Mountain Running World Championships 2009

The 25th World Mountain Running Championships (25th World Mountain Running Championships) took place on 6. September 2009 in the Italian communities Madesimo and Campodolcino instead. It consisted of four competitions that were held on a 4.3 kilometer long circuit with a difference in altitude of 275 meters . The men completed three laps (12.9 kilometers, 825 meters in altitude), the women and juniors two (8.6 kilometers, 550 meters in altitude) and the juniors one. Athletes who were at least 18 years old on December 31, 2009 were admitted to the senior competitions, and those who were between 16 and 19 years old on December 31, 2009 for the junior competitions.

In all competitions there was a team ranking in which the placements of the top four for men, the top three for women and juniors and the two best runners from each nation for juniors were added up.

After 24 editions of the World Mountain World Trophy , it was the first time that the competition organized by the World Mountain Running Association was officially recognized as a world championship by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). With the Ugandan Geofrey Kusuro there was the first African winner in the history of this world comparison.

The winner, Elisa Desco , tested positive for the erythropoietin derivative CERA. After a year and a half trial, the Italian was disqualified and a ban was imposed on her. The British team moved up to first place as a result of this decision, while the Italian team fell back to silver.

Participating Nations

Athletes from the following 34 countries took part in the World Championships:

Armenia  Australia  Belgium  Bulgaria  Germany  Eritrea  France  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Canada  Croatia  North Macedonia  Mexico  Monaco  New Zealand  Austria

Poland  Portugal  Rwanda  Romania  Russia  Switzerland  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Czech Republic  Turkey  Uganda  Ukraine  Venezuela  United States  United Kingdom  Belarus

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Geofrey Kusuro	UGA	54:51
2	Azerya Weldemariam	ERI	55:45
3	James Kibet	UGA	55:54
4th	Bernard Dematteis	ITA	56:02
5	Zemichael Tesfamichael	ERI	56:08
6th	Debesay Tsige Behlbi	ERI	56:17
7th	Jean Baptiste Simukeka	RWA	56:17
8th	Marco De Gasperi	ITA	56:20

Of 148 registered runners, 142 started and 138 crossed the finish line.

Placements of participants from German-speaking countries:

• 21: David Schneider (SUI), 59:20 min
• 36: Simon Lechleitner (AUT), 1:01:01 h
• 41: Bernard Weberhofer (AUT), 1:01:20 h
• 54: Ulrich Steidl (GER), 1:02:34 h
• 59: Manuel Stöckert (GER), 1:02:55 h
• 62: Georges Volery (SUI), 1:03:01 h
• 92: Dominik Zierler (AUT), 1:05:49 h
• 97: Richard Obendorfer (AUT), 1:06:41 h
• 98: Stefan Haldimann (SUI), 1:07:10 h
• 102: Jürgen Mock (AUT), 1:07:58 h
• DNF: Sébastien Epiney (SUI)

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Eritrea Azerya Weldemariam Zemichael Tesfamichael Debesay Tsige Behlbi Teklya Kesete Abraha	24 0 2 05 06 11
2	Italy Bernard Dematteis Marco De Gasperi Martin Dematteis Emanuele Manzi	39 0 4 08 09 018
3	Turkey Ahmet Arslan Mehmet Çağlayan Selahattin Selçuk Erkan Kuş	75 10 17 20 28

23 teams came into the evaluation. The Austrian team took 12th place.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Valentina Belotti	ITA	43:39
2	Maria Grazia Roberti	ITA	44:03
3	Sarah Tunstall	GBR	44:23
4th	Hülya Baştuğ	DOOR	44:57
5	Anna Pichrtová	CZE	44:59
6th	Katie Ingram	GBR	44:59
7th	Shanna Vokueva	RUS	45:21
8th	Mateja Kosovelj	SLO	45:23

All 69 registered runners reached the finish.

Placements of participants from German-speaking countries:

• 27: Maya Chollet (SUI), 47:54 min
• 28: Irmgard Kubicka (AUT), 48:08 min
• 39: Tanja Eberhart (AUT), 49:28 min
• 49: Marion Kapuscinski (AUT), 51:57 min
• 55: Natascha Schmitt (GER), 52:53 min
• 56: Karoline Reich (AUT), 53:11 min

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	United Kingdom Sarah Tunstall Katie Ingram Kate Goodhead	19 0 3 06 10
2	Italy Valentina Belotti Maria Grazia Roberti Cristina Scolari	24 0 1 02 21
3	United States Brandy Erholtz Christine Lundy Megan Kimmel	35 0 9 12 14

14 teams came into the evaluation. The Austrian team took ninth place.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Xavier Chevrier	ITA	38:26
2	Muzaffer Bayram	DOOR	39:22
3	Alper Demir	DOOR	39:32

Of the 73 registered runners, 68 started, all of them reaching the finish.

Placements of participants from German-speaking countries:

• 7: Candide Pralong (SUI), 40:12 min
• 8: René Stöckert (GER), 40:50 min
• 13: Martin Mattler (AUT), 42:11 min
• 16: Augustin Salamin (SUI), 42:23 min
• 25: Jakob Mayer (AUT), 43:05 min
• 44: David Salamin (SUI), 44:54 min
• 45: Fabian Alraun (GER), 44:55 min
• 49: Leopold Reissner (AUT), 45:07 min
• 51: Vasco Bolis (SUI), 45:17 min
• 52: Karl Dominik (GER), 45:33 min
• 57: Philipp Reiter (GER), 47:02 min
• 65: Gernot Hunterer (AUT), 50:37 min

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Turkey Muzaffer Bayram Alper Demir Nuri Kömür	14 0 2 03 09
2	Italy Xavier Chevrier Luca Cagnati Kelemu Crippa	16 0 1 05 10
3	United Kingdom Alexander Hendry Robbie Simpson Scott McDonald	52 15 18 19

16 teams came into the evaluation. The Swiss team took fifth, the Austrian ninth and the German 13th place.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yasemin Can	DOOR	22:18
2	Megan Morgan	United States	22:35
3	Angelika Mach	POLE	22:56

Of 46 registered runners, 44 started and 42 reached the finish.

Placements of participants from German-speaking countries:

• 25: Géraldine Bach (SUI), 25:42 min
• 38: Nora Coenen (GER), 28:02 min
• 39: Franziska Hühn (GER), 28:22 min
• 40: Clara Hildt (GER), 29:14 min

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Turkey Yasemin Can Zeynep Yok	05 0 1 04
2	Romania Raluca Morjan Andra Loredane Ologu	13 0 6 07
3	Poland Angelika Mach Katarzyną Dulak	20 0 3 17

14 teams came into the evaluation. The German team took 13th place.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Turkey	3	1	2	6th
2	Italy	2	4th	-	6th
3	United Kingdom	1	1	1	3
4th	Eritrea	1	1	-	2
5	Uganda	1	-	1	2
6th	United States	-	1	1	2
7th	Romania	-	1	-	1
8th	Poland	-	-	2	2

Web links

• Mountain Running World Championships in Campodolcino (Italy) , results on Leichtathletik.de
• World Mountain Running Association results page
• 25th World Mountain Running Championships ( September 4, 2009 memento on the Internet Archive ), preview on the IAAF website, September 1, 2009
• Desco and Kusuro win World Mountain Running Championship titles ( September 8, 2009 memento in the Internet Archive ), article on the IAAF website, September 6, 2009
• African success at Mountain Running World Championships , article on Leichtathletik.de, September 6, 2009

Footnotes

1. ↑ Financial Times Deutschland : Positive test with mountain running world champion Desco ( Memento from October 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). October 8, 2009
2. ↑ Austria : Mountain running world champion Desco threatens suspension . March 27, 2010
3. ↑ Focus : Athletics: Mountain running world champion Desco banned for doping . February 16, 2011