19:40
2 USA 23:56:20
3 Japan 24:35:13
4 South Africa 24:40:15
5 Great Britain 24:42:56
EXECUTIVES
President: Dirk Strumane (BEL)
Vice President: Norman Wilson (GBR)
Secretary: Hilary Walker (GBR)
Director of Communications:
Nadeem Khan (CAN)
Director of Competition:
Liesbeth Jansen (NED)
Director of Marketing & Protocol:
Roger Bonnifait (FRA)
Director of Organizations:
Jan Vandendriessche (BEL)
Africa & Oceania Representative:
James Evans (RSA)
Americas Representative:
Roy Pirrung (USA)
Asia Representative:
Souhei Kobayashi (JPN)
Europe Representative:
Stefano Scevaroli (ITA)
For more information contact:
Nadeem Khan
IAU Director of Communications
nadeem.khan@iau-ultramarathon.org
www.iau-ultramartathon.org
DIARY DATES
22 April 2012
100 km World Championship, 100km European
Championship, & 100km WMA World
Championship, Seregno/Brianza (ITA)
8-9 September 2012
24H World Championship, & 24H European
Championship, Katowice (POL)
20 October 2012
50km World Trophy Final,
Vallecrosia-Bordighera (ITA)
2013
24H World Championship, & 24H
European Championship, Steenbergen (NED)
IAU medical
conference
on nutrition
On 9 September, In association
with the 25th World and
European Championships held in
Winschoten (NED), IAU hosted a
conference on “Nutrition and its
role in Ultrarunning”. Speakers
with medical backgrounds and an
interest in ultrarunning addressed
the following topics:.
i) Effects of nutrition and
exercise on protein metabolism
extending into the realm of
ultrarunning.
(Peter Res)
ii) The Female Athlete Triad:
Amenorrhea, Disordered
Eating and Stress
Fractures/Osteoporosis.
(Dr Anne Heaslett)
iii) Food contamination and the
effects on humans.
(Dr Arthur Brule)
iv) The science of supplement,
from amino acids to zinc:
performance enhancers or
wishful thinking?
(Dr Lion Caldwell).
Results
3 JULY 2011:
DAUGAVPILS 50km, LATVIA
MEN:
1 Grazis VITAUTAS LTU 3:12:59
2 Salienieks AIGARS LAT 3:18:34
3 Totilas VIDAS LTU 3:21:37
4 Selivanovs MIHAILS LAT 3:34:57
5 Veiss ANDRIS LAT 3:36:18
WOMEN:
1 Kaminskiene MODESTA LTU 3:52:32
2 Rene Mitchell MISHELLE LAT 3:54:25
3 Buksniene SADA LTU 4:06:18
4 Kavaliauskiene AUSRA LTU 4:39:00
5 Bistrova INITA LAT 4:47:24
9 JULY 2011:
IAU WORLD TRAIL
CHAMPIONSHIPS,
CONNEMARA, IRELAND
France took team and individual titles
in both men’s and women’s races. Race
day conditions were near ideal, with
sunny breaks and cooler temperatures
in the morning followed by warmer
temperatures in the afternoon.
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“It was a good race for me because I won. My ankles swelled up for the
last 14km but I carried on for the team.
I will take a break, [to rest] my ankles. I also have three daughters and
I want to be with them. The French Championships are coming up but
if it is not possible for my ankle then I will not do the race.
I thought I could win from the start, apart from the ankle problem.. I
know Cecilia, and we were running back and fore throughout the race. I
really wanted to win. I think I need to get more speed.”
Maud Gobert (FRA), IAU World Trail Championships
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