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29th London-Marathon, 26/04/2009  

 


Miki Mouse, Queen of London Marathon

Irina Mikitenko proves to be the world's best runner, men repeat Beijing medals


(Photos: interAir 2, WorldWideImages 6, Helge Schroeter-Janssen 3, Sauer 3)


 

London Marathon 2009 - German runners

German Travel Group:

Only 278 runners from Germany finished the 29th London Marathon.

The race is an almost pure British event. There are only 7% overseas runners allowed to take part, compared to 50% at the New York City Marathon.

London Marthon 2009 - Mikitenko leading

Same prodecure:

After 11 miles it's the same story as last year. Irina Mikitenko keeps to her pace maker and drafting behind her are the later runner-up, Mara Yamauchi, and Zhou Chunxiu, who is going to drop back to 12th place.

The Kazakhstan born shows a brave race and colours of her heart as she is wearing German national team cloth in this private race. She lives in Hesse near Frankfurt.

London Marathon 2009 - Helge Schroeter-Janssen

Mr. Lauftreff.de:

Helge Schroeter-Janssen is Germany's  most ambitious webmaster of the best visited running websites like www.lauftreff.de.

London Marathon 2009 - Thank you Flora

Bye Flora:

Organisiers thank Unilever for sponsoring the London Marathon for the unusually long period of 14 years. They are followed by Virgin, who have signed for 5 years so far.

London Marathon 2009 - The crowds

Grand stand:

The crowds are even bigger than in recent years, obviously helped by the beautiful weather.

London Marathon 2009 - Crossing Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge:

Exactly at 20km the runners reach the atmosphere's peak at the Tower Bridge.

London Marathon 2009 - Shower tunnel

Refreshment

Briskly frequented are the flow path showers to cool down from 20°celsius.

London Marathon 2008 - Ironing

Till death do us part:

Rachel Pitt and Garry Keates are not the first couple to marry while running the London Marathon. But no others before took there time to go through a ecclesiastical ceremony. The couple finishes just married after 7:03:46.

London Marathon 2009 - Woody

Pedigree:

Woody, alias Lloyd Moreton, is a regular costume runner at the London-Marathon. He is striking root after 5:53:07.

 

London Marathon 2009 - Queen

Royal Follower:

Audrey L Butler covers her F65 behind the Queen's mask, but she doesn't have to hide because of her 6:49:49.

London Marathon 2009 - Katie Price

Marathon Model:

Her Make-up is still perfect after 7:11:00. Model "Jordan" Katie Price and djungle husband Peter Andre collect more than 200,000 Pfund for charity.

2 weeks later it was a different story. Pete's rage with Jordan's sex ban

London Marathon 2009 - The finish

Target of dreams:

Finish line at the Royal Mall.

London Marathon 2009 - The winners

Victory couple:

Irina Mikitenko (GER) and
Samuel Wanjiru (KEN).

The men kept to a gruelling world record speed until half way (61:35), after a slow-down the Olympic champion still managed to set a new course record of 2:05:10. Behind  Kebede and Gharib change their Beijing places.



Miki Mouse: 1,58m tall, 48kg light - Irina Mikitenko is the greatest


Stats London-Marathon 2009
Applicants: 155,000
Accepted: 49,995
Finisher: 35,247 thereof female 11,036 (31,3%)
Last registered Finisher:  8:50:41
Next race: 25/04/2010
 


Overseas Runners: 2,432 (6,9%)
French: 531
Italian: 328
German: 278
Irish:  141
US-American: 101
South African: 55
 

Top Ten 2009

pos

name

time

1

» WANJIRU, SAMUEL (KEN)

02:05:10

2

» KEBEDE, TSEGAY (ETH)

02:05:20

3

» GHARIB, JAOUAD (MAR)

02:05:27

4

» MUTAI, EMMANUEL (KEN)

02:06:53

5

» RAMAALA, HENDRICK (RSA)

02:07:44

6

» GOUMRI, ABDERRAHIM (MAR)

02:08:25

7

» KIFLE, YONAS (ERI)

02:08:28

8

» SATO, ATSUSHI (JPN)

02:09:16

9

» KEFLEZIGHI, MEB (USA)

02:09:21

10

» LIMO, FELIX (KEN)

02:09:47

 

pos

name

time

1

» MIKITENKO, IRINA (GER)

02:22:11

2

» YAMAUCHI, MARA (GBR)

02:23:12

3

» SHOBUKOVA, LILIYA (RUS)

02:24:24

4

» ZAKHAROVA, SVETLANA (RUS)

02:25:06

5

» ADERE, BERHANE (ETH)

02:25:30

6

» ABITOVA, INGA (RUS)

02:25:55

7

» NDEREBA, CATHERINE (KEN)

02:26:22

8

» MORIMOTO, TOMO (JPN)

02:26:29

9

» WAMI, GETE (ETH)

02:26:54

10

» PETROVA, LYUDMILA (RUS)

02:27:42

   

Links
www.london-marathon.de  everything you want to know
www.virginlondonmarathon.com  official website

 

More Reports 2009
Photo Report by Adrian Massey
 



 

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