That means that many in the field, who run for charities, and who may not have experienced bad weather marathons, simply, should hang it up until next year. The BAA has a defer opportunity for 2013. Stay tuned.
MAGAKWE
10.11 AND 20.59, COERTZEN DECATHLON WL AND NR
PORT
ELIZABETH (RSA, Apr 14): Simon Magakwe was the star of 2nd day of South African
Championships. He won the 100 m in personal best and second fastest of the year
10.11 (+0.9) and later also the 200 m in 20.59 (+0.6). Good quality second
places for Roscoe Engel 10.20 and Thuso Mpuang 20.60. New national decathlon
record for Willem Coertzen with 8244 points, also a world leader. In the
400 m win for Lebogang Moeng in 45.75 as Oscar Pistorius achieved 47.28 to
finish 7th. He claimed he was missing enough power to attack another needed
olympic qualifier mark. Cornel Fredericks was the clear 400 m hurdles winner in
48.91 when world medalist LJ Van Zyl was way back second in 51.00. 2009 World
champions won the 800 m races. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi in 1:45.78 (second Andre
Olivier 1:46.17) and Caster Semenya more clearly in 2:02.68. Johan Cronje was
the best in the 1500 m (3:39.28), Ruben Ramolefi in the steeple (8:24.48,
second Tumelo Motlagale 8:24.76) and Gladwin Mzazi in the 5000 m in 13:29.84.
In remaining women events to note 400 m win and improvement for junior Justine
Palframan (52.33). Wenda Theron bettered to 55.79 to win the 400 m hurdles
title. Anika Smit cleared 190 in the high jump and world medalist Sunette
Viljoen as expected dominated in javelin with 61.15.
TOTH
AND PASCUAL
RIO
MAIOR (POR, Apr 14): 21st Grande Premio de Rio Maior (IAAF Race Walking
Challenge) registered top win for Slovak Matej Toth in 1:20:25 at the 20 km.
Strong winds and partly rain were against PB improvement for Toth, he missed it
by 9 seconds. Toth is in olympic preparation for the 50 km race. Second and
third positions for Mexican walkers: Eder Sanchez 1:20:48 and Isaac Palma
1:21:13. Fourth Robert Heffernan of Ireland 1:21:28 ahead of more Mexicans
Horacio Nava 1:22:04 and Ever Palma 1:22:16. Spanish Beatriz Pascual who was
6th in Beijing won close women race in 1:31:03 with best home walker Ana
Cabecinha second 1:31:08. Third Ines Henriques 1:31:31 ahead of Claudia Steff
of Romania 1:31:45 and Braziloan Erica de Sena 1:31:53 (new national record and
olympic qualifier). German Sabine Krantz was 6th (1:32:25) ahead of home legend
Susana Feitor 1:32:36 and Vera Santos 1:33:44.
BOBOCEL
AND TOUIL
LODZ
(POL, Apr 14): Romanian Ancuta Bobocel won the 5 km race at World University CC
Championships in Poland after 15:48. Second Portugal´s Carla Rocha 15:54 ahead
of another Romanian Roxana Birca 15:56. Romania with 23 points was not the team
winner, Japan was better with 21 points. Third Poland 45. In men´s 10 km the
gold for Abdelmajid Touil of Algeria in 29:11. Second and third positions for
Japanese runners Yuta Shitara 29:15 and Daichi Motomura 29:22. Fourth best
European Antonio Abadia of Spain 29:32. Japan won the team (36) ahead of
Ukraine 57 and Algeria 61.
OTHER RESULTS
GIJON
(ESP, Apr 14): Alvaro Rodriguez and Isabel Macias won the road mile in Gijon.
In men´s race close second Diego Ruiz and third Aitor Fernandez.
PARDUBICE
(CZE, Apr 14): Kenyan Mike Cheruiyot defended his title at the Pardubice Vine
Half Marathon in difficult weather conditions with 1:06:34. Second and Czech
champion Vit Pavlista 1:07:05. Female title for Petra Pastorova 1:18.18.
STRANDEBARM
(NOR, Apr 14): Norwegian CC titles in short races for Johannes Alnes (9:36.7 at
3 km ahead of Dadaya Babaso 9:46.6) and Ingeborg Lind (7:15.6 at 2 km).
TUUSULA
(FIN, Apr 14): New Finnish 10 km road walk record 38:59 by Aku Partanen. He was
7th placer at last year European U23 Championships in Ostrava.
OTHER NEWS
BOSTON
(USA): Concerned about the high temperatures forecast for Monday’s 116th Boston
Marathon, race officials announced that they were taking the unusual step of
allowing any of the more than 27 000 entrants to defer their participation in
the race until next year. „Our first
and strongest focus is on the safety of the people who are running,” said
Boston Athletic Association executive director Tom Grilk in a hastily
called press conference this afternoon.
He continued: „We’re doing everything we can to provide for their
safety, but we need them to look out for themselves.” Any runner who picks up
their number this year but does not start the race will be automatically
qualified for the 2013 event. Barry Burbank, a weather forecaster at local
CBS affiliate WBZ, said today that „it would be at least 70 degrees (21C)” at
the start of the race and be „at least 85 degrees (29C)” at the finish line.
Informs Race Results Weekly.
TOKIO
(JPN): Brett Larner informs that Team Shiseido announced that marathoner
Yoshiko Fujinaga, 30, has retired.
Fujinaga left the team on March 30 and plans to pursue a career as
a teacher. As a student at Isahaya H.S. in Nagasaki Fujinaga ran the
5000 m at the 1999 World Championships, going on to run the marathon at the
2009 World Championships. Aiming for the
London Olympics, she finished only 38th at March’s Nagoya Women’s Marathon.
ROTTERDAM
(NED): The scratched Portugal runner from Rotterdam marathon is not Rui Pedro
Silva (runs Vienna marathon) but the former miler Rui Silva. He is 2004 Olympic
and 2005 World bronze winner in the 1500 m. Rui Silva has a problem with a cinnamon
and if he will be better he will run Hamburg or Dusseldorf marathon later in
the month.
