Mountain running world championships 2010

The 26th World Mountain Running Championships (26th World Mountain Running Championships) of the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) found on 5. September 2010 in the Slovenian town of Kamnik instead. They consisted of four competitions that led to the Velika Planina. The men covered a course of 12 km in length with a net ascent of 1220 meters (1295 m uphill and 75 m downhill). The women and juniors started over a distance of 8.5 km with a net increase of 960 meters in altitude (1035 m uphill and 75 m downhill) and the juniors over a distance of 4.5 km with a net increase of 420 meters in altitude (430 m uphill and 10 m downhill).

Athletes who were at least 18 years old on December 31, 2010 were admitted to the senior competitions, and those who were between 16 and 19 years old on December 31, 2010 were eligible 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.

39 countries took part in the world championships, more than ever before.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Samson Kiflemariam	ERI	56:25
2	Azerya Teklay Weldemariam	ERI	56:28
3	Geofrey Kusuro	UGA	56:57
4th	Petro Manu Shaku	ERI	57:00
5	Stephen Kiprotich	UGA	57:16
6th	Abraham Kidane Habtom	ERI	57:55
7th	Ahmet Aslan	DOOR	58:14
8th	Jonathan Wyatt	NZL	58:23

149 runners reached the finish.

Placements of participants from German-speaking countries:

• 13: David Schneider (SUI), 1:00:07
• 33: Markus Hohenwarter (AUT), 1:02:28
• 41: Simon Lechleitner (AUT), 1:03:19
• 44: René Stöckert (GER), 1:03:35
• 50: Martin Anthamatten (SUI), 1:03:58
• 53: Alois Redl (AUT), 1:04:11
• 55: Matthias Hecktor (GER), 1:04:18
• 58: Korbinian Schönberger (GER), 1:04:33
• 67: Jürgen Mock (AUT), 1:05:22
• 74: Josef Beha (GER), 1:05:56
• 85: Thomas Summer (AUT), 1:07:14
• 89: Thomas Göpfert (GER), 1:07:48
• 94: Martin Mausser (AUT), 1:08:15

Gerd Frick (ITA) from South Tyrol came in 35th place.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Eritrea Samson Kiflemariam Azerya Teklay Weldemariam Petro Manu Shaku Abraham Kidane Habtom	13 0 1 02 04 06
2	United States Joe Gray Max King Tommy Manning Eric Blake	71 10 16 18 27
3	Italy Gabriele Abate Marco De Gasperi Bernard Dematteis Antonio Toninelli	77 11 17 24 25

24 teams came into the evaluation. The Austrian team finished ninth with 194 points and the German team eleventh with 231 points.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Andrea Mayr	AUT	49:30
2	Valentina Belotti	ITA	50:08
3	Martina Strähl	SUI	50:42
4th	Svetlana Semowa	RUS	51:02
5	Mateja Kosovelj	SLO	51:24
6th	Antonella Confortola Wyatt	ITA	52:19
7th	Jelena Ruchljada	RUS	52:30
8th	Claudia Helfenberger	SUI	52:35

69 runners reached the finish.

Further placements by participants from German-speaking countries:

• 10: Bernadette Meier-Brändle (SUI), 52:57
• 41: Margit Eglseder (AUT), 58:03
• 47: Tanja Eberhart (AUT), 58:55
• 48: Alexandra Bott (GER), 59:00
• 53: Marion Kapuscinski (AUT), 59:51

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Italy Valentina Belotti Antonella Confortola Wyatt Maria Grazia Roberti	17 0 2 06 09
2	Switzerland Martina Strähl Claudia Helfenberger Bernadette Meier-Brändle	21 0 3 08 10
3	Russia Swetlana Semowa Jelena Ruchljada Jelena Nagowizyna	36 0 4 07 25

13 teams came into the evaluation. The Austrian team finished eighth with 89 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yossief Andemichael	ERI	42:30
2	Ridvan Bozkurt	DOOR	46:00
3	Jente Joly	BEL	46:29

76 runners reached the finish.

Placements of participants from German-speaking countries:

• 8: Toni Palzer (GER), 48:44
• 9: Fabian Alraun (GER), 49:03
• 10: Martin Mattle (AUT), 49:07
• 15: Daniel Lustenberger (SUI), 49:48
• 16: Matthias Dorfer (GER), 49:51
• 21: Jean-Baptiste Salamin (AUT), 50:33
• 46: David Brunner (AUT), 53:03
• 59: Christoph Aschaber (AUT), 56:50
• 66: Jérémy Hunt (SUI), 59:52

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Turkey Ridvan Bozkurt Ergin Ulaş Sebahattin Yıldırımcı	20 0 2 04 14
2	Germany Toni Palzer Fabian Alraun Matthias Dorfer	33 0 8 09 16
3	Italy Paolo Ruatti Massimo Farcoz Andrea Debiasi	41 11 12 18

19 teams came into the evaluation. The Swiss team came in tenth with 102 points and the Austrian team in 13th place with 115 points.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yasemin Can	DOOR	24:04
2	Burcu Dağ	DOOR	24:42
3	Adélaïde Panthéon	FRA	24:48

51 runners reached the finish.

Placements of participants from German-speaking countries:

• 17: Susanne Mair (AUT), 27:29
• 19: Nora Coenen (GER), 27:36
• 22: Michelle Maier (GER), 27:51
• 31: Sophie Wallner (AUT), 28:52
• 37: Christina Mandlbauer (AUT), 29:34

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Total points and individual placement
1	Turkey Yasemin Can Burcu Dağ	03 0 1 02
2	Romania Cristina Negru Denisa Dragomir	13 0 5 08
3	United Kingdom Catriona Buchanan Becky Lambson	19 0 7 12

17 teams came into the evaluation. The German team finished ninth with 41 points and the Austrian team tenth with 48 points.

Web links

• Official Results on Leichtathletik.de (PDF; 217 kB)
• Gasgazghi and Mayr take World Mountain Running titles in Kamnik ( Memento from September 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), article on the IAAF website, September 6, 2010
• African runners storm the mountain run summit , article by Wilfried Raatz on Leichtathletik.de, September 6, 2010