Irina Mikitenko wins in Vienna

May 31, 2010

Five weeks after she dropped out of the London Marathon, German Marathon Record holder Irina Mikitenko ran her first race in Vienna/AUT last weekend. She won the Austrian womens run over 5km. She covered the 5K in 15:39,4 min, which was only 10 seconds slower than the course record.

Mikitenko was joined by Australian Eloise Wellings (15:48,4 min) and Latvian Jeļena Prokopčuka (15:59,6 min).

For the German it was a test for the European Cup 10.000m next Saturday (June 5th) in Maseille/FRA. Mikitenko stated that: “the body is alright, I didn’t have any problems. It was a good test.” Last time she ran 5000m was some four years ago, so it was a short and fast race for her. Now she is optimistic that she can run the qualification for the European Championships in Barcelona in next weeks 10.000.