29th London-Marathon, 26/04/2009
Miki Mouse, Queen of London Marathon
Irina Mikitenko proves to be the world's best runner, men repeat Beijing
medals
(Photos: interAir 2, WorldWideImages 6, Helge Schroeter-Janssen 3, Sauer 3)
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German Travel
Group:
Only 278 runners from Germany finished the 29th London Marathon.
The race is an almost pure British event. There are only 7% overseas
runners allowed to take part, compared to 50% at the New York City
Marathon. |
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Same prodecure:
After 11 miles it's the same story as last year. Irina Mikitenko keeps
to her pace maker and drafting behind her are the later runner-up, Mara Yamauchi,
and Zhou Chunxiu, who is going to drop back to 12th place.
The Kazakhstan born shows a brave race and colours of her heart as she
is wearing German national team cloth in this private race. She lives
in Hesse near Frankfurt. |
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Mr. Lauftreff.de:
Helge Schroeter-Janssen is Germany's most ambitious webmaster of
the best visited running websites like
www.lauftreff.de. |
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Bye Flora:
Organisiers thank Unilever for sponsoring the London Marathon for the
unusually long period of 14 years. They are followed by Virgin, who
have signed for 5 years so far. |
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Grand stand:
The crowds are even bigger than in recent
years, obviously helped by the beautiful weather.
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Tower Bridge:
Exactly at 20km the runners reach the
atmosphere's peak at the Tower Bridge. |
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Refreshment
Briskly frequented are the flow path
showers to cool down from 20°celsius. |
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Till death do us part:
Rachel Pitt and Garry Keates are not the
first couple to marry while running the London Marathon. But no others
before took there time to go through a ecclesiastical ceremony. The
couple finishes just married after 7:03:46. |
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Pedigree:
Woody, alias Lloyd Moreton, is a regular
costume runner at the London-Marathon. He is striking root after 5:53:07. |
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Royal Follower:
Audrey L Butler covers her F65 behind the Queen's mask, but she doesn't
have to hide because of her 6:49:49. |
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Marathon Model:
Her Make-up is still perfect after 7:11:00. Model "Jordan" Katie Price and
djungle husband Peter Andre collect more than 200,000 Pfund for
charity.
2 weeks later it was a different story.
Pete's rage with Jordan's sex ban |
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Target of dreams:
Finish line at the Royal Mall. |
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Victory couple:
Irina Mikitenko (GER) and
Samuel Wanjiru (KEN).
The men kept to a gruelling world record speed until half way
(61:35), after a slow-down the Olympic champion still managed to set a
new course record of 2:05:10. Behind Kebede
and Gharib change their Beijing places. |
Miki Mouse: 1,58m tall, 48kg light - Irina Mikitenko is the
greatest
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Stats London-Marathon 2009
Applicants: 155,000
Accepted: 49,995
Finisher: 35,247 thereof female 11,036 (31,3%)
Last registered Finisher: 8:50:41
Next race: 25/04/2010
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Overseas Runners: 2,432 (6,9%)
French: 531
Italian: 328
German: 278
Irish: 141
US-American: 101
South African: 55
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Top Ten 2009
pos |
name |
time |
1 |
» WANJIRU, SAMUEL (KEN) |
02:05:10 |
2 |
» KEBEDE, TSEGAY (ETH) |
02:05:20 |
3 |
» GHARIB, JAOUAD (MAR) |
02:05:27 |
4 |
» MUTAI, EMMANUEL (KEN) |
02:06:53 |
5 |
» RAMAALA, HENDRICK (RSA) |
02:07:44 |
6 |
» GOUMRI, ABDERRAHIM (MAR) |
02:08:25 |
7 |
» KIFLE, YONAS (ERI) |
02:08:28 |
8 |
» SATO, ATSUSHI (JPN) |
02:09:16 |
9 |
» KEFLEZIGHI, MEB (USA) |
02:09:21 |
10 |
» LIMO, FELIX (KEN) |
02:09:47 |
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pos |
name |
time |
1 |
» MIKITENKO, IRINA (GER) |
02:22:11 |
2 |
» YAMAUCHI, MARA (GBR) |
02:23:12 |
3 |
» SHOBUKOVA, LILIYA (RUS) |
02:24:24 |
4 |
» ZAKHAROVA, SVETLANA (RUS) |
02:25:06 |
5 |
» ADERE, BERHANE (ETH) |
02:25:30 |
6 |
» ABITOVA, INGA (RUS) |
02:25:55 |
7 |
» NDEREBA, CATHERINE (KEN) |
02:26:22 |
8 |
» MORIMOTO, TOMO (JPN) |
02:26:29 |
9 |
» WAMI, GETE (ETH) |
02:26:54 |
10 |
» PETROVA, LYUDMILA (RUS) |
02:27:42 |
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Links
www.london-marathon.de everything you want to know
www.virginlondonmarathon.com
official website
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More Reports
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Photo Report by Adrian Massey
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