posted: 23-11-2014

King and Greenwood take IAU 100km World Titles!

The 27^th IAU 100km World Championships took place on 21^st November 2014 in Doha Qatar. This was the first time the championships were held in the Middle East. The race was hosted on Aspire grounds in Doha and took runners around the facility in a 5km loop.

There were two hundred athletes in the field representing thirty eight countries which was a record for the number of countries being represented at IAU world championships. There was also a Masters 100km Championships and the Inaugural 100km GCC Championships being run concurrently.

In the Men’s race, Max King (USA) won the world championships with a time of 6:27:43. Jonas Buud (SWE) finished in 2^nd place running 6:32:04 and Jose Antonio Requejo (ESP) finished in 3^rd place in a time of 6:37:01.

The starting men’s field was quite deep with three runners, Vasily Larkin (RUS), Steve Way (GBR) and defending champion Giorgio Calcaterra (ITA) all having run within minutes of each other. The pre-race favorites were all in the running with Larking taking an early lead with Nojo Hideo (JPN). The chasing group contained Way, Calcaterra, Buud, King, Alberico Di Cecco (ITA) and ten other runners.

The race conditions were not too warm, with temperatures in mid to low 20 Celsius and it was brave move for Larkin to take the lead. As the race wore on, Larkin lost his lead to the chase group with King taking the lead around the 60km mark. Buud running his trademark race of chasing from the back started coming strong in the third quarter of the race to take command of the silver place. Requejo running most of the race with Asier Cuevas (ESP) faded for a couple of laps after the half way point but then picked up the pace to take the bronze medal.

In the team competition, United States of America won the men’s title with a combined time of 20:08:06. Japan won 2^nd place with 20:55:09 and Great Britain took third place with 20:57:01.

Ellie Greenwood (GBR) took the women’s race and became world champion with a time of 7:30:48. Chiyuki Mochizuki (JPN) finished 2^nd running 7:38:23. Joasia Zakrzewski (GBR) finished in the 3^rd place with 7:42:02.

The women’s field was as deep as the men’s field. Defending Champions Amy Sproston (USA), Monica Carlin (ITA) and Irina Antrapova (RUS) all were having times within a couple of minutes of each other in the last three years. It was Rita Nordsveen (NOR) who took the early lead being familiar with the race course having run it three weeks back at the 50km World Trophy Final. The chase group behind her included all the pre-race favourites and Croatian trio of Marija Vrajic, Nikolina Sustic and Veronika Jurisic.

The lead was relinquished a few laps later when Sproston feeling strong took first place. She ran well until 100km specialist Vrajic running in the pack behind Sproston took over the lead. Greenwood feeling strong took over the chase group and placed herself firmly as the leader around the 55km mark. She kept this lead until the very end. Mochizuki paced herself very well and took over the field in the later stages to claim second place. Zakrzewski with a second place finish recently at the Trophy Final ran the course well and finished in a strong third place.

In the team competition, Great Britain took the top honours with a combined time of 22:56:27. Japan took the silver medal with 23:22:32 and the United States of America took third place with 24:05:25.

A new record was also created with thirteen men finishing under 7 hours and ten women finishing under 8 hours. An outstanding performance by the athletes in a very deep field. The top 5 male and female athletes shared a total purse of $10,000.

Aspire hosted an outstanding championships. They will be the site of the IAU 50km World Championships from 2015-2017. Next year the 100km World Championships will take place in Winschoten, the Netherlands.

Top Men:

1) Max King USA 6:27:43

2) Joans Buud NED 6:32:04

3) Jose Antonio Requejo ESP 6:37:01

4) Hideo Nojo JPN 6:39:21

5) Yoshiki Takada JPN 6:46:47

Top Women:

1) Ellie Greenwood GBR 7:30:48

2) Chuyuki Mochizuki JPN 7:38:23

3) Joasia Zakrzewski GBR 7:42:02

4) Jo Meek GBR 7:43:37

5) Irina Antropova RUS 7:44:26

Men’s Team

1) United States of America 20:08:06

2) Japan 20:55:09

3) Great Britain 20:57:51

Women’s Team

1) Great Britain 22:56:24

2) Japan 23:22:32

3) United States of America 24:05:25

full results

IAU World Championship 100 km Doha 21th Nov. 2014

Women, final individual results

Gender

position

Race

number First name Last name

Team

name Gender Finish time

Overall

pos.

1 245 Ellie GREENWOOD GBR Female 07:30:48 34

2 262 Chiyuki MOCHIZUKI JPN Female 07:38:23 39

3 246 Joasia ZAKRZEWSKI GBR Female 07:42:02 41

4 305 Jo MEEK GBR Female 07:43:37 42

5 285 Irina ANTROPOVA RUS Female 07:44:26 43

6 263 Shiho KATAYAMA JPN Female 07:49:41 49

7 232 Veronika JURISIC CRO Female 07:51:08 54

8 202 Meghan ARBOGAST USA Female 07:52:12 56

9 264 Mai FUJISAWA JPN Female 07:54:28 57

10 205 Pam SMITH USA Female 07:59:11 61

11 290 Yulia KHAZOVA RUS Female 08:00:46 62

12 230 Marija VRAJIC CRO Female 08:00:59 63

13 295 Sophia SUNDBERG SWE Female 08:02:12 66

14 282 Rita NORDSVEEN NOR Female 08:06:48 70

15 288 Oxana AKIMENKOVA RUS Female 08:08:19 72

16 304 Neza MRAVLJE SLO Female 08:11:40 75

17 289 Oxana TEPLYKH RUS Female 08:12:59 76

18 201 Amy SPROSTON USA Female 08:14:02 79

19 248 Emily GELDER GBR Female 08:19:40 81

20 296 Frida SÖDERMARK SWE Female 08:25:22 83

21 242 Gwénaëlle GUILLOU FRA Female 08:31:06 89

22 253 Pamela VEITH GER Female 08:32:13 92

23 236 Pia Joan SØRENSEN DEN Female 08:34:18 94

24 265 Kanae UCHIDA JPN Female 08:38:38 98

25 258 Barbara CIMMARUSTI ITA Female 08:46:04 100

26 238 Cristina GONZALEZ ESP Female 08:48:03 101

27 213 Marita EISLER AUS Female 08:59:54 107

28 300 Mingchu LU TPE Female 09:07:56 108

29 218 Ulrike STRIEDNIG AUT Female 09:14:12 111

30 251 Barbara MALLMANN GER Female 09:15:08 112

31 215 Jodie OBORNE AUS Female 09:24:36 116

32 226 Alicia WOODSIDE CAN Female 09:33:05 117

33 214 Nikki WYND AUS Female 09:34:11 119

34 221 Valerie TURLOT BEL Female 09:35:08 120

35 227 Kiriam THOMPSON CAN Female 09:36:45 121

36 233 Antonija ORLIC CRO Female 09:49:34 123

37 252 Simone STÖPPLER GER Female 09:50:10 124

38 298 Luhsin CHIA TPE Female 09:59:54 126

39 250 Branka HAJEK GER Female 10:27:44 130

40 273 Viktorija TOMAŠEVIČIENĖ LTU Female 10:33:47 131

41 216 Kerrie OTTO DE GRANCY AUS Female 10:38:21 132

42 271 Vaiva SKIPITIENĖ LTU Female 11:20:16 137

43 272 Danguolė BIČKŪNIENĖ LTU Female 11:20:16 138

44 225 Dennene HUNTLEY CAN Female 11:46:50 143

45 299 Yuchun HSIEH TPE Female 11:50:22 144

Status: 22.11.2014 22:35IAU 100k WC, Doha 2014

IAU World Championship 100 km Doha 21th Nov. 2014

Men, final individual results

Gender

position

Race

number First name Last name

Team

name Gender Finish time

Overall

pos.

1 172 Max KING USA Male 06:27:43 1 this is a 6.11 mile pace

2 157 Jonas BUUD SWE Male 06:32:04 2

3 57 Jose Antonio REQUEJO ESP Male 06:37:01 3

4 98 Hideo NOJO JPN Male 06:39:21 4

5 101 Yoshiki TAKADA JPN Male 06:46:47 5

6 170 Zach BITTER USA Male 06:48:53 6

7 136 Vasily LARKIN RUS Male 06:50:38 7

8 5 Alberico DI CECCO ITA Male 06:51:14 8

9 173 Zach MILLER USA Male 06:51:30 9

10 155 Fritjof FAGERLUND SWE Male 06:55:31 10

11 78 Paul GIBLIN GBR Male 06:56:12 11

12 16 Brendan DAVIES AUS Male 06:56:45 12

13 75 Steve WAY GBR Male 06:57:23 13

14 70 Dominique BORDET FRA Male 07:03:14 14

15 126 John Henry STRUPSTAD NOR Male 07:04:03 15

16 77 Craig HOLGATE GBR Male 07:04:16 16

17 117 Dorjpalam BATBAYAR MGL Male 07:06:46 17

18 166 Oleksandr HOLOVNYTSKYY UKR Male 07:08:56 18

19 76 Paul MARTELLETTI GBR Male 07:09:39 19

20 139 Dmitry PAVLOV RUS Male 07:10:08 20

21 127 Didrik HERMANSEN NOR Male 07:11:28 21

22 69 Michaël BOCH FRA Male 07:13:50 22

23 2 Hermann ACHMÜLLER ITA Male 07:15:00 23

24 67 Jérôme ANDRIEU FRA Male 07:16:56 24

25 50 Radek BRUNNER CZE Male 07:18:07 25

26 84 Michael SOMMER GER Male 07:18:19 26

27 6 Daniele PALLADINO ITA Male 07:18:28 27

28 174 Michael WARDIAN USA Male 07:19:00 28

29 68 Jérôme BELLANCA FRA Male 07:23:01 29

30 46 Robert RADOJKOVIC CRO Male 07:24:35 30

31 169 Nicholas ACCARDO USA Male 07:27:41 31

32 99 Koji HAYASAKA JPN Male 07:29:01 32

33 107 Aleksandr SOROKIN LTU Male 07:30:26 33

34 153 Florian VIEUX SUI Male 07:31:33 35

35 25 Wouter DECOCK BEL Male 07:32:57 36

36 40 Jose Daniel VAZ CABRAL CPV Male 07:35:15 37

37 35 David PROCTOR CAN Male 07:37:45 38

38 138 Vadim SHARKOV RUS Male 07:39:15 40

39 156 Linus HOLMSÄTER SWE Male 07:46:26 45

40 18 Chris TRUSCOTT AUS Male 07:46:54 46

41 125 Bjørn Tore TARANGER NOR Male 07:47:01 47

42 165 Roman GAVRYLIUK UKR Male 07:47:15 48

43 32 Marcio BATISTA DE OLIVEIRA BRA Male 07:49:56 50

44 62 Tomi HALME FIN Male 07:50:20 51

45 95 Martin REA IRL Male 07:50:42 52

46 81 André COLLET GER Male 07:51:08 53

47 63 Asmo AHOLA FIN Male 07:51:30 55

48 17 Andrew HEYDON AUS Male 07:55:36 58

49 121 Jeroen RENES NED Male 07:56:07 59

50 26 Nico SERROEN BEL Male 07:59:07 60

51 87 Pantelis KAMPAXIS GRE Male 08:01:24 64

52 181 Jaeduk SIM KOR Male 08:01:55 65

Status: 22.11.2014 22:35IAU 100k WC, Doha 2014

53 31 Marcos Paulo ESPIRITO SANTO BRA Male 08:02:36 67

54 150 Zoran Markovic SRB Male 08:02:43 68

55 167 Eyvgenii GLYVA UKR Male 08:03:06 69

56 61 Henri ANSIO FIN Male 08:07:47 71

57 108 Vaidas ŽLABYS LTU Male 08:08:51 73

58 90 János ZABARI HUN Male 08:11:33 74

59 22 Herbert HARTL AUT Male 08:13:04 77

60 100 Yu YASUDA JPN Male 08:13:27 78

61 27 Gino CASIER BEL Male 08:16:58 80

62 43 Augusto Joachim SOARES DE GAMA CPV Male 08:24:40 82

63 83 Tobias HEGMANN GER Male 08:25:32 84

64 104 Valdis NILOVS LAT Male 08:25:58 85

65 182 Sungkyun KIM KOR Male 08:27:02 86

66 163 Murat KAYA TUR Male 08:28:01 87

67 1 Giorgio CALCATERRA ITA Male 08:30:00 88

68 36 Oleg TABELEV CAN Male 08:31:46 90

69 30 Eduardo SILVERIO CALIXO BRA Male 08:32:03 91

70 94 Keith WHYTE IRL Male 08:32:46 93

71 122 Dave BOONE NED Male 08:34:58 95

72 179 Mirco Bogomir MIKLIC SLO Male 08:38:19 96

73 13 Ricardo ROJAS PEREDO ARG Male 08:38:30 97

74 21 Michael WAGNER AUT Male 08:45:34 99

75 113 Adrian GIL MEX Male 08:48:31 102

76 91 Csaba POLYÁK HUN Male 08:49:05 103

77 37 Sebastien ROULIER CAN Male 08:50:41 104

78 41 Adilson Fortes SPENCER VARELA CPV Male 08:54:01 105

79 161 Wenjung LIANG TPE Male 08:59:43 106

80 33 Sinval MOREIRA AGUIAR BRA Male 09:08:18 109

81 11 Eduardo REDONDO ARG Male 09:12:30 110

82 14 Rodolfo ROSSI ARG Male 09:18:26 113

83 51 Jaroslav BOHDAL CZE Male 09:19:30 114

84 105 Edgars RENCIS LAT Male 09:22:32 115

85 109 Vaidotas BAUŽYS LTU Male 09:33:17 118

86 64 Pertti KALLIOLA FIN Male 09:37:30 122

87 134 Tomasz MATUSIAK POL Male 09:53:56 125

88 80 Florian BÖHME GER Male 10:18:59 128

89 160 Hsiunghai CHEN TPE Male 10:55:19 133

90 12 Manuel MENDEZ ARG Male 11:22:14 140

91 23 Karl PERCHTHALER AUT Male 11:33:06 141

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