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Dear Sports Friends, Take advantage of an opportunity to ride in a special car which will drive ahead of the elite runners throughout the race!

Welcome to the 7th edition of the Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon! • Unique experience • Unrivaled photographs The Press Guide, which you are holding in your hands, contains basic information for journalists about the Mattoni Karlovy Vary • Live coverage from the course Half Marathon. You will also find a short introduction of elite athletes including intermediate times leading to breaking records. We hope you find everything you need to cover this year’s event, but please do not hesitate to ask anyone on the Press Team, if Reserve space in the car at the Press Centre or by calling Bohuslav Stehno at tel: +420 606 044 637. Seating is limited. you need anything else. Watch live on ČT Sport Press team

The Press Team is based at the Spa Hotel Thermal.

Diana Rybachenko Marketing & Communication 777 746 801 [email protected]

Bohuslav Stehno PR & Media 606 044 637 [email protected] #KVhalf

Matěj Hejda PR & Media 606 044 622 [email protected]

#KVhalf Press Centrum

The Press Center is a place where media representatives can pick up their credentials. Also, they will find there the latest information about the race, wireless Internet access, live results and live race broadcasting.

Friday - Saturday (race day) RED 2 room Spa Hotel Thermal, 1. floor I. P. Pavlova 11 Karlovy Vary

Opening hours: Friday May 17 - 11am to 8.30pm Spa Thermal Hotel, RED 2 room, 1. floor Saturday May 18 - 8.30am to 8.30pm Spa Thermal Hotel, RED 2 room, 1. floor

2 mattoni karlovy vary half marathon city and region PRESS CONFERENCES introducing of karlovy vary region

Friday - May 17, 2019 Spring and summer in the Karlovy Vary Region is bursting with cultural and sporting opportunities. This May the city will launch Pre-race press conference 11 am Moser room, Spa Thermal Hotel the nationwide Museum Nights Festival in the newly renovated premises of Karlovy Vary Museum. A selected number of other

cultural institutions throughout the spa town will also be open, offering visitors a remarkable accompanying programme. Then Program for media at end of June / beginning of July thousands of film fans and enthusiasts will flock to the city for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. And the region also welcomes sports fans with open arms. The country’s largest triathlon, the Karlovy Vary Triathlon Friday - May 17 World Cup is not to be missed. This event, taking place at the end of the summer holidays, welcomes both world-class runners as Press center 11 am - 8.30 pm Spa Thermal Hotel, RED 2 room well as children and amateur runners. Pre-race press conference 11 am Spa Thermal Hotel, Moser room Running Expo 1 pm – 6 pm Spa Thermal Hotel Karlovy Vary - a town full of history and modern pleasures, an ideal place for lovers of history or nature, unique not only for Pre-race Running 5 pm Running Expo, Spa Thermal Hotel romantics but also for families with children. Get to know the town with the Karlovy VARY REGION CARD.

Saturday - May 18 HOT SPRING UNDERGROUND | Colonnades in the city center is known by almost everyone, but what about an excursion to see Running Expo 10 am - 3 pm Spa Thermal Hotel itself underground, where thermal water rises? Awaken the researcher. Press center 8.30 am - 10 pm Spa Thermal Hotel Thermal, RED 2 room DIANA | BUTTERFLY HOUSE | The most famous lookout tower offers amazing views and also have a private tropical garden with Guest zone opening 3 pm Waterfront Liberation dozens of species of butterflies from around the world. Start of dm family run 4 pm Waterfront Liberation MUSEUM KARLOVY VARY | What was actually the history of Vary like? And how has it changed in the course of years? Start of Mattoni Karlovy Vary Halfmarathon 6 pm Waterfront Liberation An interactive exposition which makes use of modern audiovisual elements and the experience form makes acquainted with the Anticipated arrival of the first man 7 pm – 7.05 pm Waterfront Liberation history of the town and the region. A path for children will surely be a surprise too... Anticipated arrival of the first woman 7.07 pm – 7.12 pm Waterfront Liberation MOSER GLASSWORKS | Enjoy an extraordinary experience of working within glassmakers Moser glassworks. Award ceremony 7.15 pm Waterfront Liberation JAN BECHER MUSEUM | Jan Becher Museum tour will take you into the secrets of the production of traditional Czech liqueur After-race runner’s party 7.30 pm Spa Thermal Hotel made from over 20 herbs. Taste the Czech family silver produced since 1807. Award ceremony - relay, 2Run, VŠFS 8 pm Congress centre, Spa Thermal Hotel ROPE PARK + PRESERVE LINHART | Stroll through a sophisticated system of bridges that allows you to look from heights of up Official ending of race 9 pm Nábřeží Osvobození to 6 meters and observe seventy hectares large field inhabited by living animals. CHRISTMAS HOUSE | Who says that Christmas atmosphere can be experienced only in December, has never been in Karlovy Vary. On the manor Doubí can be seen year-round exhibition of Christmas decorations. more infos: www.karlovyvary.cz

institutional partners Title partner Title partner dm family run Tips 31. 5.–1. 6. Karlovy Vary Carnival 28. 6.–6. 7. International Filmfestival 24.–25. 8. Triathlon World Cup Main partners 13.–14. 9. Shining VARY° (Light Festival) 3.–8. 9. Karlovy Vary Folklore Festival

4 EUROHEROES CHALLENGE

IEuroHeroes is a RunCzech initiative (in cooperation with European Athletics) that was created for three reasons: To make European athletes even more competitive on the world stage. To celebrate the greatness that exists among us. And to generate a fan base for local and regional runners with the hope of inspiring a new generation to follow in their footsteps.

A dream? Of course. But dreams are where reality starts.

To fulfill our dream, we have designated four half as EuroHeroes events. Karlovy Vary, Ceske Budejovice, Usti nad Labem and Olomouc. A cluster of races that feature only European elite athletes within full support and care by European Athletics. And that´s not all. We have prepared another surprise for the athletes.

EuroHeroes Challenge. The runners’ top 2 out of 4 finishes will determine who will be honored at the end of the season as a EuroHero, with the competitive series encouraging local fans to follow every step in their quest.

Europe had its running heroes once. Emil Zatopek. , Stefano matton mattoni Baldini. Sebastian Coe. And it will again. With EuroHeroes. karlovy vary české budějovice half marathon half marathon 18 may 1 june

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Description of intermediate times Num. Country Name Bib. name date of birth HM PB Using the table on this page you can calculate the times the elite athletes are running. By the intermediate times you can estimate if runners have a real chance to break the world record, the race record and/or the Czech record. 1 UKR Roman Romanenko Roman R 30. 01. 1988 01:03:22 2 ITA Yassine 11. 06. 1993 01:02:18 1 5 10 15 20 21,0975 3 ESP El Hassan Oubaddi EL HASSAN 20. 09. 1991 01:02:40 0:02:46 0:13:50 0:27:40 0:41:31 0:55:21 0:58:18 WR M 4 IRL Paul Pollock PAUL 25. 06. 1986 01:02:10 5 FRA Mehdi Frere FRERE 27. 07. 1966 01:04:21 0:02:48 0:13:59 0:27:58 0:41:57 0:55:56 0:59:00 6 UKR Mykola Iukhymchuk MYKOLA 20.12.1985 01:02:28 7 MDA Roman Prodius ROMAN P 12.04.1981 01:03:37 0:02:51 0:14:13 0:28:26 0:42:40 0:56:53 1:00:00 8 CZE Jan Kohut JAN 17.12.1985 01:06:18 0:02:54 0:14:28 0:28:55 0:43:23 0:57:51 1:01:01 ER M 9 SVK Marek Hladík MAREK 06.12.1990 01:09:19 10 CZE Jiří Csirik Jiří 15.02.1992 01:09:55 0:02:55 0:14:35 0:29:09 0:43:44 0:58:19 1:01:31 11 CZE Jiří Petr jirka 24.07.1979 01:10:09 14 CZE Tomáš Navrátil Tomáš 31.07.1988 01:09:55 0:02:56 0:14:42 0:29:23 0:44:05 0:58:46 1:02:00 15 CZE Vladimír Marčík VLADIMÍR 07.04.1995 01:11:44 0:02:59 0:14:56 0:29:52 0:44:48 0:59:43 1:03:00 16 CZE Martin Kučera martin 01.12.1980 01:08:38 17 GRE Kostas Ghelaouzos kostaS 21.11.1990 01:08:08 0:03:02 0:15:10 0:30:20 0:45:30 1:00:40 1:04:00 18 AUT Christian Kresnik Christian 27.08.1990 01:10:09

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Num. Country Name Bib. name date of birth HM PB 0:03:11 0:15:57 0:31:54 0:47:51 1:03:48 1:06:51 ER NR M 1 MDA Lilia Fisikovici Lilia 29.3.1989 1:10:45 0:03:17 0:15:24 0:32:48 0:49:11 1:05:35 1:09:07 ER W 2 UKR Viktoria Kalyuzhna Viktoria 11.7.1994 1:11:05 0:03:19 0:16:35 0:33:11 0:49:46 1:06:22 1:10:00 3 UKR Olga Skrypak Olga 2.12.1990 1:13:48 4 UKR Olha Kotovska Olha 5.12.1983 1:12:19 0:03:22 0:16:50 0:33:40 0:50:30 1:07:20 1:11:02 5 UKR Yulia Schmatenko Yulia 10.10.1991 1:11:22 6 CZE Petra Pastorová Petra 6.1.1977 1:14:10 0:03:40 0:16:22 0:34:45 0:53:07 1:05:29 1:11:54 ER NR W 7 CZE Petra Kamínková Petra 19.1.1973 1:12:12 8 CZE Ivana Sekyrová 13.10.1971 1:14:06 WR — World Record M — Men Ivana ER — Event record F — Women 9 CYP Dagmara Handzlik Dagmara 20.2.1986 NR — National record 10 HUN Simona Staicu Simona 5.5.1971 1:10:11

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Roman Yassine El Hassan Paul ROMANĚNKO RACHIK OUBADDI POLLOCK

• 2017 national half marathon champion in • Three-times national long-distance running • He has mostly competed on home turf in • He was born in the Belfast district of Ukraine champion in • He’s a universal athlete, who previously Holywood in • In 2016 he finished fourth at the Birmingham • He has a bronze medal from the Berlin showed a preference for races covering • Alongside pursuing a running career, he also half marathon European Championships in marathon shorter distances earns a living as a physician • He has triumphed at half marathons in Bila • In 2015 he picked up gold at the U23 • This is only his second season running half • He’s the third fastest Irish runner of all time Tserkva, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Dushanbe European Championships in Tallinn marathons; he has three races under when it comes to long distances and • Together with the Italian national team, he his belt this year already • He represented Ireland at the 2016 Rio vHe will be coming to defend his Mattoni scooped up the Men’s Marathon Cup at • He finished second in Madrid and in the Polish Olympics Karlovy Vary Half Marathon victory for last year’s European Championship city of Gdynia • He writes blogs about his running and training which he also boasts the race record of 1:03:59 • His personal best stands at an amazing 1:02:29 recorded in Napoli City Half Marathon

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Mehdi Mykola Roman Jan FRERE Iukhymchuk PRODIUS KOHUT

• RunCzech Racing team member • Long-distance runner with an excellent • He recently celebrated his thirty-eighth • A thirty-four year old runner from Brno who • His personal best time of 1:04:21 hails from personal best of 1:02:28 recorded in the Polish birthday also works as a fitness coach and masseur in the 2018 Sportisimo Half Marathon city of Szczecin which he’s held onto since 2014 • Alongside professional running, he works as Brno and Blansko • Universal athlete who runs both track and • Shortly before taking on the Mattoni Karlovy a running trainer • He ran his fastest half marathon in Hradec road events Vary Half Marathon, he ran the 21 kilometre • The Moldovan representative competed for Králové in 2015 (1:06:18) • He finished fourth in the 3000-metre race at distance in the Polish city of Bialystok where he his country in the marathon distance at the • He has also competed in middle-distance runs the recent Club Championships held in took 3rd place (1:03:52) in what turned out to be 2012 Summer Olympics in during his career, though has shown preference France a competitive race, beaten only by the Kenyan • His stamina has grown with age which is also for longer courses in recent years • He plans to take on marathon distances at runners Mutuku and Kosgei reflected in his best time of 1:03:37 recorded in • Over the past two years, his best half some point in the near future Ostia in 2016 marathon races were in Pardubice where his best finish was 1:08:58

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Lilia Viktoria Olga Olha FISIKOVICI KALYUZHNA SKRYPAK KOTOVSKA

• The first Moldovan female athlete to qualify for • She boasts a fantastic time of 1:11:50 recorded • Despite her slight build, this twenty-eight year • The thirty-five year old runner has garnered the forthcoming 2020 Summer at a home turf race in Bila old athlete can run extremely fast plenty of experience and now passes Olympics in Tokyo Tserkva, though this was “only” enough to and is suited to long-distance courses. • on advice and tips to younger successors in the • She boasts a personal best time of 1:10:45, which secure her second place there • At the 2012 European Championships held in national team was an especially momentous occasion since it • She triumphed at last year’s Kiev half marathon Helsinki she picked up a bronze • She represented Ukraine at the 2016 Olympic was recorded on Czech soil in Ústí nad Labem delivering the impressive result of medal in the 10 000-metre race. Games in Rio de Janeiro where she finished thirty- • She competed in the marathon at the last 1:13:44 • Her half marathon personal best currently three in the marathon distance Olympics in Rio • She also shone at the Madrid half marathon stands at 1:13:09 recorded in Nice in 2014 • Her fastest half marathon hails from Ostia • She competed in the famous where she took second place recorded in 2011 where she ran an incredible 1:12:19 at the end of April where she took 14th place finish, enough to secure her fifth place • At the last year she smashed • In her current form she managed to complete the the long-lasting lasting national record, unbroken Mattoni České Budějovice Half Marathon in 1:14:14 since 1991

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Yulia Petra Petra Ivana SCHMATENKO PASTOROVÁ KAMÍNKOVÁ SEKYROVÁ

• She ran her first half-marathon in the Polish city • Czech national champion in both the half • A professional runner who also manages to • During her career to date, she has gathered a of Krakow (2015), finishing a remarkable seventh marathon and marathon distances run a business with her husband in the great many success stories place in her debut race • She is regarded as somewhat of a phenomenon Olomouc region including competing at the 2012 London • The following year she went on to defeat her on the Czech long-distance running scene, • Despite her 46 years, she continues to compete Olympics, where she represented the Czech fellow rivals running a momentous half marathon having never regularly trained competitively until at the top level, managing to chase younger Republic in the marathon in the German town of Altötting (2016). The same the age of 30 rivals • She’s been competing in long-distance races season saw her climb five places in the rankings in • With a touch of humour, she reports only • She has snatched the Czech national since around 2004, starting out in Krakow earning her a silver medal. In the following getting hooked on the idea of top level running championship title in a wide range of distances the nineties with the 400-metre hurdles, where year she took first place at the 21-kilometre race when she watched her eldest son take part in a on a total of seventeen occasions she also picked up the national champion title on home turf in Bila Tserkva and second place in cross-country running race • In 2005 she won the half marathon in the • She also works as a physical education and Dushanbe • She has also competed in the 50-kilometre Dutch city of Zwolle citizenship teacher at a grammar • She boasts an excellent personal best time of World Championships in Doha (2016) where she • Running accolades include the remarkable school in Sokolov. 1:11:22 from a home race in Ukraine (2017) finished 12th place achievement of winning the popular Běchovice - • This will be her third tough race in the space of Prague cross-country race a total of nine times one month NATIONALITY: UKRAINE NATIONALITY: CZECH REPUBLIC NATIONALITY: CZECH REPUBLIC NATIONALITY: CZECH REPUBLIC mattoni karlovy vary half marathon Highlights press guide

Key Information: • This is the seventh race year. • Featuring bands and DJs along the course, the Marathon Music Festival will also form part of the half marathon weekend. • The Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon will be broadcast live on ČT Sport (from 18:20) and on www.runczech. com (from 17:50). • RunCzech launches a special ALL RUNNERS ARE BEAUTIFUL running collection that runners can purchase in the Marathon Expo and later through RunCzech e-shop. • The Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon is the fourth event in the RunCzech series which comprises nine races in six cities around the Czech Republic and two in Italy. Last year a more than 100 000 runners took part in RunCzech • This year adidas will be presenting its limited event collection of t-shirts featuring prints from Plešouni (Baldies) in events. collaboration with the illustrator Eliška Podzimková.

• The race kicks f the EuroHeroes project – a new initiative of RunCzech (in cooperation with European Athletics) • The top level of medical care in Karlovy Vary this year will include a professional medical rescue service team plus aimed to support European athletes. Participating runners will compete for points counting towards the 15 medical points dotted around the course. EuroHeroes Challenge taking place in four cities - Karlovy Vary, České Budějovice, Olomouc and Ústí nad Labem. • The largest number of foreign runners will be coming from , , , Russia, Ukraine, Great • The race is awarded five-star certificate by European Athletics. Britain, and France.

• The race kicks off at 18.00 from Liberation Embankment. The dm family run gets under way at 16.00 from the • Karlovy Vary also boasts its own Mattoni FreeRun, a five-kilometre circuit open to anyone anytime, located along the same spot. Ohře River. Other routes in the Karlovy Vary Region are also planned – specifically in Sokolov, Chodov and Cheb.

• Race capacity remains unchanged since last year, totalling 4 000 competing runners. Additional 3000 participants • The official race hashtag is #KVhalf will join the dm family run. • The organisers will also be handing out awards for the fastest man and woman of the Karlovy Vary Region who • The half marathon leads runners through the most beautiful parts of the spa town. Long-distance runners will set will pick up King and Queen of the Region trophies courtesy of the LASVIT AJETO Glassworks. off from Liberation Embankment passing the town’s famous promenade halls, the Church of St Mary Magdalene • Runners also had the opportunity to join the official RunCzech community using the smartphone app Viber which and the Grandhotel Pupp. has an official channel devoted to long-distance runners. • The half marathon will be started by Karlovy Vary city deputy mayor Andrea Pfeffer Ferklová, and the dm family run by Karlovy Vary Region governor Jana Mračková Vildumetzová.

• Runners at the Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon may take advantage of the RunCzech mobile app. In it they will find a guide to the entire race, their start number, offers from our partners, live monitoring of runners on the course online and lots more. The app is available for both Android and iOS.

• Stars taking part this year include Ukrainian runner and winner of last year’s race Roman Romanenko as well as Moldovan Olympian Lilia Fisikovici.

• The hot favourite among the Czech men is professional runner and fitness trainer Jan Kohut. When it comes to the Czech women, fans can look forward to seeing a duel play out between veteran runners Ivana Sekyrová and Petra Kamínková, with another experienced runner and new national champion in the marathon distance Petra Pastorová. 20 21 mattoni karlovy vary half marathon press guide

Interesting Statistics Records • Race capacity at the Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon stands at 4 000 runners • Word record– men: 0:58:18 (2018) Abraham Kiptum (KEN), Valencia • Capacity for the dm Family Run is 2 700 participants • World record– women: 1:04:51 (2017) (KEN), Valencia • A total of 47 nationalities will be appearing at the start line • 63 % of runners are men, 37 % are women • Czech record – men: 1:01:31 (1997), Jan Pešava • The average age of women taking part in the half marathon is 37.3 years, for men it’s 40.2 years • Czech record – women: 1:11:01 (2018), Eva Vrabcová Nývltová • On average women manage to complete the Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon in 2:09:55, men in 1:50:00 • Among competing men, the most popular names are Martin, Jan, Petr, Tomáš and Jiří, the most widely represented • Race record – men: 1:00:54 (2017),Wilfred Kimitei (KEN) women’s names are Jana, Petra, Martina, Kateřina and Lucie. • Race record – women: 1:08:19 (2017), Yvonne Jelagat (KEN) • The most common race surname is Novák (16), Procházka (13), Svoboda (11), Novotný (9) and Fiala (8). For women it’s Novotná (7), Dvořáková (6), Urbanová (5), Černá (5), Procházková (5) and Kučerová (5). • European race record - men: 1:03:58 (2018), Roman Romanenko (UKR) • The vast majority of long-distance runners are educated to university level (58%), with college-educated • European race record - women: 1:09:17 (2014), Christelle Daunay (FRA) individuals making up 34% and the remaining 8 % made up of those with high school education • Fastest Czech man: 1:06:51 (2016), Milan Kocourek • To complete the 21.0975 km distance the average runner has to take 17 216 steps • Fastest Czech woman: 1:11:54 (2018), Eva Vrabcová Nývltová • The oldest male participant is: Norbert A. (CZE), 78 years • The oldest female participant is: Dagmar K. (CZE), 64 years NÁRODNÍ ZÁZNAMY • A total of 660 volunteers will be helping out on race day Men • The most widely represented professions of those taking part in the RunCzech Running League are: admin UKRAINE - Serhij Lebid - 1:01:49 - September 22, 2003 (Newcastle, ) workers (369), managers (314), students (205), teachers (146) and electrical engineers (100) ITALY - Rachid Berradi - 1:00:20 - April 13, 2002 - (Milano, Italy) • The least widely represented professions in the RunCzech Running League are: editors (1), telephone operators IRELAND - Alistair Cragg - 1:00:49 - March 20, 2011 (New York, USA) (2), librarians and those working in the print industry (2), ecologists (30 and politicians (4) FRANCE - Abdellatif Meftah - 1:00:46 - September 4, 2010 (Lille, France) MOLDOVA - Jaroslav Mushinschi - 1:03:38 - May 7, 2006 (Pristina, ) SLOVAKIA - Róbert Štefko - 1:01:51 - November 3, 1996 (Saint Denis, France) Used during the race drunk CZECH REPUBLIC - Jan Pešava - 1:01:31 - October 4, 1997 (Košice, Slovakia) • 9 684 litres of Mattoni water • 23 540 safety pins AUSTRIA - Günther Weidlinger - 1:01:42 - October 14, 2007 (Udine, Italy) • 73 000 cups • 4 200 litres of Gatorade

• 48 523 sponges for freshening up eaten Women • 3 094 thermal sheets • 1 621 kg of bananas MOLDOVA - Lilia Fisikovici - 1:10:45 - September 15, 2018 (Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic) • 7 000 medals • 1 273 kg of oranges UKRAINE - Natalija Berkut - 1:11:07 - December 23, 2006 (Okayama, Japan) • 26 kg of salt • 4 571 m of fencing CZECH REPUBLIC - Eva Vrabcová Nývltová - 1:11:01 - April 7, 2018 (Prague, Czech Republic) • 23 kg of sugar • 120 portable toilets CYPRUS - Dagmara Handzlik - 1:17:38 - June 24, 2017 (Rybnik, Poland) HUNGARY - Anikó Kálovics - 1:08:58 - April 1, 2007 (Milano, Italy) 22 23 runczech races 2019

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