Yes Sabrina, new ladies mark
Yes Jon Olsen - PR, 2nd best all time and yes John Dennis - New PR
No Joe Fejes - Hell of a performance as it always take a 3rd solid scorer to win a wolrd championship, but he did run 156.626 miles at Deser Solstice mid-december in 2012
http://ultrasignup.com/results_event.aspx?did=16212
Sabrina Little nee Moran just broke Connie's 24 hour record, yes? Also a new 24 hour PR for RA'er Joe Fejes? Every year recently, Team USA performances have been extraordinary and inspiring.
Long dead ... But my stench lingers !
You're so right. I forgot about that. But, like you say, hell of a performance.
Wow it was close for the men between silver and bronze ~ Japan took it by 560 meters or 187 meters per runner
Uh oh... now what?
http://www.ultrarunning.com/ultra/features/news/americans-dominate-world-.shtml
Small blurb on the UltraRunning Web site, should have listed top U.S. finishers instead
of just the top five... Runner's World's idea of an article was to link to UR. It was great
to follow, but terrible hard to get up and go to work yesterday morning at 6:30... Joe
already has a post on the 'list.
Happy second half of spring to all.
rgot
From: http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/
Olsen and Kudo win in Steenbergen 24 Hour World and European ChampionshipsThe International Association of Ultrarunners organized the 10th IAU Worldand 19th European Championships in Steenbergen, the Netherlands on May11-12th 2013.The day-night event was organized on May 11-12th 2013 and saw 261 athletesparticipating from 22 federations.The race was organized on a fairly flat course measuring 2.34 kilometers inthe heart of Steenbergen. The picturesque town is a 2 hour drive fromAmsterdam and is set in a beautiful region.Jon Olsen (USA) took top honours in the men’s race. He ran a distance of269.675km leading the way. John Dennis (USA) finished in 2nd place runninga distance of 262.734km followed by Florian Reus (GER) running 259.939km.In the absence of Mike Morton (USA), winner of last year’s championships,Reus and Ludovic Dilmi featured as pre-race favourites. As the raceprogressed, there were several lead changes in the men’s field. ToshiroNaraki (JPN), Janis Actins (LAT) and Andrzej Radzikowski (POL) all tookshare in the leads first the first half of the race.Around the 12 hour mark Olsen took the lead running strong and neverrelinquished it after that. Even when the weather was harsh at night withhail stones and thunder showers, Olsen continued his strong performance,never really slowing down to jeopardise his placing.However, behind him big changes were being made. Naraki move down from thelead spot but attempted to hold on to a podium spot battling briefly withveteran 24 hour runner Anatoly Kruglicov (RUS). Both these runners finishedin the top 10 at the end. Dennis made his move in the last three quartersof the race shortly followed by the ever efficient Reus who saw hisopportunity in the early morning hours to firm up a podium spot.In the European Championships, defending champion, Reus took home the gold.He was followed in the silver and bronze medal spots by Kruglicov (RUS) andTimur Ponomarev (RUS) with distances of 257.040km and 256.666kmrespectively. In the team world championships, United States of Americatook home the gold followed by Japan and Germany. In the European teamcompetition, Germany won gold with Russia and Italy in the silver andbronze medal positions, respectively.In the women’s race, Mami Kudo (JPN) won the gold medal with a distance of252.205km. Sabrina Little (USA) finished in 2nd place running 244.669kmfollowed by Suzanna Bon (USA) who ran 236.228km.The women’s race, shaped up pretty fast with Mikie Sakane (JPN) taking theearly lead and Elizabeth Hawker (GBR) running a consistent 2nd until the 9hour mark when Kudo made her move from the bronze medal position to move upa spot.However, Kudo seeing several goals in sight was not contend in that spotand moved past her teammate Sakane in the 15 hour mark to hold on to herlead until the noon stoppage time on May 12th. When the final gun went off,Kudo had not only become a world champion but also established a newWorld’s Best Performance (WBP) for 24 Hour Roads. The previous WBP was heldby Lizzy Hawker and stood at 2467.076km.This was truly a brave performance considering the tough weather conditionsthe athletes had to endure for majority of the night. However, this did notdeter Kudo and several other athletes who established continental, nationaland personal bests.Also, around the same time, in the third quarter of the race, Little madeher move to solidify her strong pre-race showing to firmly lock up thesilver medal spot. Following her Bon concentrated on a strong night runningto establish her in the ultrarunning ranks by finishing in 3rd place.In the European Championships, former world champion Anne-Marie Vernet(FRA) took home the gold with 229.393km, followed by Cecile Nissen (FRA)and Sharon Law (GBR) who ran 227.618km and 226.107km, respectively. In theworld team competition, The United States of America took gold, followed byJapan in silver and France in bronze. In the European team competition,France took home the gold, followed by Great Britain and Germany in silverand bronze positions, respectively.The race was outstanding to watch. Several national records, national agegroup records and personal bests were set on this course.Nadeem KhanDirector of Communicationsnadeem.khan@iau-ultramarathon.orgResults 24hr World & European Championships 2013, Steenbergen, theNetherlandsMen:Gold --- Jon Olsen USA 269.675 kmSilver --- John Dennis USA 262.734 kmBronze --- Florian Reus GER 259.939 km (1st European Championship)4th Place --- Anatoly Kruglicov RUS 257.040 km (2nd European Championship)5th Place --- Timur Ponomarev RUS 256.666 km (3rd European Championship)Women:Gold --- Mami Kudo JPN 252.205 kmSilver --- Sabrina Little USA 244.669 kmBronze --- Suzanna Bon USA 236.228 km5th Place --- Anne-Marie Vernet FRA 229.393 km (1st European Championship)7th Place --- Cecile Nissen FRA 227.618 km (2nd European Championship)8th Place --- Sharon Law GBR 226.107 km (3rd European Championship)Team Competition Men:Gold --- United States of America 780.552 kmSilver --- Japan 752.567 kmBronze --- Germany 752.007 km (1st European Championship)4th Place --- Russia 748.162 km (2nd European Championship)5th Place --- Italy 715.739 km (3rd European Championship)Team Competition Women:Gold --- United States of America 710.599 kmSilver --- Japan 705.582 kmBronze --- France 670.698 km (1st European Championship)4th Place --- Great Britain 658.357 km (2nd European Championship)5th Place --- Germany 651.117 km