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WOMEN:1 Maja VEJ 1:36:562 Anne-Marie PEDERSEN 1:38:273 Ninna HENNEBERG 1:45:0226 MARCH 2006:NOVI SAD NIS HALFMARATHON, SERBIA &MONTENEGRORunners came from nine countries to participatein this 13th edition of the race. A total of 300runners entered this year and around 250 crossedthe finish line.Although four previous winners were runningtradition has it that past winners and and pre-racefavorites do not win here. Last-year winner wasthird while a young Moldavian, Roman Prodius,won this time. An 11-strong group led until 8kmbut by 15km only four of them were left, andProdius then went clear.The temperature at the start was 20 C, butbecause only two days before it had been 0C, itwasn’t the best conditions for racing. Even so, anexciting race brought thousands out onto thestreets to watch.MEN:1 RomanPRODIUS MDA 1:07:422 Boris SUHODOLJSKI MDA 1:08:193 Mirko PETROVIC SCG 1:08:374 Serglu LUNGU MDA 1:10:065 DejanBOGICEVIC SCG 1:10:156 Danijel VUKAJLOVIC SCG 1:10:257 Igor CLMBALAR MDA 1:10:538 Zdravko MISOVIC SCG 1:11:019 Nicola STAMENIC SCG 1:11:0210 Valerij VAS MDA 1:11:15WOMEN:1 Ana SUBOTIC SCG 1:17:032 Maijana LUKIC SCG 1:17:483 Lilija TOZLOVANI MDA 1:29:324 Sladana PEJOVIC SCG 1:29:365 Ksenija BODLOVIC SCG 1:33:266 Matali PALIC MDA 1:38:057 Tana MALARO MDA 1:39:418 Bojana TRALJIC SCG 1:41:039 Vanja NASTRAN SLO 1:42:2710 Vilma BRESAN SLO 1:43:2926 MARCH 2006:MARATO DE BARCELONA,SPAINThis year’s new edition of the race crossed theentire city, passing all its most importantmonuments: the Sagrada Familia, Cathedral,Barça´s Stadium, the Ramblas and more recentmodernistic buildings. Spain’s former WorldMarathon Champion Martin Fiz felt that thecourse was very fast. Kenyan men and Ethiopianwomen dominated.On a sunny day with some wind coming off thesea, over 4200 finished the marathon and 1800 aparallel 10km race. A hundred thousandspectators lined the route through all the differentdistricts of the city and there was live tv coverage.MEN:1 Joseph NGURAM KEN 2:12:362 Benjamin PSERET KEN 2:13:463 Kipkorir J. CHAMGWONY KEN 2:13:584 Kiptanui H. KIMUTAI KEN 2:14:185 Benjamin YARANGURA KEN 2:17:156 William KIPCHUMBA KEN 2:18:327 Kiprop KORIR KEN 2:21:268 Victor GONZALO ESP 2:25:319 Marco CEPEDA ESP 2:27:2910 Stephane RUIZ FRA 2:28:36WOMEN:1 Kabelush HAILE ETH 2:41:232 Gurmu LEMMA ETH 2:42:303 Nigatu CHERKOS ETH 2:52:344 Anna MORENO ESP 2:59:515 Christine LAVIGNE FRA 3:00:306 Eva KARLSSON SWE 3:01:367 Elisabet BOSCH ESP 3:03:388 Emi VAQUERO ESP 3:06:249 Sarah MALIR GBR 3:11:0910 Carmen BALLESTEROS ESP 3:11:10DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 200661