PRESS GUIDE ALL RUNNERS ARE BEAUTIFUL MATTONI KARLOVY VARY HALF MARATHON 18 MAY 2019 ENG MATTONI KARLOVY VARY HALF MARATHON PRESS GUIDE INFORMATIONS FOR JOURNALISTS MEDIA CAR 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 marathons 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. Paula Radcliffe, Stefano MATTON MATTONI Baldini. Sebastian Coe. And it will again. With EuroHeroes. KARLOVY VARY ČeSké budějovice HALF MARATHON HALF MARATHON 18 may 1 JUNE MATTONI MATTONI OLOMOUC ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM HALF MARATHON HALF MARATHON 15 JUNE 21 september MATTONI KARLOVY VARY HALF MARATHON MATTONI KARLOVY VARY HALF MARATHON - ELITE LIST MEN 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 Rachik 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 0:15:24 0:30:49 0:46:13 1:01:37 0:03:05 1:05:00 MATTONI KARLOVY VARY HALF MARATHON - ELITE LIST WOMEN 0:03:05 0:15:26 0:30:53 0:46:19 1:01:46 1:04:51 WR W Num.