Eritrean women and men athletes lead in the Half Marathon in Cordoba, Spain
November 29, 2009 | Antonio Raya
Samuel Tsegay and Fortuna Zegergish are unrivaled in the Half Marathon in Cordoba
The Eritrean athlete Samuel Tsegay victory in the 25th edition of the Half Marathon of Cordoba to establish a time of 1 hour, 3 minutes and 1 second, achieving the goal a huge advantage of 1 minute and 54 seconds over fellow Adhanom Abraha. Meanwhile, third place is also took the Eritrean Tesfayohannes Mesfin with a time of 1 hour, 7 minutes and 16 seconds. Tsegay imposed an infernal pace from mile 6 of the test could not follow any of his rivals. The winner of the race, which has a better record of 1 hour and 17 seconds, it broke the record that is in force since 2003 with a time of 1 hour, 1 minute 42 seconds, due to bad weather which accompanied the corridors and lack of competition in the struggle for the victory.
The morning was marked by athletic bad weather, a factor that led to resign to take about 20 percent of those enrolled in the first place. They ended up the 2497 test of the 3088 athletes entered in the first place.
Meanwhile in the women’s category, won the Eritrean Fortuna Zegersgish with a mark of 1 hour, 14 minutes and 16 seconds. The winner dominated pleasure outstripped all rivals for the goal in 6 minutes and 41 seconds to Khadija Baghyay and 7 minutes and 18 seconds to Tina Maria Ramos.
Among runners Cordoba, Loli Jiménez was the first local athlete to be Andalusian and fifth with a mark of 1 hour, 26 minutes and 51 seconds, with a second Eve Maria Langa (1:29.03).
For his part, was the best athlete provincial Inma Cantero (1:28.42), ahead of Maribel Diaz (1:33.54).
Meanwhile, Javier Montenegro was the best local athlete by winning with a time of 1:11.29 to Laureano Garcia (1:12.30).
Meanwhile, the best provincial Brahin Boulle was a time of 1:11.33, with second place Antonio Jimenez (1:14.11).
It should be noted that the athlete 60 years Jose Luis Vidal Romero met its goal to remain the only human capable of finishing all editions of the half marathon in Cordoba at the end of 1912 place with a time of 1 hour, 53 minutes and 59 seconds.
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