Important 8th edition of Balkan Mountain Running Championships 2016.
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At Nova Zagora (Bulgaria) was held the 8th edition of ABAF Mountain Running Championships. Five Nations were present: Roumania, Turkey, Serbia, FYR of Makedonia and, hosting Country, Bulgaria.
This important event inside the International Mountain Running Calendar was very well organised by BAF, that is also involved in the organisation of the 32th World Mountain Running Championships 2016 at Sapareva Banya, following a tradition very important in Bulgaria for this discipline of the athletics." "In the junior women race (km. 4,180), the winner was decided only in the last part of the race: Turkish Yasemin Zengin bacame Balkan Champion clocked 21 minutes and 30 seconds, just four seconds in front of Romanian Alexia Hecico (21:34). Third was other Romanian runner Loredana Viziteu (time 21:54).In the team results, Roumania won gold medal with 10 points, in front of Turkey (second with 15 points) and Bulgaria (third with 28 points). ,
About 60 runners competed in the four races. ,
Roumania dominated medal table, but also Turkey and Bulgaria won medals.
In particular, Roumania took 6 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze, so in total 11 medals, Turkey won remaining 2 gold and 4 silver plus 2 bronze, that is 8 medals globally, finally Bulgaria kept 1 silver and 4 bronze, so it means that Bulgaria gained 5 medals in total.This important event inside the International Mountain Running Calendar was very well organised by BAF, that is also involved in the organisation of the 32th World Mountain Running Championships 2016 at Sapareva Banya, following a tradition very important in Bulgaria for this discipline of the athletics." "In the junior women race (km. 4,180), the winner was decided only in the last part of the race: Turkish Yasemin Zengin bacame Balkan Champion clocked 21 minutes and 30 seconds, just four seconds in front of Romanian Alexia Hecico (21:34). Third was other Romanian runner Loredana Viziteu (time 21:54).In the team results, Roumania won gold medal with 10 points, in front of Turkey (second with 15 points) and Bulgaria (third with 28 points). ,
In the junior men race (km. 8,360), Balkan Champion 2016 was Romanian Gabriel Bularda who won with a large gap: he clocked 36 minutes and 53 seconds whilst second arrived was Turkish Atalayin Tahsin with time of 37:44 and third another Turkish runner, Yalcin Tekin who finished race in 38 minutes and 46 seconds.In the team result, Turkey became Balkan Champion 2016 with 9 points. Second finished Roumania with 16 points and third Bulgaria with25 points. In the fourth place was Serbia (42 points). ,
In the women senior race (km. 8,360), the race was similar to junior men race and the first three runners arrived to the finish without any problem for keeping their position.In fact the Balkan Champion 2016 was Romanian Cristiana Ghita who clocked 41 minutes and 33 seconds, in front of her teammateDenisa Dragomir, with time of 42 minutes and 41 seconds. Third finished best Bulgarian runner, Narinale Nineva with time of 43 minutes and 42 seconds.In the team results, Roumania won gold medal with only 7 points, in front of Bulgaria, silver, with 17 points and Turkey, bronze medal with 25 points. ,
In the senior men race (km. 12,540), Romanian Catalin Atanasoatei became Balkan Champion 2016 finished his race with a time of 55 minutes and 32 seconds, in front of Turkish Agyurek Muhammet Can, silver medallist, with a time of 56 minutes and 13 seconds. Third was a very well know runner, more specialist of long distance race, Romanian Ionut Zinca who finished race clocked 56 minutes and 45 seconds.in the team result, once more Roumania became Balkan Champion 2016 with 13 points in front of Turkey second with 17 points and Bulgaria third with 21 points. Fourth position for Serbia with 35 points. ,
Edited from Bruno Gozzelino (WMRA President) ,
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