February 5, 2010
It took Thomas Dold 10 minutes and 16 seconds to earn his record-tying fifth consecutive win in the Empire State Building Run-Up to the top of New York’s tallest building.
Grimacing as he lunged across the finish line on the 86th floor observation deck, the 25-year-old from Stuttgart (Germany) beat fellow German Matthias Jahn (10:56min) up the 1,576 steps by 40 seconds. “I’m so tired … It was quite hard,” Dold said. He is the third person to win the race five times. His only loss was a photo finish in his 2005 debut.
First women was Melissa Moon, 40, of Wellington (New Zealand) in 13 minutes 13 seconds. She finished panting, but smiling. “Oh, look at that view!” she said at the top.
The unorthodox race has been run 33 times since 1978. Competitors start in the lobby, where they take just a few strides before squeezing through a doorway and into a stairwell for the long climb.
February 3, 2010
Todays indoor athletics meeting will be broadcasted live on Eurosport from 19.10-21.00 (CET-central european time). A live online coverage can be found here.
Six olympic champions will compete in Düsseldorf; Dayron Robles, Allen Johnson, Tomasz Majewski, Chandra Sturrup, Yuriy Borzakovsky and Dwight Phillips will face strong fields.
January 18, 2010
The German U23-teams were head and shoulders above the Swiss Team in the U23-Cross-Team-Challenge last Saturday (16.01.2010) in Lausanne/SUI.
The womens race (6K) was dominated by the 20-year old Anna Hahner (22:59 min). On the deep course she soon left her opponents behind and had a comfortable 35 seconds lead in the finish. Mareike Schrulle (23:34 min) secured the double victory and underlined that her 13th place in the U23-race of the European Cross-Country Championships was no coincidence. Maren Kock (24:47 min) and Ulla Gatzweiler (25:25 min) completed the German team with 8th and 11th place.
The fastest men on the 8K-distance were also Germans. Musa Roba-Kinkal (27:15 min), 9th place finisher in the U23-division of the European Cross Country Championships 2009, was 8 seconds faster than Alexander Hahn (27:23 min). The 20-year old Hahn had to miss the European Championships last december due to illness but seems to be back in shape. Also the other German participants could satisfy the German coaches with Fynn Schwiegelsohn (27:41 min) in 7th and Florian Pehrs (27:58 min) in 10th.
January 18, 2010
German steeple chase record holder (9:18,54 min) Antje Möldner is not competing in this years indoor season due to illness.
The 25-year old was supposed to open her indoor season last weekend but her coach Beate Conrad reported that she is not going to participate in the weekends 1.500m race and that the indoor season is over for her, before it even started. Möldner was in a 10-day training camp in Spain with several German top athletes at the beginning of 2010.
Möldner is now planning to get healthy and to be ready for an altitude training camp in Flagstaff/USA at the beginning of March.
January 17, 2010
The German elite race walker Melanie Seeger competed last Saturday (16.01.2010) in Berlin. For her it was the first competition after giving birth to a daughter last summer.
The 33-year old won the 3.000m race walk event in a time of 13:21,59 min. Even if this time is pretty far under her previous level, it shows that she is progressing in her comeback-plans. In the German Indoor Championships (27./28.02 in Karlsruhe) Seeger will face stronger opponents than in Berlin, where Christin Elß took second in 14:06,53 min. The aim for the young mother will be the European Championships in Barcelona this year.
Also on the mens side, two race walkers with chances to reach the European Championships competed in Berlin. Christopher Linke, previously 4th place in U23-European Championships won the 5.000m race in 19:58,91 min with Carsten Schmidt (20:13,50 min) in second.
January 14, 2010
The German Athletics Federation DLV will send 12 athletes to the U23-Cross-Team-Challenge next Saturday in Lausanne/SUI. The German team won the last two editions of the international match against Switzerland.
The complete German team:
Men
Musa Roba-Kinkal (TV Wattenscheid 01)
Alexander Hahn (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
Florian Pehrs (TuS Gildehaus)
Max Betsch (LAZ Leipzig)
Michael Schramm (TuS Lörrach-Stetten)
Fynn Schwiegelshohn (LG Olympia Dortmund)
Women
Maren Kock (LG Emstal/Dörpen)
Ursula Gatzweiler (LG ASV/DSHS Köln)
Christiane Danner (LG Telis Finanz Regensburg)
Mareike Schrulle (LG ASV/DSHS Köln)
Anna Hahner (PSV Grün-Weiß Kassel)
Lisa Hahner (PSV Grün-Weiß Kassel)
January 7, 2010
After the TOP 20 list for the marathon women, finally also the mens list is published today.
marathon men:
2:13:08 Pollmächer, Andre 83 LAC Erdgas Chemnitz
2:13:41 Beckmann, Martin 77 LG Leinfelden/Echterdingen
2:17:12 Cierpinski, Falk 78 SG Spergau
2:17:26 Sauter, Tobias 83 SG Spergau
2:18:11 Seiler, Christian 83 Laufclub Erfurt
2:18:44 Justus, Steffen 82 LAC Elm
2:19:14 Pyka, Dennis 72 LG Telis Finanz Regensburg
2:19:42 Steidl, Ulrich 72 SSC Hanau-Rodenbach
2:20:34 Koch, Stefan 84 LG Braunschweig
2:20:51 Meyer, Manuel 81 TV Wattenscheid
2:21:39 Haß, Erik 82 SV Vorwärts Zwickau
2:21:50 Sansar, Elias 80 LG Lage/Detmold
2:23:16 Rodewald, Peter 83 LSV Lok Arnstadt
2:23:59 Karl, David 86 Spiridon Frankfurt
2:25:00 Bresser, Carsten 72 TuS Heltersberg
2:24:52 Schmidt, Daniel 86 LG Remscheid
2:26:03 Heil, Benedikt 82 TSV Friedberg-Fauerbach
2:26:04 Hakenes, Christoph 73 Eintracht Obergriesheim
2:26:20 Bartholome, Thomas 69 TSV Kirchdorf
2:26:25 Schwarzbach, Dirk 81 TSV Kirchdorf
January 5, 2010
After the 10K (male and female) and halfmarathon (male and female) lists have been published already in 2009, now it’s time to see who were the best 20 German runners in the marathon. First off are the women.
marathon women:
2:22:11 Mikitenko, Irina 72 TV Wattenscheid
2:29:25 Hahn, Susanne 78 SV Schlau.com Saar 05 Saarbr.
2:30:07 Mockenhaupt, Sabrina 80 Kölner Verein für Marathon
2:34:28 Maisch, Ulrike 77 1.LAV Rostock
2:35:06 Zaituc, Luminita 68 LG Braunschweig
2:35:26 Pichlmaier, Bernadette 69 LAG Mittlere Isar
2:40:40 Krull, Silvia 78 LG Lage/Detmold
2:41:41 Viellehner, Julia 85 LG Passau
2:42:02 Bohn, Birgitt 71 Spiridon Frankfurt
2:42:46 Schulz, Melanie 79 Laufclub Erfurt
2:43:02 Spitzmüller, Romy 81 1.LAV Rostock
2:43:48 Oberem, Sonja 73 Rhein-marathon Düsseldorf
2:44:39 Heiß, Monika 74 LG Telis Finanz Regensburg
2:44:58 Pfeiffer, Ilona 75 LC Solbad Ravensberg
2:47:56 Heinold, Esther 75 WGL Schwäbisch Hall
2:48:19 Paysen, Karen 73 TSV lanenhorn
2:48:27 Optekamp, Silke 78 Mönchengladbacher LG
2:49:11 Bittel, Silke 75 LAC Quelle Fürth/München 1860
2:50:20 Matheis, Josefa 66 TSG Eisenberg
2:50:37 Heckmann, Dr.Kirsten 77 SV Brackwede
December 28, 2009
halfmarathon men:
1:04:43 Pollmächer, Andre 83 LAC Erdgas Chemnitz
1:05:01 Justus, Steffen 82 LAC Elm
1:05:31 Bartholome, Thomas 69 TSV Kirchdorf
1:06:06 Beckmann, Martin 77 LG Leinfelden/Echterdingen
1:06:08 Cierpinski, Falk 78 SG Spergau
1:06:33 Kröckert, Mario 78 TSV Bayer Leverkusen
1:06:47 Pyka, Dennis 72 LG Telis Finanz Regensburg
1:06:53 Neuschwander, Florian 81 LG Stadtwerke München
1:07:05 Meyer, Manuel 81 TV Wattenscheid
1:07:17 Friedrich, Richard 81 LG Passau
1:07:38 Weyer, Sven 86 SC DHfK Leipzig
1:07:43 Stöckert, Manuel 88 TSV Ostheim v.d.Rhön
1:07:52 Harland, Jörn 81 PSV GW Kassel
1:07:53 Biele, Christian 83 Laufclub Erfurt
1:07:55 Meißgeier, Markus 82 LG Hof
1:07:59 Schauer, Frank 89 SC Magdeburg
1:08:18 Koch, Markus 81 TV Coburg
1:08:25 Borrmann, Jens 74 SV Hermsdorf
1:08:29 König, Christian 87 VfL Ellrich
1:08:30 Flügel, Julian 86 PSV GW Kassel
December 23, 2009
10K-rankings have been posted earlier already for women and men. Now it’s time for the best performances at the halfmarathon.
halfmarathon women:
1:08:45 Mockenhaupt, Sabrina 80 Kölner Verein für Marathon
1:10:53 Mikitenko, Irina 72 TV Wattenscheid
1:11:44 Hahn, Susanne 78 SV Schlau.com Saar 05 Saarbrücken
1:13:30 Restle, Simret 84 LG Eintracht Frankfurt
1:14:03 Schnabel, Anja 85 LAZ Salamander Kornwesth./Lud.
1:14:34 Viellehner, Julia 85 LG Passau
1:15:06 Pichlmaier, Bernadette 69 LAG Mittlere Isar
1:15:42 Schulz, Melanie 79 Laufclub Erfurt
1:16:02 Beckmann, Stephanie 79 LG Leinfelden/Echterdingen
1:16:10 Heuck, Ingalena 86 LG Stadtwerke München
1:16:28 Maisch, Ulrike 77 1. LAV Rostock
1:17:39 Schleifer, Christine 83 Tri Team Heuchelberg
1:17:49 Maissenbacher, Simone 77 LSG Karlsruhe
1:17:53 Kraus, Melanie 74 TSV Bayer Leverkusen
1:18:09 Ulrich, Veronika 68 LG Telis Finanz Regensburg
1:18:17 Krull, Silvia 78 LG Lage/Detmold
1:18:31 Bienstein, Heike 86 LG Olympia Dortmund
1:18:32 Optekamp, Silke 78 Mönchengladbacher LG
1:18:34 Gatzweiler, Ursula 88 LG ASV/DSHS Köln
1:18:45 Pfeiffer, Ilona 75 LC Solbad Ravensberg
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