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ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN RECORDS AS at 16Th September 2020
ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN RECORDS AS AT 16th September 2020. MEN EVENT PERF. DATE VENUE NAME STATE D.O.B. 100 METRES Aust Allcomers 9.87 23-Sep-00 Sydney Maurice Greene USA 23-Jul-74 Aust National 9.93 5-May-03 Mita, JPN Patrick Johnson ACT 26-Sep-72 Aust U20 10.15 1-Jul-18 Finland Jake Doran QLD 18-Jul-00 Aust U18 10.38 11-Dec-15 Perth Jack Hale TAS 22-May-98 Aust U16 10.67 7-Dec-13 Townsville Jordon Shelley NSW 27-Feb-98 200 METRES Aust Allcomers 19.92 25-Feb-99 Melbourne Frankie Fredericks NAM 2-Oct-67 Aust National 20.06 16-Oct-68 Mexico City Peter Norman VIC 15-Jun-42 Aust U20 20.48 3-Feb-85 Brisbane Fred Martin NSW 4-Oct-66 Aust U18 20.90 6-Nov-82 Sydney Darren Clark NSW 6-Sep-65 20.90 19-Aug-89 Saga Paul Greene NSW 9-Dec-72 20.90 24-Sep-17 Townsville Zane Branco QLD 4-Jan-00 Aust U16 21.44 8-Dec-13 Townsville Jordon Shelley NSW 27-Feb-98 400 METRES Aust Allcomers 43.84 25-Sep-00 Sydney Michael Johnson USA 13-Sep-67 Aust National 44.38 26-Sep-88 Seoul Darren Clark NSW 6-Sep-65 Aust U20 44.75 8-Aug-84 Los Angeles Darren Clark NSW 6-Sep-65 Aust U18 45.96 19-Aug-89 Saga Paul Greene NSW 9-Dec-72 Aust U16 47.99 13-Dec-19 Brisbane Jack Boulton VIC 15-Jun-04 800 METRES Aust Allcomers 1:43.15 4-Mar-10 Melbourne David Rudisha KEN 17-Dec-88 Aust National 1:44.21 20-Jul-18 Monaco Joseph Deng VIC 7-Jul-98 Aust U20 1:45.91 28-Jul-95 Lindau Paul Byrne VIC 29-Jan-76 Aust U18 1.47.24 11-Dec-93 Canberra Paul Byrne VIC 29-Jan-76 Aust U16 1:51.41 11-Dec-88 Canberra Mark Holcombe VIC 21-Aug-73 1000 METRES Aust Allcomers 2:17.67 14-Jan-88 Melbourne -
World Rankings — Women's
World Rankings — Women’s 800 1956 © TAKASHI ITO/PHOTO RUN 1 .......Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 2 .............Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 3 ............ Ursula Donath (East Germany) 4 ............. Phyllis Perkins (Great Britain) 5 ............... Diane Leather (Great Britain) 6 .............. Aida Lapshina (Soviet Union) 7 ..............Dzidra Levicka (Soviet Union) 8 ..........................Aranka Kazi (Hungary) 9 .......................... Halina Gabor (Poland) 10 ...............Betty Loakes (Great Britain) 1957 1 ............... Diane Leather (Great Britain) 2 ............ Ursula Donath (East Germany) 3 ... Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (Soviet Union) 4 .............Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 5 ..............Dzidra Levicka (Soviet Union) 6 ........Tatyana Avramova (Soviet Union) 7 ..........................Florica Otel (Romania) 8 ..........................Aranka Kazi (Hungary) 9 .....................Gizella Sasvári (Hungary) 10 ..Bedřiška Kulhavá (Czechoslovakia) 1958 1 .Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (Soviet Union) 2 ............... Diane Leather (Great Britain) 3 ..............Dzidra Levicka (Soviet Union) 4 ........... Zoya Skobtsova (Soviet Union) 5 .............Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 6 .......Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 7 ............. Ariane Döser (West Germany) 8 ...........Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 9 ................Dora Kozlova (Soviet Union) 10 ....Lyubov Yanvaryeva (Soviet Union) 1959 1 .......Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 2 ..............Dzidra Levicka (Soviet Union) 3 ....................Joy Jordan (Great -
EUROPEAN VETERAN OUTDOORS RECORDS 2011 Compiled by Ivar Söderlind, Statistician of EVAA (20.10.2011)
1 EUROPEAN VETERAN OUTDOORS RECORDS 2011 compiled by Ivar Söderlind, statistician of EVAA (20.10.2011) In 2011, up to October 20, I have registered 43 new or modified European Records and 25 also are World Records. In the European Masters Games (EMG) in Italy September 10-20 I found 5 European Records and all 5 also are World Records. In the WMA Championship Outdoors in Sacramento, USA July 5-17 I have noted 6 European Records and 3 of these records are World Records. And in the European Veteran Athletic Championship Indoors (EVACI) in Gent, BEL March 16-20 2011 I found 3 World Records outdoors: in discus W75, Weight Throw M80 and Hammer W80. In 2010 I changed in the Record Lists because of new equipments, weights, hurdles distances etc. from May 1 2010. WMA´s decided changes in the rules for veterans were then implemented. In K70+ and M80+, 300m hurdles have been replaced by 200 m hurdles (hurdle height 68.6 cm). In the European Record Lists we will present both old records (in 300m hurdles) and the new records (in 200m hurdles). In K75+ the weight in Shot Put and Hammer dropped from 3.0 kg to 2.0 kg and in weight throw it dropped from 5.45 to 4.0 kg. The old records in these throw events will be left up until it is better results with the new weights. In M60-M65, we have (since 2009) new hurdles distance of 60m hurdles indoor and 100m hurdles outdoor (12.00 meters from the start to the first hurdle and 16.00 meters from the last hurdles to the goal.) Observe that IAAF:s rules concerning the winds in Multievent competitions was changed in the congress at the World Championships in Berlin 2009 and the 4.0 m/s limit is not valid anymore! The only rule is the average of 2.0 m/s taken over all wind measured events. -
Stockholm 2019: Full Athletes' Bios (PDF)
Men's 200m Diamond Discipline 30.05.2019 Start list 200m Time: 20:22 Records Lane Athlete Nat NR PB SB 1 Kyle GREAUX TTO 19.77 19.97 20.15 WR 19.19 Usain BOLT JAM Berlin 20.08.09 2 Bernardo BALOYES COL 20.00 20.00 20.08 AR 19.72 Pietro MENNEA ITA Ciudad de México 12.09.79 3 Alonso EDWARD PAN 19.81 19.81 20.56 NR 20.30 Johan WISSMAN SWE Stuttgart 23.09.07 WJR 19.93 Usain BOLT JAM Hamilton 11.04.04 4 Alex QUIÑÓNEZ ECU 19.93 19.93 20.19 MR 19.77 Michael JOHNSON USA 08.07.96 5 Aaron BROWN CAN 19.80 19.98 20.07 DLR 19.26 Yohan BLAKE JAM Bruxelles 16.09.11 6 Ramil GULIYEV TUR 19.76 19.76 19.99 SB 19.76 Divine ODUDURU NGR Waco, TX 20.04.19 7 Jereem RICHARDS TTO 19.77 19.97 20.21 8 Henrik LARSSON SWE 20.30 20.85 2019 World Outdoor list 19.76 +0.8 Divine ODUDURU NGR Waco, TX 20.04.19 19.82 -0.8 Kenneth BEDNAREK USA Hobbs, NM 18.05.19 Medal Winners Road To The Final 19.84 -0.4 Michael NORMAN USA Osaka 19.05.19 1 Ramil GULIYEV (TUR) 8 19.99 +1.3 Ramil GULIYEV TUR Doha 03.05.19 2018 - Berlin European Ch. 2 Alex QUIÑÓNEZ (ECU) 7 20.04 +1.4 Steven GARDINER BAH Coral Gables, FL 13.04.19 1. Ramil GULIYEV (TUR) 19.76 3 Aaron BROWN (CAN) 6 20.04 +1.0 Andrew HUDSON USA Sacramento, CA 25.05.19 2. -
Event Perf. Athlete(S) Nat
MEN Event Perf. Athlete(s) Nat. 100 m 9.58 Usain Bolt JAM 200 m 19.19 Usain Bolt JAM 400 m 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 800 m 01:40.9 David Rudisha KEN 1000 m 02:12.0 Noah Ngeny KEN 1500 m 03:26.0 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR Mile 03:43.1 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 2000 m 04:44.8 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 3000 m 07:20.7 Daniel Komen KEN 5000 m 12:37.4 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 10,000 m(track) 26:17.5 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 10 km (road) 26:44:00 Leonard Patrick Komon KEN 15 km (road) 41:13:00 Leonard Patrick Komon KEN 20,000 m(track) 56:26.0 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 20 km (road) 55:21:00 Zersenay Tadese ERI Half marathon 58:23:00 Zersenay Tadese ERI One hour(track) 21,285 m Haile Gebrselassie ETH 25,000 m(track) 12:25.4 Moses Mosop KEN 25 km (road) 01:11:18 Dennis Kipruto Kimetto KEN 30,000 m(track) 26:47.4 Moses Mosop KEN 30 km (road) 01:27:13 Stanley Biwott KEN 01:27:13 Eliud Kipchoge KEN Marathon[a] 02:02:57 Dennis Kipruto Kimetto KEN 100 km (road) 06:13:33 Takahiro Sunada JPN 3000 m steeplechase 07:53.6 Saif Saaeed Shaheen QAT 110 m hurdles 12.8 Aries Merritt USA 400 m hurdles 46.78 Kevin Young USA High jump 2.45 m Javier Sotomayor CUB Pole vault 6.16 m Renaud Lavillenie FRA Long jump 8.95 m Mike Powell USA Triple jump 18.29 m Jonathan Edwards GBR Shot put 23.12 m Randy Barnes USA Discus throw 74.08 m Jürgen Schult GDR Hammer throw 86.74 m Yuriy Sedykh URS Javelin throw 98.48 m Jan Železný CZE Decathlon 9045 pts Ashton Eaton USA 10,000 m walk (track) 37:53.1 Paquillo Fernández ESP 10 km walk(road) 37:11:00 Roman Rasskazov RUS 20,000 m walk (track) 17:25.6 Bernardo -
I Vincitori I Campionati Europei Indoor
0685-0862_CAP08a_Manifestazioni Internazionali_1 - 2009 11/07/16 11:41 Pagina 824 ANNUARIO 2016 I campionati Europei indoor Le sedi GIOCHI EUROPEI 6. 1975 Katowice (pol) 16. 1985 Atene (gre) 26. 2000 Gand (bel) 1. 1966 Dortmund (frg) 8/9 marzo, Rondo, 160m 2/3 marzo, 25/27 febbraio, 27 marzo, Westfallenhalle, 160m 7. 1976 Monaco B. (frg) Peace and Friendship Stadium, 200m Flanders Indoor Hall, 200m 2. 1967 Praga (tch) 21/22 febbraio, Olympiahalle, 179m 17. 1986 Madrid (spa) 27. 2002 Vienna (aut) 11/12 marzo, Sportovní Hala Pkojf, 160m 8. 1977 San Sebastian (spa) 22/23 febbraio, Palacio de los Deportes, 164m 1/3 marzo, Ferry-Dusika-Halle, 200m 3. 1968 Madrid (spa) 12/13 marzo, Anoeta, 200m 18. 1987 Liévin (fra) 28. 2005 Madrid (spa) 9/10 marzo, 9. 1978 Milano (ita) 21/22 febbraio, Palais des Sports, 200m 4/6 marzo, Palacio de los Deportes, 200m 19. 1988 (ung) Palacio de los Deportes, 182m 11/12 marzo, Palazzo dello Sport, 200m Budapest 29. 2007 Birmingham (gbr) 5/6 marzo, Sportscárnok, 200m 4. 1969 Belgrado (jug) 10. 1979 Vienna (aut) 2/4 marzo, National Indoor Arena, 200m 20. 1989 (ola) 8/9 marzo, Veletrzna hala, 195m 24/25 febbraio, Den Haag 30. 2009 (ita) 17/18 febbraio, Houtrust, 200m Torino Ferry-Dusika-Halle, 200m 6/8 marzo, Oval, 200 m 21. 1990 Glasgow (gbr) CAMPIONATI EUROPEI 11. 1980 Sindelfingen (frg) 3/4 marzo, Kelvin Hall, 200m 31. 2011 Parigi-Bercy (fra) 1. 1970 (aut) 1/2 marzo, Glaspalast, 200m Vienna 22. 1992 Genova (ita) 4/6 marzo, 12. -
Men's 200M Diamond Discipline 30.05.2019
Men's 200m Diamond Discipline 30.05.2019 Start list 200m Time: 20:22 Records Lane Athlete Nat NR PB SB 1 Kyle GREAUX TTO 19.77 19.97 20.15 WR 19.19 Usain BOLT JAM Berlin 20.08.09 2 Bernardo BALOYES COL 20.00 20.00 20.08 AR 19.72 Pietro MENNEA ITA Ciudad de México 12.09.79 3 Alonso EDWARD PAN 19.81 19.81 20.56 NR 20.30 Johan WISSMAN SWE Stuttgart 23.09.07 WJR 19.93 Usain BOLT JAM Hamilton 11.04.04 4 Alex QUIÑÓNEZ ECU 19.93 19.93 20.19 MR 19.77 Michael JOHNSON USA 08.07.96 5 Aaron BROWN CAN 19.80 19.98 20.07 DLR 19.26 Yohan BLAKE JAM Bruxelles 16.09.11 6 Ramil GULIYEV TUR 19.76 19.76 19.99 SB 19.76 Divine ODUDURU NGR Waco, TX 20.04.19 7 Jereem RICHARDS TTO 19.77 19.97 20.21 8 Henrik LARSSON SWE 20.30 20.85 2019 World Outdoor list 19.76 +0.8 Divine ODUDURU NGR Waco, TX 20.04.19 19.82 -0.8 Kenneth BEDNAREK USA Hobbs, NM 18.05.19 Medal Winners Road To The Final 19.84 -0.4 Michael NORMAN USA Osaka 19.05.19 1 Ramil GULIYEV (TUR) 8 19.99 +1.3 Ramil GULIYEV TUR Doha 03.05.19 2018 - Berlin European Ch. 2 Alex QUIÑÓNEZ (ECU) 7 20.04 +1.4 Steven GARDINER BAH Coral Gables, FL 13.04.19 1. Ramil GULIYEV (TUR) 19.76 3 Aaron BROWN (CAN) 6 20.04 +1.0 Andrew HUDSON USA Sacramento, CA 25.05.19 2. -
EUROPEAN ALL TIME RANKINGS 800 M
Last Updated – 12.10.2015 EUROPEAN ALL TIME RANKINGS 800 m MEN 800 m M35 – 39 TIME NAME NATION BORN MEET PLACE MEET DATE 1:48.44 Driss Maazouzi FRA 20.10.1969 Sotteville 08.07.2005 1:48.97 Ahmed Wasfi FRA 24.11.1963 Montabaur 07.08.1999 1:49.03 Vyacheslav Shabunin RUS 27.09.1969 Moscow 16.07.2005 1:49.07 Ousmane Diarra FRA 10.02.1964 Paris 21.07.1999 1:49.29 Anthony Whiteman GBR 13.11.1971 Stretford 23.07.2011 1:49.59 Sèbastién Schletterer NED 21.12.1972 Kessel-lo 13.08.2011 1:49.79 Rizak Dirshe SWE 05.01.1972 Doha 11.06.2010 1:49.88 Francisco Javier Cortés ESP 26.10.1971 Gavá 30.06.2007 1:49.94 Johan De Koning NED 07.06.1974 Uden 27.06.2009 1:50.04 Siaka Bamba FRA 24.05.1975 La Roche 22.07.2010 - INDOOR 1:48.92 Nico Motchebon GER 13.11.1969 Stoccarda 29.01.2005 1:49.90 Daniel Caulfield IRL 16.10.1972 Kent 21.02.2009 * * * 800 m M40 – 44 TIME NAME NATION BORN MEET PLACE MEET DATE 1:48.05 Anthony Whiteman GBR 13.11.1971 Stretford 12.07.2014 1:50.69 Colm J. Rothery IRL 28.01.1960 Stretford 05.09.2000 1:51.25 Peter Browne GBR 03.02.1949 Ealing 19.08.1991 1:51.38 Sebastian Schletterer NED 21.12.1972 Kessel-Lo 09.08.2014 1:51.52 Ronald Mercelina NED 18.04.1946 Herrhugonaard 24.09.1986 1:52.41 Carlos Cabral POR 20.06.1952 Villa del Real 23.05.1994 1:52.46 Vyacheslav Shabunin RUS 27.09.1969 Espoo 30.05.2010 1:52.70 Darrell Maynard GBR 21.08.1961 Potsdam 24.08.2002 1:52.77 Babacar Niang FRA 09.09.1958 Limoges 29.06.1999 1:53.15 Alain Flamee BEL 10.03.1961 Namur 26.07.2002 - INDOOR 1:52.42 Vyacheslav Shabunin RUS 27.09.1969 Moscow 26.02.2010 * -
European Veteran Indoor Records 2004 25
1 EUROPEAN MASTERS INDOOR RECORDS 2015 compiled by Ivar Söderlind, EMA Record Statistician 151103 I have worked with the European Records more than 27 years (started in July 1988), Since June 2000, when I and the Swedish webmaster Åke Runnman started the EVAA Web Site, I have also compiled and reported the European Records on Web Site. In 2012 we started the Data Base of the European Records in EVAA Website. I really believe that the Data Base and the EMA Record Team with me, Giusy Lacava from Italy and Miroslaw Luniewski from Poland is a step in the right direction in pace with times. I will as all my previous years as Record Statistician, continue to report on the new EMA Web Site and also send out my printable record lists with my notes to my contact friends some times a year, all with the aim to have the record list more complete. Please check the list given below and help us in the Record Group. In 2015 up to November 3 we have registered 44 European Records (31 World Records). We also have two more results (a) which shall be ratified as European Record when/if all record forms/documents are received and ratified by EMA. In 2014, up to December 31, we registered 77 European Indoor Records (50 World Records. In 2013 we registered 40 European Indoor Record (20 World Records). In the European Master Championship Indoors in Torun, POL March 23-28 2015 we noted 20 European Indoor Records and 14 of these records also were World Records. -
6 TOP-TEN 5000 & 3000 M Innen
Last Updated – 06.11.2016 32 news in 2016 EUROPEAN ALL TIME RANKINGS MEN ! Manual time keeping are abolished from 1500m and belongs to the normal table ! 5000 m M35 – 39 TIME NAME NATION BORN MEET PLACE MEET DATE 13:07.40 Dieter Baumann GER 09.02.1965 Zuerich 16.08.2002 13:12.22 Bouabdellah Tahri FRA 30.12.1978 Shanghai 18.05.2014 13:13.20 Mohammed Ezzher FRA 26.04.1960 Villeneuve d'Ascq 17.06.1995 13:13.33 Abdellah Behar FRA 05.07.1963 Hechtel 01.08.1998 13:16.38 Carlos Lopes POR 18.02.1947 Oslo 28.06.1984 13:20.48 Alberto Garcia Fernandez ESP 22.02.1971 Barcelona 19.07.2008 13:22.67 Martti Vainio FIN 30.12.1950 Stuttgart 31.08.1986 13:22.92 Jesus Espana ESP 21.08.1978 Rome 04.06.2015 13:24.83 Pascal Thiebaut FRA 06.06.1959 Villeneuve d'Ascq 08.07.1994 13:26.01 Serhiy Lebid UKR 15.07.1975 Villeneuve d'Ascq 09.06.2012 3000 m INDOOR M35 – 39 TIME NAME NATION BORN MEET PLACE MEET DATE 7:40.2h Dieter Baumann GER 09.02.1965 Stuttgart 03.02.2002 7:46.61 Alberto Garcia Fernandez ESP 22.02.1971 Valencia 11.02.2007 7:47.12 Jesus Espana ESP 21.08.1978 Praha 07.03.2015 7:50.48 Marcus O`Sullivan IRL 22.12.1961 Birmingham 23.02.1997 7:52.07 Mark Carrol IRL 15.01.1972 Fayetteville 09.02.2007 7:52.70 Vyacheslav Shabunin RUS 27.09.1969 Stuttgart 03.02.2007 7:54.36 Angelo Carosi ITA 20.01.1964 Genova 21.02.1999 7:58.09 Eric Debus FRA 28.02.1966 Lisbonne 09.03.2001 8:01.33 Salvatore Vincenti ITA 05.03.1972 Genova 24.02.2008 8:20.84 James Thie GBR 1979 Budapest 27.03.2014 7:54.26 Andrey Farnasov RUS 09.07.1980 Moscow 14.02.2016 Conditional / unter Vorbehalt -
IAAF WORLD RECORDS - MEN As at 1 January 2018 EVENT PERF
IAAF WORLD RECORDS - MEN as at 1 January 2018 EVENT PERF. WIND ATHLETE NAT PLACE DATE TRACK EVENTS 100m 9.58 0.9 Usain BOLT JAM Berlin, GER 16 Aug 09 200m 19.19 -0.3 Usain BOLT JAM Berlin, GER 20 Aug 09 400m 43.03 Wayde van NIEKERK RSA Rio de Janeiro, BRA 14 Aug 16 800m 1:40.91 David Lekuta RUDISHA KEN London, GBR 9 Aug 12 1000m 2:11.96 Noah NGENY KEN Rieti, ITA 5 Sep 99 1500m 3:26.00 Hicham EL GUERROUJ MAR Roma, ITA 14 Jul 98 1 Mile 3:43.13 Hicham EL GUERROUJ MAR Roma, ITA 7 Jul 99 2000m 4:44.79 Hicham EL GUERROUJ MAR Berlin, GER 7 Sep 99 3000m 7:20.67 Daniel KOMEN KEN Rieti, ITA 1 Sep 96 5000m 12:37.35 Kenenisa BEKELE ETH Hengelo, NED 31 May 04 10,000m 26:17.53 Kenenisa BEKELE ETH Bruxelles, BEL 26 Aug 05 20,000m 56:26.0 Haile GEBRSELASSIE ETH Ostrava, CZE 27 Jun 07 1 Hour 21,285 Haile GEBRSELASSIE ETH Ostrava, CZE 27 Jun 07 25,000m 1:12:25.4 Moses Cheruiyot MOSOP KEN Eugene, USA 3 Jun 11 30,000m 1:26:47.4 Moses Cheruiyot MOSOP KEN Eugene, USA 3 Jun 11 3000m Steeplechase 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed SHAHEEN QAT Bruxelles, BEL 3 Sep 04 110m Hurdles 12.80 0.3 Aries MERRITT USA Bruxelles, BEL 7 Sep 12 400m Hurdles 46.78 Kevin YOUNG USA Barcelona, ESP 6 Aug 92 FIELD EVENTS High Jump 2.45 Javier SOTOMAYOR CUB Salamanca, ESP 27 Jul 93 Pole Vault 6.16i Renaud LAVILLENIE FRA Donetsk, UKR 15 Feb 14 Long Jump 8.95 0.3 Mike POWELL USA Tokyo, JPN 30 Aug 91 Triple Jump 18.29 1.3 Jonathan EDWARDS GBR Göteborg, SWE 7 Aug 95 Shot Put 23.12 Randy BARNES USA Los Angeles, USA 20 May 90 Discus Throw 74.08 Jürgen SCHULT GDR Neubrandenburg, GDR 6 Jun 86 Hammer Throw -
Distance Running Results Vol
Distance Running Results Vol. 9, No. 15 – 14 April 2009 © Distance Running Results. All rights reserved. ____________________________________________________________________ Distance Running Results (DRR) publishes results of races 800 metres and longer from all over the world with the focus on South African results. DRR is available by subscription only. For subscription information send an e-mail to the address at the end of this issue. Publisher: Riël Hauman ____________________________________________________________________ EDITORIAL Don’t run too fast down “Chappies”! Marco Mambo, going for a historic fourth win on a beautiful autumn day in Cape Town on Saturday, seemed to have forgotten this Two Oceans Marathon dictum as he charged down the steep descent into Hout Bay from 34 km and faltered after the second big hill, Constantia Nek. A mere 2 km from the finish his dream was shattered by a virtually unknown Kenyan, John Wachira, who went on to win in 3:10:06. The 40 th edition of South Africa’s second biggest ultra was run in almost ideal conditions, yet produced one of the slowest races in recent years as the last gold medal was won in 3:17:11 and only the top four women ran under 4 hours. There was no surprise in the women’s race: the Nurgalieva twins finished first and second. In fact, they crossed the finish line hand-in-hand after having run the whole 56 km together, with the officials giving the win to Elena over Olesya. Their time was 3:40:43 – almost 6 minutes slower than Olesya recorded for her victory in 2008.