Saturday, October 17, 2009

ASICS Grand 10 Berlin: Kenyan Joan Aiyabei wins with a new record time of 33:48 minutes


The article is translated from RUNNERSWORLD.de using Google Translator.

Joan Aiyabei broke the ASICS Grand 10 Berlin on 11.10.2009 the 10-kilometer record, and ran a course record of 33:48 minutes to the finish. On the men surprisingly won the Czech Jan Kreisinger with 29:46. In 6489 runners from 25 nations, organizers reported, Berlin 'runs a record attendance. Parallel to the 10-km race and a 2x5-km relay, and instead found a children's race over about 1.6 km.

With cool temperatures and temporary drizzle developed on the route which starts and finishes at the Charlottenburg Palace, and a passage through the zoo, a duel. The favored Faustin Musa (Tanzania) and Jan Kreisinger ran until just before nine kilometers together at the top. Then sat down surprisingly, the 25-year-old Czech from the Africans. "This is simply my weather, in hot weather I would not be able to beat Musa Faustin," said Jan Kreisinger, who hopes to qualify for next year over 5,000 m for the European Championships in Barcelona. Was behind January Kreisinger (29:46) and second-placed Faustin Musa (29:59) Wolfram Muller (LG Asics Pirna) in 30:26 minutes of third parties. "For me as a middle distance this time in the fall, a result with which I'm very pleased," said Wolfram Mueller, who missed out after his strong fourth place in the 1,500 m at the Indoor Championships because of a thigh muscle injury in the World Cup in the summer . "I'm ready for the next year. The aim is then to arrive at the European Championships in the final. "

Ranks seventh Falk Cierpinski (SG Spergau) in 32:16 minutes later, the finish line. After a pause of about one month he had not yet recovered enough training in the legs to the forefront to be there. "It was a bit too cool and I noticed that my thigh muscles was found," said Falk Cierpinski. "Good, however, was that I had not a stitch today. That was the problem at the World Championship marathon and other races this year. "Dieter Baumann (LAV asics Tübingen) showed that he remains fit. Already ranks ninth in 32:53 minutes reached the 5,000-meter Olympic champion from 1992 the goal. "33 minutes, generously rounded up, that's okay," said the 44-year-old, who had talked the night before in Berlin at the Mercedes-world audiences with his cabaret, grains, Currywurst, Kenya won '.

Fastest woman was expected, the big favorite: The 30-year-old Joan Aiyabei Kenyan won the race in 33:48 minutes after a start-finish victory and improved the course record by Ulrike Maisch (LAV Rostock/34: 53) is equal to about one minutes . "I do not know where stood the course record," said Joan Aiyabei and added: "If it had been warmer, I'd have to run faster." By far the Kenyan Dawn Domaschke followed (USA/38: 31) and Kathrin Wyss (Schweiz/38: 52).

"We are delighted with this significant increase in subscribers, showing that we are on the right track with this race," said Race Director Gerhard Janetzky, who wants to establish this race as Germany's largest 10-km race.
 
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