2009 European Mountain Running Championships Explained

2009 European Mountain Running Championships
Organisers:	EAA
Edition:	8th
Date:	12 July
Host City:	Telfes im Stubai, Austria
Nations Participating:	25
Athletes Participating:	241
Races:	4
Distances:	11 km – Men 9.5 km – Women 9.5 km – U20 men 4 km – U20 women
Previous:	2008 Zell am Harmersbach
Next:	2010 Sapareva Banya

The 2009 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 12 July in Telfes im Stubai, Austria. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association. The 2009 edition saw the introduction of two under-20s competitions into the championships programme, complementing the usual men's and women's senior races. The men's race was 11 km long and featured a total climb of 1300 m in altitude, while the women's and under-20s men's competitions were over 9.5 km and scaled a height of 950 m.^[1] The women's junior competition was held over 4 km with a total climb of 400 m.^[2]

Turkish runner Ahmet Arslan retained his European title for a second time in the men's senior race, following wins in 2007 and 2008. In the women's senior race, Martina Strähl took the honours over home favourite Andrea Mayr. Italian athletes dominated the team competitions at the championships, taking the gold medals in the senior men's and women's races, as well as the men's under-20s event. Turkish runners topped the podium in both the under-20s contests; Yusuf Alici and Derya Altintas won the boys and girls titles respectively.^[3]

Results

Men

width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Runner	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Ahmet Arslan		58:26
	Marco De Gasperi		59:09
	Sébastien Epiney		59:19
4	Timo Zeiler		59:31
5	Raymond Fontaine		59:37
6	Martin Dematteis		60:04
7	Said Jandari		60:29
8	Emmanuel Meyssat		60:58
9	Riccardo Sterni		61:05
10	Javier Crespo		61:09

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
		17
		20
		32
4		45
5		48

Total participants: 80 runners and 19 teams.^[4]

Women

width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Runner	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Martina Strähl		54:39
	Valentina Belotti		55:28
	Andrea Mayr		56:55
4	Renate Rungger		57:17
5	Natalya Leontyeva		57:29
6	Bernadette Meier-Brändle		57:36
7	Zhanna Vokuyeva		58:01
8	Kate Goodhead		58:34
9	Katie Ingram		58:37
10	Maria Grazia Roberti		58:40

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Valentina Belotti Renate Rungger Maria Grazia Roberti	16
		19
		34
4		54
5		57

Total participants: 64 runners and 16 teams.^[5]

Under-20s men

width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Runner	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Yusuf Alici		50:29
	Xavier Chevrier		50:44
	Candide Pralong		51:39
4	Jakub Bajza		52:58
5	Scott McDonald		53:06
6	Didrik Tønseth		53:13
7	Michael Gras		53:28
8	Luca Cagnati		53:37
9	Jørgen Bye Brevik		53:51
10	Kelemu Crippa		53:54

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
		20
		26
		32
4		39
5		58

Total participants: 59 runners and 14 teams.^[6]

Under-20s women

width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Runner	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Derya Altintas		23:15
	Elif Karabulut		23:20
	Yasemin Can		23:29
4	Andra Ologu		23:39
5	Tatyana Prorokova		23:43
6	Gina Paletta		23:45
7	Ludmila Horká		23:51
8	Raluca Morjan		23:59
9	Victoria Graves		24:03
10	Kaja Obidic		24:15

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
		3
		12
		15
4		18
5		26

Total participants: 38 runners and 14 teams.^[7]
NB: The women's under-20s team competition was decided by the performances of each country's top two performers.

External links

Official website at European Athletics

Notes and References

http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7511&Itemid=78 Keen contest on cards at European Mountain Running Championship in Telfes im Stubai
http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7493&Itemid=78 Final entries for European Mountain Running Championships now available online
http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7516&Itemid=78 Arslan and Strähl rule mountains in Telfes im Stubai
http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/eaa12788655.htm Telfes im Stubai AUT 12 July Mountain running
http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/eaa12788655.htm Telfes im Stubai AUT 12 July Mountain running
http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/eaa12788655.htm Telfes im Stubai AUT 12 July Mountain running
http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/eaa12788655.htm Telfes im Stubai AUT 12 July Mountain running