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30. Vienna City Marathon 14. April 2013 run vienna – enjoy classics Media Guide Press Contact Mr. Andreas Maier [email protected] Tel. +43 650 350 14 88 www.vienna-marathon.com 30. Vienna City Marathon 14. April 2013 run vienna – enjoy classics 30th Vienna City Marathon SATURDAY, 13th APRIL 2013 Coca-Cola 4.2 (4 km – for young runners from 10 to 18 years) Start: 5:00 p.m. Coca-Cola 2.0 (2 km – for kids from 6 to 10 years) Start: 5:00 p.m. SUNDAY, 14th APRIL 2013 Vienna City Marathon (42.195 km) Start: Wagramer Straße / UN Offices / Reichsbrücke, 9:00 a.m. OMV Half Marathon (21,097 km) Start: Wagramer Straße / UN Offices / Reichsbrücke, 9:00 a.m. Krone Relay Marathon (Teams of four runners cover the marathon distance) 16.1 km / 5.7 km / 9.1 km / 11.295 km Start: Wagramer Straße / UN Offices / Reichsbrücke, 9:00 a.m. Finish for all races is at Heldenplatz. Information: www.vienna-marathon.com Late registration is only possible for the kids races COCA-COLA 4.2 AND COCA-COLA 2.0 at the Vienna Sports World, as long as starting places are available and no later than Saturday, 13th April, 3 p.m.. Vienna Sports World Messe Wien, Hall D Friday, 12th April, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 13th April, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Kids registration closes on Saturday, 3 p.m.! http://www.vienna-marathon.com/?url=viennasportsworld&lang=en Timeline April 14, 2013 08:57 a.m. Start Elite Halfmarathon, incl. Haile Gebrselassie 08:59 a.m. Start Elite Marathon Men + Women 09:00 a.m. Start Marathon, OMV Halfmarathon, Krone relay marathon TV Broadcast, Livestream & Live Ticker ORF2 14. April 2013 08:40 08:55 Vienna City Marathon - Countdown ORF2 14. April 2013 08:55 12:00 Vienna City Marathon 2013 (Start: 9:00) OSP 14. April 2013 12:00 13:00 LIVE Vienna City Marathon 2013 ORF1 14. April 2013 12:00 12:20 Highlights Coca-Cola 4.2 OSP 14. April 2013 20:15 23:15 Highlights VCM 2013 The live broadcast by Austrian TV Corporation ORF is available worldwide via Livestream on www.vienna-marathon.com on Sunday, April 14, from 8:40 a.m. CEST (UTC +02:00). A Live Ticker in English is available on race day parallel to the live stream. 30. Vienna City Marathon 14. April 2013 run vienna – enjoy classics 30th Vienna City Marathon welcomes 41,000 runners! Huge participation record at the jubilee edition The Vienna City Marathon is happy to welcome 40,957 runners from 118 nations who have registered for one of the events on the weekend 13th and 14th April 2013! This is a new participation record for this IAAF Gold Label Race, topping last year’s figures of 36,157 by a huge margin. The biggest growth took place in the marathon race with 10,510 entries, an increase by 26 percent compared to 2012. Preliminary entry figures VCM 2013 Marathon 10,510 OMV Half Marathon 14,907 Krone Relay Marathon 12,556 (=3,139 Teams) Coca-Cola 4.2 1,743 Coca-Cola 2.0 1,241 Total 40,957 Late registration is only possible for the kids races COCA-COLA 4.2 AND COCA-COLA 2.0 at the Vienna Sports World, as long as starting places are available and no later than Saturday, 13th April, 3 p.m.. Vienna Sports World Expo of the Vienna City Marathon Messe Wien, Hall D Friday, 12th April, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 13th April, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Kids registration closes on Saturday, 3 p.m.! http://www.vienna-marathon.com/?url=viennasportsworld&lang=en • No late registration for Marathon, OMV Half Marathon and Krone Relay Marathon! • Kids registration closes on Saturday, 13th April, 3 p.m.! • No Expo and race documents on Sunday, 14th April! International Friendship Party The Vienna City Marathon would be missing something without quintessential Austrian pancakes “Kaiserschmarrn” or classic pasta dishes at the International Friendship Party! Those who didn’t experience it yet should come to the beautiful banqueting hall of Vienna’s Town Hall! Time: Saturday, April 13, 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. http://www.vienna-marathon.com/?url=side_events/01_friendship_party&lang=en NEW: Festival for Youth New at the VCM: On Saturday, April 13, from 4:30 p.m. onwards we are celebrating the Festival For Youth on Vienna’s Heldenplatz. The finish of the kids races with thousands of young runners takes centre stage at an atmospheric celebration. http://www.vienna-marathon.com/?url=side_events/06_fest_jugend&lang=en 3 30. Vienna City Marathon 14. April 2013 run vienna – enjoy classics Haile Gebrselassie targets hat trick in Vienna Running Legend start in the OMV Champions Race at the half marathon distance Haile Gebrselassie goes for a Vienna hat trick. One of the greatest athletes of all times will come back to the Austrian capital and compete in the half marathon, which will be staged parallel to the Vienna City Marathon on 14th April. The Ethiopian who turns 40 four days after the race in Vienna has won the OMV Champions Race in the past two years and now intends to add a third win plus possibly attack his own course record. “We could not have hoped for a better ambassador for our jubilee race than Haile Gebrselassie. He loves Vienna’s spectators – and I believe the same applies the other way round. Haile Gebrselassie still is the most thrilling personality in running worldwide. We are very proud that he again chose to run in Vienna,” said Race Director Wolfgang Konrad. There are only very few road races in the world, where Haile Gebrselassie has competed three times in a row. Besides Vienna the marathons of Berlin and Dubai plus the Manchester 10 k race are among them. The two-time Olympic 10,000 m champion had come to Vienna for the first time in 2011. He then established the present half marathon course record of 60:18. A year ago Haile Gebrselassie competed again in the OMV Half Marathon. This time he ran a chase race against Britain’s world marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe, who had been given a head-start of several minutes. Since Radcliffe had not been fully fit she was overtaken by Gebrselassie relatively early. The Ethiopian clocked 60:52 minutes at his second victory in Vienna. Other competitors for this year’s race will be announced at a later stage. 4 30. Vienna City Marathon 14. April 2013 run vienna – enjoy classics Defending champion Henry Sugut faces tough opposition Jafred Chirchir Kipchumba, Gilbert Yegon and others target course record of 2:06:58 The Vienna City Marathon is one or Europe’s most traditional big city races over the classic distance. When it will see its 30th edition on 14th April there will be an elite men’s field that will fit to the occasion. Defending champion and course record holder Henry Sugut will return to what is Austria’s biggest sporting event. The Kenyan will be up against tough opposition: Among them is Jafred Chirchir Kipchumba, who features a personal best of 2:05:48. With this time the Kenyan will be the fastest runner ever entered into the race. The Vienna City Marathon is an IAAF Gold Label road race. A year ago Henry Sugut improved the course record of the Vienna City Marathon significantly. He won the race with 2:06:58, which was 40 seconds faster than the time fellow-Kenyan Abel Kirui had achieved in 2008. Additionally it was the first sub 2:07 result on Austrian soil and Henry Sugut became the first man to repeat a victory in Vienna since 1992. His first victory had come in 2010. Next month he could make another significant contribution to the history of the race. If the 27 year- old can win again he would become the only athlete besides Austria’s Gerhard Hartmann (1985 to ’87) to take the Vienna Marathon three times. But it will get tough for Henry Sugut on 14th April. Among a number of strong fellow-Kenyans there is Jafred Kipchumba, who features a PB that is more than a minute faster than Sugut’s. The 29 year-old has won the Eindhoven Marathon in 2011 with 2:05:48. And he has some good memories from the Vienna City Marathon as well. It was in 2009 when he ran his debut in the Austrian capital, clocking a fine 2:10:42 for sixth place. Additionally next month’s race will give Gilbert Yegon a chance to get his revenge. The 24 year-old was second in last year’s race, when he precisely matched the time of the former course record (2:07:38). His personal best however stands at 2:06:18, which he ran winning the Amsterdam Marathon in 2009. Peter Kamais, winner of the Xiamen Marathon 2012, should be equally strong. He clocked his personal best of 2:07:37 in China. Three Kenyan runners who know the Vienna City Marathon well could feature prominently. Willy Kibor placed fifth in Vienna last year, clocking his personal best of 2:08:35. Geoffrey Ndungu took the Dublin Marathon in 2011 with a PB of 2:08:35. He had been seventh in last year’s Vienna City Marathon with a time of 2:10:00. Josphat Kamzee finished in 12th position in 2012 with 2:12:02. In autumn he improved a lot by running 2:08:41 in Berlin.