Imane Merga Edges Wilson Kiprop To Capture 2013 BOClassic In Italy (28:43.8 Vs. 28:43.9)
by LetsRun.com
December 31, 2013
Ethiopia’s Imane Merga, the 2011 world xc champion, edged Kenya’s Wilson Kiprop, the 2010 world half marathon champion, to win the 2013 BOCLassic on the streets of Italy today (28:43.9 to 28:43.9). 2008 Olympic 5000 bronze medallist Edwin Soi was seventh (30:00.5) just ahead of American Chris Barnicle (30:01.1). An article on the race in Italian says that 2010 world junior 5000 bronze medallist Aziz Lahbabi had the lead for most of the race. Lahbabi ended up third in 28:50.8.
The women’s 5000 was won by 2007 and 2009 world 1500 champ Maryam Jamal of Bahrain in 16:00.6 as 2013 Moscow 10,000 silver medallist Gladys Cherono was second in 16:01.8.
More: *Lengthy IAAF Recap of Race: Merga wins in thrilling finish
Merga wins BOClassic for second straight year (translated from Italian)
Pre-Race: Imane Merga, Edwin Merga, Edwin Soi, Wilson Kiprop, Gladys Cherono and Maryam Jamal running BOClassic New Year’s Eve Race in Italy Full start lists here.
Men’s Results
posto nome an nazione/località squadra tempo ritardo pett media ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Merga Imane 1985 Etiopia Etiopia 28.43,8 ----- (1) 2.52 2. Kiprop Wilson 1987 Kenya Kenya 28.43,9 0.00,1 (3) 2.52 3. Lahbabi Aziz 1991 Marocco (TV) Marocco 28.50,8 0.07,0 (12) 2.53 4. Birech Jairus 1992 Kenya Kenya 28.59,5 0.15,7 (5) 2.53 5. Ndiema Leon 1990 Kenya Kenya 29.04,1 0.20,3 (4) 2.54 6. Mutai Solomon 1992 Uganda Uganda 29.49,5 1.05,7 (6) 2.58 7. Soi Edwin 1986 Kenya Kenya 30.00,5 1.16,7 (2) 3.00 8. Barnicle Chris 1987 USA USA 30.01,1 1.17,3 (17) 3.00 9. Matviychuk Vasyl 1982 Ucraina Ucraina 30.09,4 1.25,6 (13) 3.00 10. Draper Mark 1984 Gran Bretagna Gran Bretagna 30.12,7 1.28,9 (16) 3.01 11. Sitkovskyy Oleksandr 1978 Ucraina Ucraina 30.12,9 1.29,1 (8) 3.01 12. Cominotto Manuel 1990 CS Esercito Roma-Italia CS Esercito Roma - Italia 30.25,3 1.41,5 (27) 3.02 13. Tesfay Simon 1985 Eritrea Eritrea 30.43,9 2.00,1 (14) 3.04 14. Grigoriy Andreev 1976 Russia Russia 30.44,1 2.00,3 (15) 3.04 15. Meftah Abdellatif 1982 Francia Francia 30.44,8 2.01,0 (9) 3.04 16. Ploner Markus 1980 ASV Sterzing-Italia ASV Sterzing - Italia 30.56,7 2.12,9 (20) 3.05 17. Scaini Stefano 1983 Running Club Futura-Itali Running Club Futura 31.00,4 2.16,6 (22) 3.06 18. Gualdi Giovanni 1979 FFGG Roma-Italia FFGG Roma - Italia 31.02,6 2.18,8 (32) 3.06 19. Denard Gabriele 1974 FFGG Roma-Italia FFGG Roma - Italia 31.06,7 2.22,9 (19) 3.06 20. Lanziner Peter 1977 US Quercia-Italia US Quercia - Italia 31.20,4 2.36,6 (21) 3.08 21. Albuquerque Bruno 1989 Portogallo Portogallo 31.35,7 2.51,9 (11) 3.09 22. Frick Gerd 1974 Telmekom Team Suedtirol Telmekom Team Suedtirol 32.29,0 3.45,2 (31) 3.14
Women’s Results
posto nome an nazione/località squadra tempo ritardo pett media ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Jamal Maryam 1984 Barhain Barhain 16.00,6 ----- (53) 3.12 2. Cherono Gladys 1983 Kenya Kenya 16.01,8 0.01,2 (51) 3.12 3. Godfay Afera 1991 Etiopia Etiopia 16.19,2 0.18,6 (54) 3.15 4. Degefa Worknesh 1990 ETH-Etiopia Etiopia 16.25,5 0.24,9 (52) 3.17 5. Magnani Margherita 1987 FFGG-Italia FFGG - Italia 16.27,6 0.27,0 (67) 3.17 6. Daunay Christelle 1974 Francia Francia 16.35,9 0.35,3 (61) 3.19 7. Papp Krisztina 1982 Ungheria Ungheria 16.36,6 0.36,0 (58) 3.19 8. Viola Giulia Alessandra 1991 FFGG-Italia FFGG - Italia 16.59,1 0.58,5 (73) 3.23 9. Kotovska Olha 1983 Ucraina Ucraina 17.04,2 1.03,6 (57) 3.24 10. Epis Giovanna 1988 CS Forestale Roma-Italia CS Forestale Roma - Italia 17.09,3 1.08,7 (63) 3.25 11. Shmidt Svitlana 1990 Ucraina Ucraina 17.23,1 1.22,5 (56) 3.28 12. Galimberti Sara 1991 Atl. Bracco Milano-Italia Atl. Bracco Milano - Italia 17.26,0 1.25,4 (64) 3.29 13. Andreeva Julia 1984 Kirghizistan Kirghizistan 17.26,5 1.25,9 (60) 3.29 14. Stefani Anna 1995 ASV Sterzing Volksbank-It ASV Sterzing Volksbank - Itali 17.27,9 1.27,3 (66) 3.29 15. Kalovics Aniko 1977 Ungheria Ungheria 17.35,4 1.34,8 (59) 3.31 16. Berlanda Eleonora 1976 FFOO-Italia FFOO - Italia 17.37,6 1.37,0 (74) 3.31 17. Varga Judith 1976 Ass. Industriali Pd-Itali Ass. Industriali Pd - Italia 17.45,3 1.44,7 (62) 3.33 18. Iozzia Ivana 1973 Corradini Rubiera RE-Ital Corradini Rubiera RE - Italia 17.47,4 1.46,8 (65) 3.33 19. Hanspeter Kathrin 1982 Sarntal (BZ) Lauffreunde Sarntal - Italia 18.04,6 2.04,0 (75) 3.36 20. Paterlini Daniela 1973 Corradini Rubiera RE-Ital Corradini Rubiera RE - Italia 18.22,8 2.22,2 (71) 3.40 21. Bonvecchio Elektra 1978 Atl.Trento CMB-Italia Atl.Trento CMB - Italia 19.03,5 3.02,9 (68) 3.48