W. Ch. 2014: Uganda dominates the medal, Mayr claims her fifth World Title.
Along the course there were thousands of spectators, including the many fans who turned up in huge numbers to give their support for the home team.
Uganda dominated the medal table winning the men&rsquo,s race where Isaac Kiprop led a medal sweep for his country, both the men&rsquo,s and women&rsquo,s junior races with Phillip Kipyeko and Stella Chesang and the men&rsquo,s senior team ranking.
Thirty-four year-old Austrian Andrea Mayr became the first runner to clinch five world titles with a dominant race.
Ten Countries (among the fourthy present) ,came back home with medals!
Uganda in total won 6 medals (four gold, one silver and one bronze).The Italian team won three medals: gold for the women&rsquo,s senior team, bronze for the men&rsquo,s senior team and silver for the men&rsquo,s junior team. The Turkish also kept three medals totally: one gold, one silver and one bronze. Other two teams won gold: Germany (1 gold and silver) , and Austria (1 gold). USA this year had 3 medals in total: ,1 silver and 2 bronze, the Great Britain with 1 sivler and bronze, followed by Kenya (for the first time present at WMRA Corld Mountain Running Championships, as Andorra) and Eritrea with one silver each, Czech Team was able to win 2 bronze medals, finished tenth in the medal table. ,
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Men&rsquo,s senior race: Uganda claimed a podium sweep in the men&rsquo,s senior race.
Isaac Kiprop took the honours in the men&rsquo,s senior race in 53:50 crowning an impressive day for the Ugandan team who won three individual gold medals. Kiprop&rsquo,s compatriot Daniel Rotich finished runner-up with 55:10: Kibet Soyekwo completed the Ugandan triumph in third place with 55:24.
Uganda dominated the men&rsquo,s team ranking with 17 points ahead of Eritrea (27 points) and Italy (55 points).
The best Italian runner was Bernard Dematteis who finished fourth for the fourth time in his career at the World Mountain Running Championships ,
Women&rsquo,s senior race: Austrian Andrea Mayr collected her fifth world title dominating the women&rsquo,s senior race from gun to tape. She won in 45:07 with a gap of , 2:42 minutes over the next rival Lucy Murigi Wambui from Kenya becoming the most successful runner in the history of the World Championships. ,
The 34-year-old Austrian graduate in medicine celebrated her triumph dancing on the podium. Defending champion Alice Gaggi from Italy finished eighth.
US Allyson McLaughlin completed the podium in third place with 47:55.
Italy triumphed in the women&rsquo,s team ranking at senior level with 32 points beating Great Britain (41 points) and the USA (63 points).
Men&rsquo,s junior race: Uganda scored the double in junior races also winning the men&rsquo,s under 20 competition with Phillip Kipyeko who finished sixth in the 5000 metres at the World Junior Championships in Eugene where his compatriot Joshua Cheptegei, who had to pull out of the World Championships in Casette di Massa at the last moment, won the 10000m world junior gold medal. Kipyeko showed his excellent climbing ability over the steep paths winding up through the white marble walls of the Cava di Gioia dominating the race in 40:51.
Turkish runners Ramazan Karagoz finished a distance second in 42:42 ahead of his compatriot Ferhait Bozkurt, third in 42:53. The best Italian runner was 19-year-old Nadir Cavagna who caught up positions and clawed his way back narrowly missing the podium in fourth place in 44:33.
Turkey won the team title with 12 points ahead of Italy (34 points) ,and Great Britain (47 points).
Women&rsquo,s junior race: Uganda&rsquo,s Stella Chesang, fourth at the World Junior Championships in the 5000 metres in Eugene, won the junior gold medal at the World Mountain Running Championships becoming the first athlete to carve her name on the marble of the Apuan Alps. ,The Ugandan runner , dominated the race taking the lead from the very beginning and changing gear inside the amazing white tunnel in the white cave. Chesang crossed the finish line in 19:23 with a lead of more than one minute over second placer Sarah Kistner from Germany (20:38). Another runner from Europe, Czech Republic&rsquo,s Michaela Stranska finished third with 21:01.
Germany won the women&rsquo,s junior title (8 points) beating the US , team (12 points), who was led by former world junior champion Mandy Ortiz, who crossed the finished fourth in 21:23, and Czech Repuplic (12 points).During closing cerimony at Piazza Aranci, main square of Massa, in front of historical Palazzo Ducale, WMRA President, Bruno Gozzelino, together IAAF representant, Otto Klappert, passed the WMRA flag from Italian LOC W. Ch. 2014 with its President, Mr. Alfio Giomi, FIDAL President, to Councillor Graham Rees, Conwy Council Cabinet Member for Tourism, Marketing and Leisure, to Mrs. Sara Jones Senior Marketing Officer, Corporate Communications and Marketing, and to Mr. Steve Brace, Head of Events Delivery, Welsh Athletics all member of the delegation for ,next 31. World Mountain Running Championships 2015 at Betws Y Coed (Great Britain) on September 19th, 2015. ,
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Edited from Organisers
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Source of the pictures
on front page:
- Isaac Kiprop, senior men champion (by FIDAL/Colombo),
on second page:
- Andrea Mayr, senior women champion (by FIDAL/Colombo,
- Phillip Kipyeko, junior men champion (by Patrizia Longo)
- Stella Chesang, junior women champio (by FIDAL/Colombo),
- Giomi, Brace, Rees and Gozzelino with WMRA flag (by Patrizia Longo).