Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Mark Ouma
Kenya Mark Bett led from start to the finish to claim victory at the Almond Blossom Cross Country race in Lisbon Portugal on Sunday.
Bett covered the distance in 35 minutes and 20 seconds. Perhaps the most impressive victory was that of Ana Dylce Felix (26:09) whose cross the finish line over half a minute ahead of her compatriot and runner up Sara Moreira (26:42)
The event was the season’s last IAAF Cross country Permit Meet. Athletes now take a break from competition to shape up for the World Cross country Championships in Bydgoszcz Poland on 28 March.
LEADING RESULTS
MEN
1 Mark Bett (Kenya) 35.20; 2 Yousef El Kalai (Portugal) 35.34; 3 Hélder Ornelas (Portugal) 35.38; 4 Manuel Damião (Portugal) 35.43; 5 Licínio Pimentel (Portugal) 35.45;6 Fernando Silva (Portugal) 35.53;7 José Rocha (Portugal) 36.17; 8 Sondre Moen (Norway) 36.29; 9 Ricardo Ribas (Portugal) 36.39; 10 Paulo Gomes (Portugal) 36.44
WOMEN
1 Ana Dulce Félix (Portugal) (Portugal) 26.09; 2 Sara Moreira (Portugal) (Portugal) 26.42
3 Ana Dias (Portugal) (Portugal) 26.50;4 Aniko Kalovics (Hungary) 26.57;5 Katarzyna Kowalska (Poland) 27.01;6 Mónica Rosa (Portugal) (Portugal) 27.12;7 Elizaveta Grechishnikova (Russia) 27.20;8 Anália Rosa (Portugal) 27.21;9 Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 27.32; 10 Ksenia Agafanova (Russia) 27.35
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Mark Ouma
Kenya’s Wilson Kiprop and Atsede Bayisa were crowned winners at the Paris Half Marathon in the French capital on Sunday.
Such was the strong headwind that the lead group of five saved run cautiously saving their best for last. In the final sprint for the finish line Kiprop (1:01.26) prevailed over Ethiopians Lelisa Desisa (1:01.28) and Bettona Sahle Warga (1:01.28) and Raji Chanchima (1:01;34) and long with Jairus Chanchima (1:01:38) of Kenya.
Following a conservative starts in the women’s race Tirfi Beyene Tsegaye (in jected some pace to break the lead pack at 15km. However Tsegaye was to later pay for her early break as the more cautious Bayisa caught up with her with a kilometre to go before surging ahead to victory in 1:10:05.
LEADING RESULTS
MEN
1 Wilson Kiprop (Kenya) 1:01:26; 2 Lelisa Desisa (Ethiopia) 1:01:28; 3 Bettona Sahle Warga 1:01:32; 4 Raji Assefa (Ethiopia) 1:01:34; 5 Jairus Chanchima (Kenya) 1:01:38; 6 Alfred Kering (Kenya) 1:02:30; 7 John Komen (Kenya) 1:03:15; 8 Robert Cheruiyot (Kenya) 1:03:16; 9 James Rotich (Kenya) 1:03:19; 10 Ernest Kimeli (Kenya) 1:03:20;
WOMEN
1 Atsede Bayisa (ETH) 1:11:05; 2 Tirfi Beyene Tsegaye (ETH) 1:11:13; 3 Halima Beriso (ETH) 1:11:34; 4 Gisaw Melkam (ETH) 1:11:56; 5 Miriam Wangari (KEN) 1:12:33; 6 Olga Firsova (RUS) 1:77:40; 7 Maria Lopez de Tejeda (FRA) 1:18 :30; 8 Nathalie Vasseur (FRA) 1:21:41; 9 Jenny Breitschmid (SWI) 1:23:12; 10 Catherine Wilding (GBR) 1:24:29
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Mark Ouma
South Africa’s former World Champions in high jump Jacque Freitag made a quiet return to the sport after a four year absence.
Remember Jacque Freitag?
He cleared the bar at a height of 2.35m to claim the gold medal in the men’s high jump at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris France. That earned him a place in the Africa Athletics Hall of Fame. The South African hold the continents record at 2.38m.
Subsequently, Freitag quietly disappeared from the athletics scene in 2006. He re-emerged again last Thursday (March 04) where he was placed fifth with a clearance of 2.05m at the Yellow Pages Series meet in Potchefstroom in South Africa.
“I am really grateful to be back participating in the sport that gave me a break in life. My performance in Potchefstroom is satisfactory. I have been doing some heavy weights inthe gym to build upper body strength. By the time of the national championships (March 20-21), I will to jump much higher,” Freitag assured.
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Filed under: High Jump
Posted on March 7th, 2010 by Mark Ouma
Ethiopian Yemane Tsegaye carried the day at the 65th edition of the Lake Biwa Marathon in Japan on Sunday (07 March).
He broke away from the lead group shortly after the half way stage. However the wet condition precluded any chances of breaking the course record. Nonetheless, Tsegaye who was fourth in the marathon at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Berlin Germany crossed the finish line in 2:09:34. He is the only one to cover the distance in a sub 2:10.
LEADING RESULTS
1 Yemane Tsegay (Ethiopia) 2:09:34; 2 Tomoyuki Sato (Japan) 2:10:07; 3 Abraham Tadesse (Eritrea) 2:10:46; 4 Yukihiro Kitaoka (Japan) 2:10:51; 5 Naoto Yoneda (Japan) 2:11:00; 6 Ken-ichiro Setoguchi (Japan) 2:11:44; 7 Satoshi Yoshii (Japan) 2:12:24; 8 Tomoya Shimizu (Japan) 2:13:25; 9 Munehiro Sugaya (Japan) 2:15:07; 10 Takeshi Ueno (Japan) 2:15:26
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Filed under: Marathon
Posted on March 6th, 2010 by Mark Ouma
Botswana’s Amantle Monsho won the women’s 300m at the season’s last IAAF Indoor Permit meet in Leivin France on Friday night.
The Africa 400m champion covered the distance in 36.33 seconds. This is certainly a confidence boost ahead of her campaign at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha Qatar from next Friday
.William Biwott (3:37.85) delivered Africa’s other victory with Nickson Chepseda (3:38.17) ensuring a 1-2 Kenyan sweep. Competing in separate 300m heats Sudan’s Rabah Yousif (33.04) and Morroccan Idrissi Zougari (36.56) finished fifth. Daniel Kipchirchir Komens of Kenya (7:42.71) was second in 3000m as Algerian Abelhamid Zerrifi (8:18.72) came in sixth.
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