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Saturday 2 June 2012 | Start: 12.00 |
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Jordan win in cruel conditions
The 34th ASICS Stockholm Marathon was afflicted by the worst conditions ever. Unseasonal 3-4 degrees C and blasts of wind up to 18 meters/second attacked the runners, accompanied by persistent rain it all become a great ordeal.
Top Runner Andreas Bergstedt described the absurd when the competitors did hit a wall of wind at the halfway mark.
“One of us cracked up, and started to laugh unrestrainedly.”
15 968 runners started, 14 686 completed the race. That means that only 8 percent did not finish, a surprisingly low figure, considering the harsh conditions. Last year in good running conditions with 15 degrees and coloudy, 4 per cent of the runners who started did not finish.
Methkal Abu Drais was the quickest of them all, Whoever expected a Jordan runner to win? Abu Drais started modestly and progressed through the field, overtaking Ethiopia’s Dereje Debele Tulu in the final kilometers.
The Kenyan runners dreaded the weather and failed to reach Top-20-positions.
Derebe Godana, Ethiopia, dominated the women’s race, right from the start. She won by over three minutes to Veronika Lopatina, of Russia.
Top results ASICS Stockholm Marathon 2012
Men 1) Methkal Abu Drais, Jordan, 2.19.16, 2) Dereje Debele Tulu, Ethiopia, 2.19.45, 3) Sahle Warga Betona, Ethiopia, 2.20.07.
Women 1) Derebe Godana, Ethiopia, 2.40.19, 2) Veronika Lopatina, Russia 2.44.58, 3) Belaynesh Jida, Ethiopia, 2.45.53.
Methkal Abu Drais from Jordan won the ASICS Stockholm Marathon.
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ASICS Stockholm Marathon. E-mail: info@marathon.se Phone: +46 (0)8-545 664 40, Fax: +46 (0)8-664 38 22
Address: Stockholm Marathon, 15124, SE-167 15 Bromma, Sweden
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