November 11, 2009
The first leg of the German cross-cup took place in Pforzheim last weekend. The race was also one of the qualification race for the European Cross-Country Championships in Dublin on 13th of December. Germany wants to send 6 complete teams (one in each age category) to the Championships.
In the mens race Sebastian Hallmann and Steffen Uliczka battled at the front for most of the race. Steffen Uliczka, world championships participant in the steeple, had the better finish and is almost set for the team.
The womens race was dominated by Julia Viellehner from the gun. In the finish she was almost 1min ahead of 2nd place Verena Dreier and 3rd place Saskia Janssen.
Lead results were as follows:
Men (10,2K)
1. Uliczka Steffen 1984 GER SG TSV 33:13,9
2. Hallmann Sebastian 1977 GER LG Stadtwerke München 33:33,0
3. Martel Zelalem 1986 GER LG Neckar-Enz 33:58,3
4. Friedrich Richard 1981 GER LG Passau 34:22,0
5. Giehl Ricardo 1985 GER TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34:38,9
6. Hohl Stephan 1980 GER TV Huchenfeld 34:43,9
7. Vehling Falko 1985 GER SG TSV 35:33,4
8. Dreier Tobias 1983 GER LG Sieg 36:05,1
9. Martick Ronny 1984 GER LAZ Leipzig 36:25,3
10. Lenk Christian 1979 GER LG badenova 36:36,3
Women (6,6K)
1. Viellehner Julia 1985 GER LG Passau 29:38,7
2. Dreier Verena 1985 GER LG Sieg 30:24,5
3. Janssen Saskia 1985 GER TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 30:41,1
4. Ulrich Veronika 1968 GER LG Telis Finanz 31:10,3
5. Winkler Tamara 1980 SUI Swiss Athletics 31:31,9
Junior Men (6,6K)
1. Roba-Kinkal Musa 1989 GER TV-Gelnhausen 25:20,5
2. Hahn Alexander 1989 GER TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 25:46,3
3. Raabe Johannes 1987 GER LG Hannover 25:54,4
4. Kern Marco 1987 SUI LC Schaffhausen 26:18,1
5. Zermatten Maxime 1989 SUI CA Sion 26:25,3
6. Keiner Sebastian 1989 GER LAC Erfurt 26:57,9
7. Ziob Julian 1989 GER SFD Düsseldorf 26:58,9
8. Lehmann Adrian 1989 SUI LV Langenthal 27:29,7
full results of the race leichtathletik.de
November 10, 2009
Former European Vice-Marathon Champion Luminita Zaituc and US-Runner Michael Smith took the titles in the 3-day trailrunning event in Dortmund.
The race consisted of 3 races with an overall distance of 61km and more than 1.000 vertical meters: a 4,2 Kilometer-Sprint on Friday, the 35 Kilometer-”Ruhrklippentrail” on Saturday and the final “Bittermark-Run” over 19 Kilometers on Sunday.
In the womens field, Luminita Zaituc secured a clear victory in 4:10:59 Stunden, 19 minutes of the US-Girl Caitlin Smith. Smith was one of the favorites for the podium, as she also won the TrainsRockies-Run already. Third place was taken by triathlete Silvia Balbach (4:39:49 h) ahead of Antje Möller (4:43:05 h).
In the mens field there was a lot of action during the three days. TransRockies-Run winner Michael Smith could win the title with a strong last day in 3:39:16h. Only 44 seconds later, Mountainbike professional Carsten Bresser surprisingly took second (3:40:00h). Marathon runner Philipp Nawrocki was another surprise in third place, coming home only 19 seconds behind second place (3:40:19h).
German mountain runner Timo Zeiler and the former 5.000/10.000m specialist Alexander Lubina had no real chance to compete for the win – mainly because of the long race on the second day.
Altogether 300 runners competed in this challenging event.
Lead results were as follows:
overall: 61 km with altitude difference of 970 m in 3 days
Men:
1. Michael Smith (USA) 3:39:16
2. Carsten Bresser (TuS Heltersberg) 3:40:00
3. Philipp Nawrocki (Aachener TG) 3:40:19
4. Stefan Paternoster (Aut) 3:41:22
5. Mussa Hudrog (Aachen) 3:45:32
6. Florian Reichert (Göttingen) 3:46:41
7. Jean-Francois Charlier (Bel) 3:49:39
8. Timo Zeiler (LG Eintracht Frankfurt) 3:51:19
9. Andreas Strasser (Schambach) 3:53:49
10. Christian Dirscherl (MTV Ingolstadt) 3:54:24
…
13. Alexander Lubina (TV Wattenscheid) 3:57:29
14. Martin Schedler (SV Schlau.com Saarbrücken) 3:59:07
Women:
1. Luminita Zaituc (LG Braunschweig) 4:10:59
2. Caitlin Smith (USA) 4:29:55
3. Silvia Balbach (Düsseldorf) 4:39:49
4. Antje Möller (Duisburg) 4:43:05
5. Regine Schlump (München) 4:45:57
6. Carmen Otto (Köln) 4:55:44
7. Uta Doyscher (Dortmund) 4:58:29
8. Christine Gehmacher (Bergen) 5:04:17
full results of the race datasport.com
November 10, 2009
Last years winners Christian Glatting and Birte Schütz (formerly known as Birte Bultmann) could defend their titles in the city run in Bochum.
Altogether a record number of more than 1.000 participants took part in the race with ideal conditions. German marathon Queen Irina Mikitenko started the race.
Lead results were as follows:
10K men:
1 Glatting, Christian (DEU) HK 00:31:27
2 Lohse, Christoph (DEU) HK TV Wattenscheid 01 00:31:36
3 Zimmermann, Timo (DEU) HK TV Wattenscheid 01 00:34:55
4 Paulitschke, Wilfried (DEU) 50 laz puma siegburg troisdorf 00:35:05
5 Wöhler, Thomas (DEU) HK Tv Wattenscheid 01 00:35:48
6 Töpfer, Jannis (DEU) HK TV Wattenscheid 01 00:36:07
7 Becker, Oliver (DEU) 40 LGO Bochum 00:36:07
8 Töpper, Thomas (DEU) 45 00:37:22
9 Noritzsch, Jens (DEU) 35 Triathlon-TEAM-Witten 00:37:30
10 Pelzer, Dieter (DEU) 40 00:37:34
10K women:
1 Schütz, Birte (DEU) 35 TV Wattenscheid 01 00:36:56
2 Wand, Kathrin (DEU) HK 00:39:44
3 Rösler, Vanessa (DEU) HK Ernst & Young GmbH 00:40:33
4 Werner, Kerstin (DEU) HK TV Wattenscheid 01 00:41:47
5 Konieczny, Judith (DEU) HK LGO Bochum 00:42:02
6 Christ, Tina (DEU) 40 Triathlon-TEAM-Witten 00:42:06
7 Bähner, Svenja (DEU) HK tri- geckos dortmund 00:42:16
8 Kroniger, Melanie (DEU) 35 00:42:22
9 Uzig, Ludmilla (DEU) 40 00:44:20
10 Klingenberg, Stefanie (DEU) 35 00:44:26
full results of the race mikatiming.de
November 5, 2009
Irina Mikitenko confirmed that she will London Marathon 2010 after winning the race in 2008 and 2009. The 37-year old German won 3 of the 5 marathons in her career – the two victories in London are accompanied by a win in the Berlin Marathon 2008 (with a German record of 2:19:19) and two second-place finishes in her debut Marathon in Berlin 2007 and Chicago 2009.
Irina Mikitenko is also planning to compete in the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona 2010. However, there she wants to run the 10.000m for Germany.
Also Sammy Wanjiru confirmed his participation for the race in the Britisch capital.
The London Marathon 2010 will take place on 25th of April 2010.
November 5, 2009
Lead results were as follows:
halfmarathon men:
1 Diettrich, Georg (GER) 35 LG Braunschweig 01:11:03
2 König, Tammo (GER) 30 1.TCO & Die Bären 01:11:24
3 Groenhagen, Achim (GER) 40 LG Harlingerland 01:12:08
4 Paetzke, Christoph (GER) HK DSC Oldenburg 01:13:35
5 Trudrung, Waldemar (GER) HK SV Lemwerder 01:14:22
6 Sebrantke, Oliver (GER) 30 LC Hansa Stuhr 01:16:24
7 Schwengels, Stefan (GER) 40 TUS Westerloy 01:16:30
8 Beewen, Rainer (GER) HK TSV Großenkneten 01:17:05
9 Roth, Matthias (GER) 40 SV Vorwärts Hülsen 01:17:25
10 Wegmann, Heinz-Josef (GER) 45 SV Dersum 01:17:26
11 Mantag, Thomas (GER) 35 Hamburger SV 01:18:40
12 Ringering, Onno (GER) 40 Ihlower Rennschnecken 01:18:47
13 Maschmeyer, Sebastian (GER) 30 SC Henninghausen 01:19:29
14 Eichinger, Christian (GER) HK SV Lemwerder 01:19:41
15 Nowak, Jens (GER) 35 1.TCO & Die Bären 01:20:09
halfmarathon women:
1 Hofmann, Fakja (GER) HK LG-Telis Finanz Regensburg 01:21:51
2 Kulgemeyer, Christin (GER) 30 TV Georgsmarienhütte 01:25:00
3 Jürrens, Inga (GER) HK Emder LG 01:29:17
4 Niemann-Scheffel, Birgit (GER) 45 LC Hansa Stuhr 01:32:11
5 Wahls, Claudia (GER) HK LT Waldschleicher Lohne 01:32:43
6 Ehrhardt, Anita (GER) 30 01:34:55
7 Garben, Andrea (GER) HK LT TuS Petersfehn 01:37:10
8 Carl, Angelika (GER) 45 TSG Hatten-Sandkrug 01:37:35
9 Bartels, Iris (GER) 35 pingpank.de 01:37:40
10 Hoppe, Sylvia (GER) 45 01:37:51
11 Dirks, Silvia (GER) 45 1.TCO & Die Bären 01:37:52
12 Kaderhandt, Lena (GER) HK 01:38:25
13 Günthner, Antje (GER) 30 Team Laufrausch e.V. 01:39:10
14 Brems, Ariane (GER) HK VFL Wildeshausen 01:40:10
15 Gerth, Hannah (GER) 40 01:40:12
full results of the race mikatiming.de
November 5, 2009
The 21st edition of the European Athletics Championships will take place in Helsinki/Finland from June 27 to July 1 (dates still need to be approved). Helsinki is the only candidate for the Championships, that will not include marathon and race walking events because of a new biennial cycle. It will be the first time that the European Championships will switch to a 2-year cycle, which is the reason for the absence of marathon and race walking in the event program. The Championships in Helsinki will take place only one month before the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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