The biggest surprise was Poland’s Anna Celinska, who came through to take bronze in 3:51:21, much to the delight of the home crowd.Īs was the case in the men’s race, Italy took the team honours in the women’s race. The trio of Ivana Iozzia, Antonella Confortola and Ornella Ferrara led for most of the way, until Iozzia began to struggle over the final 10km, eventually fading to eighth position.Ĭonfortola went on to win in 3:44:51, finishing almost four minutes ahead of Ferrara (3:48:41). The women’s race was dominated by Italian athletes.
The Czech Republic took silver ahead of Wales. The WMRA Anti-Doping Programme is managed. Canberras Emma Murray faces her greatest running challenge this Sunday when she attempts to successfully defend her World Long Distance Mountain Running Championship title at the Pikes Peak Marathon in the USA. WMRA/WMA Masters World Mountain Running Championships (the WMA anti-doping regulations will apply to this competition). WORLD LONG DISTANCE MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP THIS SUNDAY. WMRA World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge. Manzi and team-mates Tommaso Vaccina and Massimiliano Zanaboni all finished in the top 14, securing the team gold medal for Italy. WMRA World Mountain Running Championships. The host nation’s best runner, Marcin Swierc, finished ninth in 3:21:10. More than a minute behind the medallists, Italy’s Emauele Manzi finished fourth in 3:16:01, just five seconds ahead of USA’s Zac Freudenburg. Davies clocked 3:13:39 with Zinca taking bronze in 3:14:00. But Zinca faded over the last 10km, allowing Kosovelj to run away with the victory in 3:07:36.Īndrew Davies of Wales moved steadily through the field, going from 15th at 12km to ninth at half way before passing Zinca just a few hundred metres from the finish line, taking the silver medal. In 2015, the Zermatt Marathon will host the Long Distance event on July 4.
with the Pikes Peak Marathon hosting in 2006, and the Pikes Peak Ascent in 2010. Since then, the event has been hosted primarily in Europe, but also in the U.S. In the men’s race, Kosovelj and Romania’s Jonut Zinca ran together for the first two thirds of the race. The first World Long Distance Mountain Challenge was held at Sierre-Zinal in Switzerland in 2004. Mitjia Kosovelj and Antonella Confortola dominated the 10th edition of the WMRA World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge in Szklarska Poreba, Poland, while Italy took the team titles in both the men’s and women’s races.Īthletes from 16 different nations were present at the event and half of them went home with at least one medal.
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