Double gold and bronze to Australia in World Mountain Running Championships
Australian junior cross country champion Lara Tamsett from Sydney won the World Junior Mountain Running Championship in Switzerland on Saturday. Canowindra's Veronica Wallington recovered from a nasty fall while leading to finish third. The Australian team, including Lauren McKillop of Sydney who finished 21st, won the team's gold medal. These were Australia's first medals at the World Championships in almost 20 years of participation.
In the junior men, Melbourne's Matt Bayley had an outstanding run to finish 8th while Ben Guest of Gosford was 14th.
Canberra's Mark Bourne had an outstanding senior international debut to finish 34th in the senior men's race. Australian champion Scott McTaggart was 49th, Wollongong's Stephen Brown 82nd and Canberra's Stuart Doyle 90th. The Australian team finished 14th.
Senior women Hubertien Wichers and Cindy King finished mid-field in 50th and 68th positions. However, Wichers should be a contender for a medal in this Saturday's World Veteran Mountain Running Championship in Austria.
See: http://iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=41672.html
Full results: http://services.datasport.com/2007/lauf/cmm/
Senior men:
1. DE GASPERI MARCO 1977 ITALIE / ITALY 51.49,7
2. YOHANNES TESFAY 1986 ERYTHRÉE / ERITREA 52.19,4
3. TESFAZGHI ERMIAS 1989 ERYTHRÉE / ERITREA 53.02,5
4. SYMONDS JOSEPH 1983 ECOSSE / SCOTLAND 53.02,7
5. GRICE ADAM 1986 ANGLETERRE / ENGLAND 53.10,4
6. GAIARDO MARCO 1970 ITALIE / ITALY 53.31,6
7. GEX-FABRY ALEXIS 1983 SUISSE / SWITZERLAND 53.38,0
8. EPINEY SÉBASTIEN 1967 SUISSE / SWIZERLAND 53.40,5
9. FONTAINE RAYMOND 1979 FRANCE / FRENCH 54.23,2
10. KOKOB TEWOLDEBERHAN 1986 ERYTHRÉE / ERITREA 54.27,8
Australians: 14th in teams
14. AUSTRALIE / AUSTRALIA 255
BOURNE MARK 56.51,4 34.
MC TAGGART SCOTT 58.00,9 49.
BROWN STEPHEN 1:00.29,7 82.
DOYLE STUART 1:01.13,1 90.
Senior women:
1. PICHRTOVA ANNA 3 RÉPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE / CZECH REPUBLIC 39.11,5
2. MAYR ANDREA 1979 AUTRICHE / AUSTRIA 39.52,5
3. HAEFELI LAURA 1967 ETATS-UNIS / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 41.19,4
4. DESCO ELISA 1982 ITALIE / ITALY 41.25,1
5. RODRIGUEZ QUIJANO MARIA EUGENIA 1971 COLOMBIE / COLOMBIA 41.38,
6. GRANDOVEC DANEJA 1984 SLOVÉNIE / SLOVENIA 42.17,3
7. MEIER-BRÄNDLE BERNADETTE 1972 SUISSE / SWITZERLAND 42.22,6
8. LUNDY CHRISTINE 1970 ETATS-UNIS / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 42.23,6 9. GUILLOT ISABELLE 1961 FRANCE / FRENCH 42.25,4
10. MILESOVA IVA 1977 RÉPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE / CZECH REPUBLIC 42.31,8
Australians:
50. WICHERS HUBERTIEN 1965 AUSTRALIE / AUSTRALIA 46.49,7
68. KING CINDY 1971 AUSTRALIE / AUSTRALIA 50.36,5
Junior men: Australians 8th and 14th
1. KUSURO GEOFFREY 1989 RÉPUBLIQUE D'OUGANDA / REPUBLIC OF UGAND 34.27,6
2. SEMERE MOUSSIE 1990 ERYTHRÉE / ERITREA 34.32,5
3. TSEGGAY OUQBIT 1991 ERYTHRÉE / ERITREA 34.34,6
4. HIYABU MICHAEL 1991 ERYTHRÉE / ERITREA 34.53,6
5. PAK HASAN 1989 TURQUIE / TURKEY 35.44,4
6. CARERA JUAN CARLOS 1988 MEXIQUE 36.27,6
7. TSEGGAY ZER'EMARIAM 1989 ERYTHRÉE / ERITREA 36.51,5
8. BAYLEY MATTHEW 1989 AUSTRALIE / AUSTRALIA 37.00,2
9. MUSLU ERCAN 1988 TURQUIE / TURKEY 37.11,5
10. STOECKERT MANUEL 1988 ALLEMAGNE / GERMANY 37.15,0
11. KUS ERKAN 1988 TURQUIE / TURKEY 37.21,9
12. STEINHAMMER CHRISTIAN 1988 AUTRICHE / AUSTRIA 37.37,3
13. SEMEDO LUIS 1988 PORTUGAL 37.49,9
14. GUEST BEN 1988 AUSTRALIE / AUSTRALIA 37.59,5
Junior women: Australians 1st, 3rd and 21st; 1st in teams
1. TAMSETT LARA 1988 AUSTRALIE / AUSTRALIA 20.48,6
2. BASTUG HULYA 1988 TURQUIE / TURKEY 21.01,1
3. WALLINGTON VERONICA 1990 AUSTRALIE / AUSTRALIA 21.06,2
21. MC KILLOP LAUREN 1990 AUSTRALIE / AUSTRALIA 23.10,1