Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) and Andrea Mayr (AUT) take titles at World Mountain Running Trophy while only Timo Zeiler satisfies German hopes

September 16, 2008

On September, 14th the World Mountain Running Trophy was held in Crans-Montana (SUI).
Jonathan Wyatt recorded his 6th World title, covering the 12km, 1046m climb course in 55:03. The minor places on the podium were taken by Martin Toroitich (UGA; 55:16) and Ahmet Arslan (TUR; 55:26), who started the race in the leading position but could not match the experience of Wyatt in the steepest part of the course.
The womens race was won with a much bigger margin of 59 seconds by Austrian Andrea Mayr, who just missed to qualify for Beijing in the 3000m steeple by one second. The beaten field included Renate Rungger (ITA, 44:57) and Elisa Desco(ITA, 45:29) and Olympian Kirsten Otterbu (NOR, 45:29.02).

The German team ran rather disappointing. Only Timo Zeiler could compete against the best in the world, coming home 7th in the mens race.

Lead results were as follows:
men (11,970 km/1046 m):
1. Jonathan Wyatt (Nzl) 55:03
2. Martin Toroitich (Uga) 55:16
3. Ahmet Arslan (Tur) 55:26
4. Bernard Dematteis (Ita) 55:48
5. Raymond Fontaine (Fra) 55:52
6. Jairo Vargas Espinosa (Col) 56:30
7. Timo Zeiler (Ger/ TSV Trochtelfingen) 56:43
8. Marco de Gasperi (Ita) 56:50
9. Andrey Safronov (Rus) Rus) 56:53
10. David Schneider (Sui) 56:54
11. Marco Gaiardo (Ita) 57:14
12. Rickey Gates (USA) 57:17
13. Steve Vernon (Eng) 57:27
14. Elexis Gex-Fabry (Sui) 57:40
15. Moses Aliwa (Uga) 57:44
16. Joe Gray (USA) 57:53
17. Sébastien Epiney (Sui) 57:55
18. Tarcis Ancay (Sui) 58:05
19. James Walsh (Eng) 58:10
20. Gabriele Abate (Ita) 58:15
other Germans:
39. Manuel Stöckert (Ger/ TSV Ostheim) 59:29
46. Josef Beha (Ger/ FC Unterkirnach) 1:00:31
80. Marco Sturm (Ger/ LLC Marathon Regensburg) 1:02:46

teams:
1. Italy 43
2. Suisse 59
3. USA 76
8. Germany 172

women (8,330 km/733 m):
1. Andrea Mayr (Aut) 43:57
2. Renate Rungger (Ita) 44:57
3. Elisa Desco (Ita) 45:29
4. Kirsten Otterbu (Nor) 45:29
5. Martina Strähl (Sui) 45:43
6. Anita Haakenstad-Evertsen (Nor) 46:02
7. Paula Tudoran (Rom) 46:35
8. Bernadette Meier (Sui) 47:00
9. Constance Devillers (Fra) 47:07
10. Anna Frost (Nzl) 47:35,
Germans:
53. Veronica Ulrich (Ger/ LG Telis Finanz Regensburg) 52:26,
67. Annette Bendig (Ger/ TG Nürtingen) 54:02,
82. Kerstin Straub (Ger/ SSC Hanau-Rodenbach) 56:06

teams:
1. Norway 24
2. Suisse 25
3. Italy 33
17. Germany 202

junior men (8,33 km/733 m):
1. Sindre Buraas (Nor) 42:12
2. Ricardo Sterni (Ita) 42:25
3. Mevlut Savaser (Tur) 42:43
4. Alper Demir (Tur) 42:51
5. Tim Smith (USA) 43:02
Germans:
23. René Stöckert (Ger/ TSV Ostheim) 44:56

junior women:
1. Laura Park (Eng) 22:34
2. Esra Gullu (Tur) 23:07
3. Alex Dunne (USA) 23:33
4. Victoria Kreuzer (Sui) 23:55
5. Gina Paletta (Wal) 24:04
Germans:
22. Carolin Tuch (Ger/ LAC Erdgas Chemnitz) 25:51
32. Barbara Abler (Ger/ LC Ainring) 26:54
43. Lina Scherzer (Ger/ LAZ Salamander Kornwestheim/ Ludwigsburg) 29:01

teams:
1. England 8
2. Turkey 11
3. Suisse 22
13. Germany 54

full results of the race wmrt2008.org