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24 JULY 2011:
3rd WMRA GRAND PRIX RACE
13th Int’l Grintovic MR Race, Kamink, Slovenia
The uphill mountain challenge was in such
difficult conditions that for safety reasons the
course was altered to protect runners from the
severe weather on this exhausting course. David
Schneider and Lucija Krkoc lead the Grand Prix
with 200 points from the three races so far: the
series is decided by the best four races of six.
MEN:
1 Ahmed ARSLAN TUR 42:50
2 David SCHNEIDER SUI 44:26
3 Robert KRUPICKA CZE 46:08
4 Simon ALIC SLO 46:32
4 Orlando EDWARDS GBR 47:08
WOMEN:
1 Lucija KRKOC SLO 55:21
2 Denisa DRAGOMIR ROM 57:06
3 Lauren JESKA GBR 58:38
4 Veronika JURISIC CRO 1:01:26
5 Marion KAPUCINSKY AUT 1:02:56
31 JULY 2011:
4th WMRA GRAND PRIX RACE
3rd HARIKIRI MR RACE,
MAYRHOFEN, AUSTRIA
After nearly two weeks of rain in the eastern Alps
the sun appeared to be the first winner on the
day. As for the previous editions there was a
perfect summer-picnic-feeling in Mayrhofen with
runners from more than 20 nations coming
together to run up Mount Penken.
The silver medallist from last year Azarya
Weldemariam won after a hard fight with the
recently-crowned five-time European Mountain
Running Champion Ahmet Arslan.
In the women’s race we had the revenge of the
European Champion as Antonella Confortola kept
in front of Lucija Krkoc.
The 5th Grand Prix event is in Tirane, Albania on
11 September, to be held as a part of the 27th
World MR Championships.
MEN:
1 Azarya WEIDEMARIAM ERI 50:00
2 Ahmet ARSLAN TUR 50:23
3 Geoffey NDUNGU KEN 51:20
4 Isaac KOSGEI KEN 51:45
5 Jonathan WYAT NZL 52:25
WOMEN:
1 Antonella CONFORTOLA ITA 1:02:50
2 Lucija KRKOC SLO 1:03:32
3 Lisa REISINGER GER 1:03:58
4 Brandy ERHOLTZ USA 1:05:02
5 Susanne MAIR AUT 1:05:34
7 AUGUST 2011:
6TH CONSUDATLE MOUNTAIN
RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011,
CARACAS, VENEZUELA.
The South American championships were held in
the Parque Nacional Warairarepano. among four
nations: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela.
MEN’S 12km RACE
1 Pedro RAMOS ECU 1:00:04
2 Jhon Jairo VARGAS COL 1:00:49
3 Pedro José PUENTES VEN 1:01:17
WOMEN’S 8km RACE:
1 Jaimes MILEYDIS VEN 52:09
2 Yaritza SAAVEDRA VEN 53:52
3 Rosa MENDEZ VEN 57:24
27th World Mountain
Running Championships
Tirana, Albania, 11 September 2011
A welcome from the Albanian President and
Minister of Sport was backed up with five
hours of live television covering the opening
ceremony of the first ever world sporting
event to be hosted in Albania.
The athletes’ village in the beach resort of Durres
offered cool accommodation from the oppressive
heat that many struggled with on race day. Albania
has the highest average altitude in Europe - so is a
perfect fitting for the sport of mountain running.
Many struggled in the hot and humid conditions on
a varied and technically demanding course.
The men’s race (13.1km) included 750m of
ascent/descent). Four of the Ugandan team set a
fierce early pace, but five-time European champion
Ahmet Arslan (TUR) and Max King (USA) were
never far behind. The Italian team packed well,
starting steadily but then moving up the field as
the Ugandans started to slow in the midday heat.
Heat exhaustion got the better of the prominent
leader Ayeko as he ground to a halt less than
1000m from the finish. Max King finished fastest
to win from Arslan.
In the women’s race, over 8.8km with 500m
ascent/descent, USA took top honours with Kasie
Enman winning by more than a minute. After
trying to make the American team for the past five
years all of Kasie’s dreams came true on this
poignant date of 9/11. She became a first-time
mother in 2010 and her family were on hand to
cheer her to victory.
Junior Men:
(8.8km, 500m ascent/descent)
The Turkish team attempted to dominate with a
furious start, and had four runners in the top six
after the first climb. Columbian Saul Padua
Rodriguez bided his time on the first lap but
started to force the pace after two laps. Only the
dusty descent allowed Turkey’s Adem Karagoz to
pull away for a comfortable victory. Turkey did
dominate the team category with an impressive 12
points to Poland’s 22 with Italy taking the bronze
medals with 32 points.
Junior Women
4.5km, 250m ascent/descent
Slovenian Lea Einfalt impressed as she took the
world title and led her team-mates to bronze team
medals. Turkey took second and fourth places to
secure the team gold.
Junior men’s
podium
Result
Senior
women’s
podium
MEN:
1 Max KING USA 52:06
2 Ahmet ARSLAN TUR 52:41
3 Martin DEMATTEIS ITA 52:57
4 Bernard DEMATTEIS ITA 54:16
5 Marco DI GASPERI ITA 54:33
MEN’S TEAMS:
1 Italy 26 points
2 Turkey 65 points
3 France 77 points
WOMEN:
1 Kasie ENMAN USA 40:39
2 Elena RUKHLYADA RUS 41:47
3 Marie-Laure DUMERQUES FRA 42:23
4 Pavia SCHORNA CZE 42:43
5 Lizzie ADAMS GBR 42:55
WOMEN’S TEAMS:
1 Italy 24 points
2 Czech Republic 30 points
3 Great Britain 31 points
JUNIOR MEN:
1 Adem KARAGOZ TUR 37:01
2 Saul A PADUA RODRIGUEZ COL 37:40
3 Murat ORAK TUR 38:05
JUNIOR MEN’s TEAMS:
1 Turkey 12 points
2 Poland 22 points
3 Italy 32 points
JUNIOR WOMEN
1 Lea EINFALT SLO 20:23
2 Yilmaz CESMINAZ TUR 20:36
3 Denisa Ionela DRAGOMIR ROM 20:44
JUNIOR WOMEN’S TEAMS
1 Turkey 6 points
2 Romania 11 points
3 Slovenia 14 points
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