Andrea Mayr (AUT) and Petro Mamu (ERI) dominated the final race of 16. World Cup Mountain Running.
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Runners from eleven countries gathered on the start line of the 35. Smarna gora race, the final race of the Mountain running World Cup.
Before the final race, the winners Mamu and Mayr were practically known &ndash, only theoretically Mitja and Mateja Kosovelj could jump to the first positions.
Of course, this did not happen and Andrea Mayr and Petro Mamu became the winners of the first Mountain Running World Cup.
The overall result of 16. WMRA World Cup 2014 show in men result as winner the Eritrean Petro Mamu, second was Swiss David Schnieder and third Italian Alex Baldaccini. Another iTalian runner finished in the top position that is Emanuele Mazi (fifth). But at the end, seven nations had athletes in the first ten position: Slovenia with Mitja Kosovelj (fourth), Kenya with three runners: Isaac Toroitich Kosgei (sixth), Francis Muigai Wangari (seventh) and Hirum Wandangi (ninth), British Robbie Simpson (eighth) and , Austrian Stefan Paternoster (tenth).
Instead the overall result of 16. WMRA World Cup 2014 show in women result behind Austrian Andrea Mayr, second the Slovenian Mateja Kosovelj and third the Hungarian Timea Meré,ny.
Following in the first ten position, there were three Italian runners: Alice Gaggi (fourth), Antonella Confortola (fifth) and Valentina Belotti (seventh), then Kenyan Lucy Wambui (sixth), British Sarah Tunstall (eight), Slovenian Jana Bratina (ninth) and German Malenie Noll (tenth). So finally athletes coming from seven different countries were in the first ten position.
" "Current World Cup leader Petro Mamu from Eritrea was the favourite No1 which was obvious from the very beginning &ndash, already in the first, flat kilometre, nobody dared to follow his high pace, so he run his own race all the way to the finish.
The only question was if he is strong enough to break the course record. His motivation was the special prize: traditionally the organizer offers 10&euro, for every second faster than the old record. But he could not fight against the nature &ndash, in spite of the ideal weather conditions the course was due to the catastrophe in winter much slower, so the men&rsquo,s record remains untouched.
The closest opponent was David Schneider from Suisse repeated his excellent second position from 2011, but still 2 minutes behind the winner.
The course record holder Italian Alex Baldaccini finished third, but followed by a group of several runners who finished all in one minute.
Like Mamu in the men&rsquo,s race, Andrea Mayr was the favourite in the women&rsquo,s race, and also leading in the WC ranking. , Current European and World Champion had wan the Smarna gora race already 3 times and it would be big surprise if she would not win the race also in 2014.
Finally she also broke the course record for 42 seconds.
Local Mateja Kosovelj, 2013 Grand Prix winner and course record holder finished second and Alice Gaggi, 2013 world champion and Smarna gora race winner finished third.
WMRA Council on next January 2015 will discuss the format of 17. WMRA World Cup 2015. It is possible that the series of races valid could be increased like number of races included, due the fact that some traditional and very well-known competition (as, for sample, Challenge Stellina at Susa in Italy or Hochfelln Berglauf at Bergen, in Germany) probably will ask for being stage of the WMRA World Cup. The system point probably will be changed taking in consideration the real situation regarding participation of the runners and the possibility of choosing competitions. Regarding final overall prize money WMRA would try to involve also LOC of the races in this matters.
Calendar in athletics is always more full but mountain running , discipline is always more important inside athletic activity.
Before the final race, the winners Mamu and Mayr were practically known &ndash, only theoretically Mitja and Mateja Kosovelj could jump to the first positions.
Of course, this did not happen and Andrea Mayr and Petro Mamu became the winners of the first Mountain Running World Cup.
The overall result of 16. WMRA World Cup 2014 show in men result as winner the Eritrean Petro Mamu, second was Swiss David Schnieder and third Italian Alex Baldaccini. Another iTalian runner finished in the top position that is Emanuele Mazi (fifth). But at the end, seven nations had athletes in the first ten position: Slovenia with Mitja Kosovelj (fourth), Kenya with three runners: Isaac Toroitich Kosgei (sixth), Francis Muigai Wangari (seventh) and Hirum Wandangi (ninth), British Robbie Simpson (eighth) and , Austrian Stefan Paternoster (tenth).
Instead the overall result of 16. WMRA World Cup 2014 show in women result behind Austrian Andrea Mayr, second the Slovenian Mateja Kosovelj and third the Hungarian Timea Meré,ny.
Following in the first ten position, there were three Italian runners: Alice Gaggi (fourth), Antonella Confortola (fifth) and Valentina Belotti (seventh), then Kenyan Lucy Wambui (sixth), British Sarah Tunstall (eight), Slovenian Jana Bratina (ninth) and German Malenie Noll (tenth). So finally athletes coming from seven different countries were in the first ten position.
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The only question was if he is strong enough to break the course record. His motivation was the special prize: traditionally the organizer offers 10&euro, for every second faster than the old record. But he could not fight against the nature &ndash, in spite of the ideal weather conditions the course was due to the catastrophe in winter much slower, so the men&rsquo,s record remains untouched.
The closest opponent was David Schneider from Suisse repeated his excellent second position from 2011, but still 2 minutes behind the winner.
The course record holder Italian Alex Baldaccini finished third, but followed by a group of several runners who finished all in one minute.
Finally she also broke the course record for 42 seconds.
Local Mateja Kosovelj, 2013 Grand Prix winner and course record holder finished second and Alice Gaggi, 2013 world champion and Smarna gora race winner finished third.
WMRA Council on next January 2015 will discuss the format of 17. WMRA World Cup 2015. It is possible that the series of races valid could be increased like number of races included, due the fact that some traditional and very well-known competition (as, for sample, Challenge Stellina at Susa in Italy or Hochfelln Berglauf at Bergen, in Germany) probably will ask for being stage of the WMRA World Cup. The system point probably will be changed taking in consideration the real situation regarding participation of the runners and the possibility of choosing competitions. Regarding final overall prize money WMRA would try to involve also LOC of the races in this matters.
Calendar in athletics is always more full but mountain running , discipline is always more important inside athletic activity.
Edited from Bruno Gozzelino and Tomo Sarf (WMRA)
Source of the pictures (from LOC):
on front page:
- winner of World Cup 2014,
on second page:
- Petro Mamu, Smarna Gora winner men,
- Andrea Mayr, Smarna Gora winner women. ,