AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATED WITH GOOGLE TRANSLATORAt eight weeks before the starting gun of the 31st Frankfurt Marathon October (10 clock) has announced Race Director Jo Schindler high-profile name for a top field of women known. Led the runners of European champion Zivile Balciunaite (Lithuania).
The claim by Jo Schindler and the sporting director Christoph Kopp at the 29th Edition of Germany's oldest city marathon is outlined certain: The course record for the Russian Alevtina Biktimirova (2:25:12 h/2005) should be improved. "On our known fast track, everything is possible. Compared to our previous results of the men, women have indeed some catching up, "said Jo Schindler.
World class in Frankfurt - this objective, the second largest after the world's largest company run sporting event in the German banking capital on 31 So once again meet in October. For the highest quality sports currently only six runners with personal bests under 2:26 hours guarantee.
Civilian Balciunaite is
Be able to enjoy the expected 350 000 Civilian spectators along the route for example, European champion Balciunaite. The Lithuanian had been shown at the European Championship marathon in Barcelona at temperatures around 27 degrees Celsius was irresistible and the competition after 27 kilometers hurries. At the finish the 31-year-old had 61 seconds in 2:31:14 hours and then lead. It was just the second marathon victory in the career of Civilian Balciunaite, previously had the 2004 Osteuropäerin triumphs in Valencia (Spain).
Six years younger Dire Tune from Ethiopia, winner of the Boston Marathon 2008th Her personal best (2:24:40 h) was launched two years ago as the African champion in Houston (USA). At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 she came in 15th to the finish. Dire Tune is one of the biggest talents in the international women's marathon.
Dire Tune is one of the favorites in Frankfurt (Photo: Organizer / Victah Sailer)
Strong African women
Behind the Ethiopian and Civil Balciunaite, which achieved their personal best (2:25:15 h) five years ago as the second Tokyo Marathon line up based on the best times the Kenyan Caroline Kilel (2:25:24 h), the current Paris-Fourth Azalech Masresha (2:25:34 h) from Ethiopia, her compatriot Mare Dibaba (2:25:38 h) and the Kenyan Hellen Kimutai (2:25:52 h) one.
The women's competition is likely to become a high-class duel Africa against Europe. On the one hand with fast runners from Lithuania, Russia, the Netherlands and Ukraine, on the other side with tops from Kenya and Ethiopia.
European runners with chances
For besides the aforementioned names, attention is also the Russian Natalia Volgina, current Düsseldorf-winner and runner-up Paris in 2006 (2:27:32 h). In addition comes with the 29-year-old Dutch woman Hilda Kibet a very prestigious elite runner to Frankfurt. The Kenyan native debuted in 2007 as sixth in the Amsterdam Marathon (2:32:10 h), a year later she became European champion and Fifth Cross-Cross World Championships, third at the 2009 Amsterdam Marathon. The best time of Hilda Kibet stands at 2:30:33 hours.
Fourth European promising is the 30-year-old Russian Yelena Sokolova. With 2:31:54 hours she was a year ago, sixth min of the Venice Marathon, at the European Championships in Barcelona, she ran the 10,000 meters in seventh (32:36,71).
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