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 Na zdjęciu: malownicze widoki na trasie XIII Volkswagen Maraton Praha 2007 (www.pim.cz)
Małgorzata Sobańska zajęła drugie miejsce w 13-tej edycji Volkswagen Maraton Praha z czasem 2:35:02. Jej rezultat jest najlepszym tegorocznym wynikiem pań w Polsce. Wygrała Rosjanka Naiła Jułamanowa (2:33.10), a trzecia była Czeszka Veronika Brychcinova (2:40.50).
W¶ród mężczyzn triumfował Portugalczyk Helder Ornelas (2:11.49). To pierwszy europejski lekkoatleta, który zwyciężył w tych zawodach. Wcze¶niej dominowali zawodnicy z Afryki.
Wyniki mężczyzn:
1. Helder Ornelas (Portugalia) 2:11:49
2. Luka Kipkemboi Chelimo (Kenia)2:12:51
4. Joseph M.Riri (Kenia) 2:13:50
5. ChemiteiThomas (Kenia) 2:17:31
6. Nishirimana Joachim (Kenia) 2:17:38
7. Fischindauer Pavel (Czechy) 2:18:55
8. Nasef Ahmed (Maroko) 2:19:34
9. Mutwiri Martin (Kenia) 2:22:29
10. Novak Paveł (Czechy) 2:23:38
..54 Pacuła Andrzej 2:53:49
..111 Szwed Krzysztof 3:04:39
Wyniki kobiet:
1. Naiła Jułamanowa (Rosja) 2:33.10
2. Małgorzata Sobańska (Polska) 2:35.02
3. Veronika Brychcinova (Czechy) 2:40.50
Europeans triumph in Volkswagen Marathon Prague
Official Press Release
It was a fantastic day for a race. After days of erratic weather, the clouds parted to make way for today’s marathoners. The sunny conditions increased smiles and brought more people to cheer on our incredible runners along the course. However, the hotter temperatures slowed down times as the heat began to take its toll on the runners
President Vaclav Klaus, of the Czech Republic, started nearly 4,000 marathoners on their way this morning along the 42195m Volkswagen Marathon Prague Course.
The new marathon course juiced up the runners with more to enjoy along the way. Spectacular views, reduced time on the highway and two times through the most beautiful parts of old Prague brought spirits up and increased motivation. All the wonderful changes to the Prague International Marathon now makes this new route one of the most beautiful and interesting Marathon courses in the world.
After the start, a group of 15 set the pace for 2:09. Unfortunately, this pace became unreal with this weather. After 10a.m., the temperature increased over 20 degrees. Slowly this group of 15 started to disperse, with some falling behind. On the 30th km, only one runner remained from this group, Riri of Kenya. Riri, a marathon favorite, was now at the lead, yet it didn’t last long. On the 36th km, he had to stop and it looked like he was giving up for good. After a group of three past him, something seemed to push him to continue on and he ended up finishing in 4th place with at time of 2:13:50.
It was a great surprise that 2 out of 3 of the top runners were from Portugal and between them a debut runner in 2nd from Kenya. It has been years since someone from Europe, and not Africa, has won the marathon. Ornelas Helder, of Portugal came in first with a time of 2:11:49 at a safe distance of 47 seconds ahead of Chelimo. Finishing 2nd, was Luka K. Chelimo of Kenya making his debut run, here in Prague, with a time of 2:12:36. Not far behind, coming in 3rd was Paulo C. Gomes of Portugal at 2:12:51. Joseph Riri, a marathon favorite, recovered nicely after a short stop, coming in 4th, just 2:01 minutes after the winner.
Helder was surprised that during the last kilometers he was overtaking one African after another.
Once again, Pavel Faschingbauer, led Czechs to the finish line, coming in 7th with an overall time of 2:18:55. Pavel continues to be the reigning champion of the Czech Republic. This year’s time was only 1 minute and 30 seconds off from last year’s. Yet, with the increased temperatures, the time was comparable to last year’s time. Unfortunately, he missed the qualification time of 2:15 required for the World Championships in Oslo by 4 minutes.
Not far behind Pavel F., countryman Pavel Novak arrived at 2:23:38 and Leos Pelouch with the time of 2:26:25.
Nailya Yulamanova of Russia arrived as the 1st woman at the finish line with a time of 2:33:10. A couple of minutes later, Malgorzata Sobanska of Poland arrived at 2:35:02. Not long after we had a wonderful surprise with Czech’s own Veronika Brychcinova coming in as the 3rd female runner at 2:40:50, just over 7 minutes after Nailya. It was great to see a Czech woman within the top three women finishers. Veronika broke her personal record with a big 21 minutes leap ahead, making her the women’s champion of the Czech Republic. Amazing. She said her success was a result of her experience from the past. She kept a slower pace at the beginning and then a steady pace throughout the rest of the race.
A total of 3,200 runners finished within the 6 hours allotted for the marathon.
Today’s Garnier Junior Marathon runners came in with smiles blazing. Each team had 10 members for the relay race. Nine runners did 4000m each and the last ran 6195m. The Sport High School of Pardubice came out on top with a time of 2:35:54. Jilemnice and Cesky Budejovice came in just behind them in 2nd and 3rd place. Many were shy to come to the winner’s podium, yet in the end they stepped up to shine in their moment of victory with smiles wide.
Another great new course was selected for the Algida In-line competitive race on Saturday. There was more asphalt for increased speed and chips used for official measurement of times. The top 3 competitors were Mazur Witold coming in at 18:36,01, Jan Pecka at 19:04,04 and Tomas Ptacina with a time of 19:23,07.
To welcome this year’s participants in the Marathon Weekend Events, there was a bigger and better Marathon Sport Expo at a great new location. The Expo took place at the Prumyslovy Palace, Vystaviste in Prague 7. Over 5,000 square meters full of space for more than 60 vendors with all the latest sporting goods and more. Throughout the 3-day expo, there were numerous contests for free merchandise, flight tickets, Nutritional Seminars and of course the traditional pasta party on Saturday.
All in all, it was a fabulous Marathon Weekend, each day getting improving upon the next and tens of thousands of spectators on the big marathon day.
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