Road Race and the 100 and 50km Regional Championship |
More than 20 years later, the world's ultra-fund was quoted in Spain for the third time, and for the first time in its history it was in the Region of Murcia.
The Alcázares would focus the sights throughout the weekend, becoming international capital of 100km.
Competitively, the coastal city hosted the 29th World Championships IAU 100km on Sunday, in addition to the World Championships WMA Veterans, the International Open 50km and 100km.
And the Championship of the Region of Murcia of both distances.
More than numerous inducements to congregate hundreds of athletes, representatives of more than thirty countries around the world, around our land, in what turned out to be a spectacle that even could not tarnish the punctual but intense rain.
At 7 o'clock on Sunday, the starting point was the purely competitive, although the party began on Saturday afternoon, with the opening ceremony.
The first steps of the test were carried out by the South African team, which at times had its five members capturing the top five in the competition.
However, the laps and miles would be dictating sentence and seeing another Japanese actor Hideaki Yamauchi appear on the scene, who in the penultimate passage by the finish line counted the company of the only South African who held in the front positions, Bongmusa Mthembu.
But what was promised an even final between the two ended up rather summarizing Yamauchi's successful tactics, who booked - if you can talk about reserves in 90km. - a last letter for the last lap, while Mthembu paid his daring from the beginning In the fight for gold.
Thus, the Nippon was proclaimed world champion with a time of 6:18:22, by the African 6:24:06.
The third drawer of the men's podium would be for the American Patrick Reagan, who crossed the finish line in 6:35:42.
Meanwhile, in the women's section there was nothing new, with Kirstin Bull covering the distance in 7:34:25 and revalidating the gold achieved last year in Winschoten.
The Australian prevailed on the Croatian Nikolina Sustic, which finished in 7:36:10, being the bronze for the British Joasia Zakrzewski, who completed the 10 laps to the circuit in 7:41:48.
Defending the colors of Argentina we would have a FAMU athlete in competition, Pedro Agustín Morán, 64 ° of the general (7:51:14).
Already around the Veteran World Championship, the triumph in the category M35 was for the South African Gift Kelehe (6:43:00), being equally imposed the absolute world champion Kirstin Bull in W35.
Fritjof Fagerlund of Sweden was the best on M40 (6:45:28), with Joasia Zakrzewski winning in W40 (7:41:48), while Frenchman André Collet did it on M45 (6:44:54) and The American Traci Falbo in W45 (8:10:23).
The triumph in M50 corresponded to Jyrki Kukko, of Finland (7:17:42), with victory in W50 for the Belgian Katrien Rogiers (9:04:44).
Jan Albert Lantink of the Netherlands won in M55 (07:16:36), doing the same in W55 Meghan Arbogast, United States (7:58:22).
Already in the category M60 would arrive one of the Spanish victories, for Francisco Martí (8:40:28), imposing in M65 the French Paul Henri Michel (9:16:11) and in M70 another Spanish, Antonio Mohedano (10:47 : 37).
The gold in M75 fell to the veteran athlete of the test, the German Norbert Hoffmann (10:56:08).
In relation to the International Open, in the distance of 100km.
The triumph was for Tolo Fiol Soler of CE Can Calco Hotels and also representing Spain in the Veterans World Championship (7:18:32).
2nd in goal and 1st veteran A was the Murcia Oscar Latorre, of the Cartagena Marathon and defending the colors of Spain (7:29:48), being the 3rd position for the Italian Marco Lombardi (7:37:00).
In women, the fastest would be Kirillova (8:17:02), followed by Trinidad Romero, from At.
Colindres (8:54:46) and Valeris Sesto, of the New Gorwst (8:56:43).
Pedro Agustín Morán, from the CD Runtritón Cartagena, 6th in the general and 1 st senior (7:51:14) took part in the same one, being 15º and 4º veteran C Francisco Navarro, of the Hellín (8 : 19: 41).
Jesús Molina finished 28th in the general and 4th veteran B (9:02:06), closing the test the Sewer Fondistas athlete Manuel Rico, 5th veteran G (13:30:49).
For his part, the athlete of CA Manuel Jiménez won in the distance of 50km.
(3:40:52), ahead of Francisco Javier Ros, ACR Repsol (4: 02.59) and José Manuel Caballero, Los Alcázares Triathlon and Running (4:12:53).
Mailinn Leikvoll was the best female (4:10:33), followed by Silke Stutzke, LG Nord Berlin Ultrateam (5:08:05) and Lisa Cockburn (5:58:08).
We also have athletes of the region in this test, being 5th of the general and 1st Víctor Martínez, Simplemente Runners (4:16:40), followed by his club partner Salvador Lopez, 2nd veteran C (4 : 19: 58) and of the Kampamento Base athlete Miguel Gónzález, veteran D winner (4:19:58).
Ginés Soto, from Simply Runners, finished 8th overall and 2nd B veteran (4:41:13), while Jose Martos, of the Cartagena Trail, was 11th and 3rd veteran C (5:26:14), Followed by Juan Carlos Garcia, from Simply Runners, 4th veteran C (5:35:34).
14 ° of the general and 5 ° veteran C was Blas Garcia, of Pan Moreno (6:00:59), while another participant of the Simple Runners, Francisco José Dólera, finished 17th in the general and 2nd veteran A (6: 55:19)
Source: FAMU