May 1, 2009
As one of the first nations, Kenya has announced its marathon participants for this years World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
The squad is lead by reigning Olympic Champion Samuel Wanjiru on the mens side and the reigning World Champion Catherine Ndereba on the womens side. Kenya Athletics also named a team of 10 reserves.
Men: Samuel Wanjiru, James Kwambai, Duncan Kibet, Daniel Rono, Emmanuel Mutai
Women: Agnes Kiprop, Helena Loshanyang Kiprop, Irene Limika, Catherine Ndereba, Salina Kosgei
Reserves:
Men: Luke Kibet, Abel Kirui, Martin Lel, Robert Cheruiyot, David Kipkorir
Women: Martha Komu, Risper Jemeli, Lydia Cheromei, Edith Masai, Irene Mogaka
May 1, 2009
This weekend’s Düsseldorf marathon (3rd of May) will feature most of the German top marathoners and in the race for the qualification for the home world championships in Berlin 2009, this race is supposedly the most important and competitive one.
In the men’s race only Stefan Koch is missing from last year’s top five marathoners. Koch will run the German Championships in Mainz (10th of May), one week after Düsseldorf. Until now Falk Cierpinski (2:13:30, Berlin 2008), Andre Pollmächer (2:14:18, Frankfurt 2008) and Martin Beckmann (2:14:30, Frankfurt 2008) seem to have the best chances for making the team for the World Championships.
Andre Pollmächer, who only ran his debut in last year’s Frankfurt marathon is the pre-race favourite for most people, including long distance head coach Detlef Uhlemann. Falk Cierpinski had some hip issues during his preparation but nevertheless he is aiming for a sub-2:13. Martin Beckmann had a close-to-perfect preparation and gained a lot of self-confidence by this fact.
The two “dark horses” in this race are Tobias Sauter and Uli Steidl. The 25-year old Sauter had a fast development in recent years and his last year performance of 2:18:24 (Essen) put him to fifth place in the 2008-rankings. He might also profit from the training camp together with Falk Cierpinski and Martin Beckmann in Kenya this March. Uli Steidl, a US-resident and former world championships participant for Germany is the only one who has no marathon time in the qualification period for the world championships (01.08.2008-24.05.2009) so far. With his experience, the 37-year old is nevertheless a challenger for the ticket to Worlds even if some problems with his hip-flexors occurred during his preparation.
The women’s race will also include a lot of talent and is going to be just as exciting as the mens race. Melanie Kraus wants to repeat last year’s victory. With a 2:28:20h she already ran the qualification time (2:32) and has the best chances for making the team. Susanne Hahn also ran sub 2:32 last year, but the time was set before the qualification period. However, after a fine 1:11:44 halfmarathon she seems to be the biggest competition for Melanie Kraus.
Claudi Dreher also has chances to make the team but her personal best of 2:27:55h is already 9 years old. A marathon debut will be given by Melanie Schulz, who won the German Halfmarathon Championships 2009 only two days after coming back from an altitude stay. Her aim is 2:35h, which might be enough for the team if the other women cannot produce better times.
April 29, 2009
As expected André Höhne and Sabine Krantz could defend their titles at the 20km race walk distance. In the men’s 50km race Helmut Prieler was the fastest.
In the women’s race Sabine Krantz took the 6th title in a row with a time of 1:36:49h. She will attack the qualification time for the 2009 World Championships (1:31:40) next Friday in Sesto San Giovanni (ITA). The main aim for the German Championships was, to get the title and get a good work-out. Until km 15 she walked very calm but the last 5K she increased the pace to 4:30min/km pace.
In the men’s 20K André Höhne won the 5th consecutive title with 1:24:50h. Even if the time was 1 minute slower than at last years Championships, he still had a lead of 5minutes by the time he crossed the finish line. Höhne will also put the hammer down in Sesto San Giovanni even if he is already qualified for the World Championships.
A new National Record was set by South African Race Walker Marc Mundell. Outside of the German Champioships category he improved the previous record by 2:48 minutes to 4:04:42h.
selected results:
20K women:
1. Krantz, Sabine 1981 WE TV Wattenscheid 01 1:36:49
2. Elß, Christin 1989 BB SC Potsdam 1:43:44
3. Krause, Sandra 1989 BB SC Potsdam 1:45:27
4. Schmidt, Tina 1989 ST SV Halle 1:59:01
5. Primas, Barbara 1965 WÜ TSG Esslingen 2:04:42
20K men:
1. Höhne, André 1978 BE SCC Berlin 1:24:50
2. Schmidt, Carsten 1986 BE SCC Berlin 1:29:48
3. Roschinsky, Christoph 1989 BE SCC Berlin 1:30:46
4. Borsch, Steffen 1973 ST ASV 1902 Sangerhausen 1:40:59
5. Strunk, Malte 1973 NO Alemannia Aachen 1:46:48
6. Gnauck, Dick 1963 ST ASV 1902 Sangerhausen 1:48:44
7. Schröter, Uwe 1959 SN LG Vogtland 1:49:09
8. Fern, Thorsten 1975 HE TV Groß-Gerau 1:51:55
9. Berzl, Josef 1952 BY Gehsportverein Regensburg 1:54:51
10. Schieferdecker, Jörg 1970 NO DJK Löwe Hambach 1:57:28
11. Werner, Stefan 1964 SN LG Vogtland 1:59:31
12. Gaube, Wilfried 1956 BE Polizei SV Berlin 1:59:51
13. Maier, Joachim 1970 BY SV Breitenbrunn 2:00:51
14. Ruppert, Jan 1965 NO Alemannia Aachen 2:00:52
15. Dr. Bresch, Winfried 1956 SN LG Vogtland 2:01:53
50K men:
1. Prieler, Helmut 1955 BY SpVgg Niederaichbach 4:48:44
2. Tharann, Björn 1989 ST SV Halle 5:24:18
aW. Mundell, Marc 1983 RSA Republic of South Africa 4:04:42
aW. Hlatswayo, Thame 1982 RSA Republic of South Africa 4:26:19
full results of the championships leichtathletik.de
April 28, 2009
Susanne Hahn proved in good shape before the upcoming Düsseldort marathon (3rd of May) where she is trying to run the qualifying time for the 2009 Berlin World Championships (2:32:00h). At a small track meeting she clocked a 9:13,90min for 3.000m. This time is only one second short of her personal best and for a marathoner it is a pretty good speed base.
April 28, 2009
German Steeplechase Olympian Antje Möldner placed 4th with a time of 13:35 over the 4,25km-race in the 32th city run in Luzern/SUI. The race was won by Brit Helen Clitheroe.
In the mens race (8,71km) Jan Förster was 10th in 26:01min, 1:11min behind the Kenyan winner Stanley Salil.
April 28, 2009
German marathoner Dennis Pyka was the fastest European in the St.Anthony Marathon in Padova/Italy. With a time of 2:19:17h for 7th place he set a new personal best. After suffering a rib fracture in the preparation and considering the resulting problems he was pretty satisfied with this performance. Unfortunately he had to run the whole 42km on his own, because no one else was running with the same target time. After passing the halfmarathon in 1:08:45 the second half was a bit more rough but nevertheless the finishing time is the fastest time of a German marathoner so far this year.
April 26, 2009
German marathoner Irina Mikitenko once again delivered a superb performance to win the 2009 edition of the Flora London marathon. with a world leading time of 2:22:11h. With a great show of front running she destroyed a very deep field of the best marathon women in the world.
After going through halfway in 1:10:53h together with Mara Yamauchi (GBR), Zhou Chunxiu (CHN) and pacemaker Aniko Kalovics (HUN), Mikitenko also fought off her closest competitors and was clear ahead after 35km. Until the finish she could extend her lead to a significant gap of 61 seconds.
Irina Mikitenko (GER) winning the 2009 Flora London Marathon. (picture by Moguli)
April 26, 2009
Short report to follow soon.
Lead results were as follows:
marathon men:
1 Tside, Solomon (ETH) MH 02:11:47
2 Ngolepus, Charles (KEN) MH 02:13:25
3 Telles des Souza, Jose (BRA) M35 02:14:46
4 Moreira, Jose (POR) MH 02:14:57
5 Roba, Hussan Adelo (ETH) MH 02:16:35
6 Sendeku, Tesfaye (ETH) MH 02:16:58
7 Weger, Roman (AUT) M35 02:17:53
8 Sousa, Antonio (POR) M35 02:18:03
9 Kigen, Erick (KEN) MH 02:18:43
10 Cariss, Cris (IRL) M30 02:19:46
11 Cheribo, Daniel (KEN) MH 02:20:20
12 Meyer, Manuel (GER) TV Wattenscheid MH 02:20:51
13 Bimro, Asaf (ISR) M40 02:21:10
14 Wieser, Patrick (SUI) Run Fit Thurgau M30 02:21:17
15 Payn, Tom (GBR) MH 02:22:02
16 Theodorakakos, Dimitris (GRE) M30 02:23:27
17 Nothum, Vincent (LUX) M30 02:23:51
18 McAlister, Joseph (IRL) MH 02:24:46
19 Hansen, Brian Arreborg (DEN) MH 02:27:32
20 Nielsen, Michael (DEN) AGF Atletik MH 02:27:35
21 MacMahon, Brian (IRL) MH 02:28:48
22 Van der Meer I Simo, Alex (NED) MH 02:30:24
23 Roig, Marc (ESP) MH 02:30:30
24 Sitotaw, Alemayehu (NOR) M45 02:31:34
25 Vels, Lars (DEN) Viborg AF M35 02:31:52
marathon women:
1 Aguilar, Alessandra (ESP) W30 02:29:01
2 Sheni, Tigist Abdi (ETH) WH 02:34:01
3 Maisch, Ulrike (GER) 1. LAV Rostock W30 02:34:28
4 Kimurya, Emily (KEN) W30 02:37:44
5 Rush, Holy (GBR) Team Bath AC W30 02:38:36
6 Bus Holt, Christina (NOR) WH 02:40:53
7 Paysen, Karen (GER) TSV Langenhorn W35 02:48:19
8 Roba, Sofia Adilo (ETH) WH 02:49:32
9 Vielhaber, Felicitas (GER) TUSEMEssen WH 02:55:43
10 Rauch, Helga (ITA) W35 02:57:07
11 Hermand, Sita (GER) WH 02:58:12
12 Zanzinger, Anne (GER) TSVCrailsheim W45 02:58:22
13 Ingvardsen, Bente (DEN) Marathon Travel Club W60 02:58:41
14 Kullberg, Sanna (FIN) W30 02:59:14
15 Meuser, Andrea (GER) TSV Friedberg-Fauerbach W40 02:59:45
16 Nachtigall, Kirsten (GER) Hamburger SV W40 03:00:47
17 Merkel, Heide (GER) TG Ötigheim W40 03:01:29
18 Wintgens, Chantal (BEL) W35 03:01:50
19 Will, Martina (GER) Ski Club Bad Vilbel W45 03:03:10
20 Spring, Gabriela (SUI) Alpenrose W40 03:03:19
21 Balling Hansen, Lone (DEN) NR. SOEBY W30 03:03:29
22 Dr. Khinast, Christina (AUT) Trirun Linz W35 03:04:04
23 Turi-Hodel, Yvonne (SUI) LSVB Basel W30 03:04:10
24 Felizeter-Kessler, Monika (AUT) LSG Vorarlberg W30 03:04:35
25 Barborseck, Sandra (GER) TV 03 Breitenbach W35 03:04:46
full results of the race sas-zeitmesssysteme.de
April 25, 2009
The Hamburg marathon that will be held on Sunday, April 26th (start at 9 AM) will be broadcasted live on German TV channel NDR. An internet stream is also available online at the webpage of NDR. An alternative link is here.
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