Sibileva finishes sixth in Portugal
05.04.2009
Tatyana Sibileva finished sixth at the 18° Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atletica in Portugal clocking 1:31.59.
The Norwegian Kjersti Plätzer went to get a solitary win in 1:30:35, a time significantly slower than the 1:29:29 which carried her to victory a year ago. The second to reach the finish was Santos who improved upon her seventh place finish last year in 1:30:49, also a season’s best. Henriques, who was ninth last year - but second in Chihuahua this season – was third. Lithuanian Kristina Saltanovic was fourth (1:31:26), ahead of Romania’s Claudia Steff.
In the men race, Norway’s Erik Tysse (pb: 1.19.11), Plätzer’s brother who won here last year, was among the leaders as well, but Hao Wang of China (pb.: 1.19.47), who was fourth in Beijing last summer, was the stronger today. The race turned into a battle between Hao and Italy’s Giorgio Rubino, with the former prevailing in 01:19:27. Rubino, who was fifth at the 2007 World Championships, was ten seconds adrift in 1:19:37 to finish second. Both raced to personal bests. Tysse was third, another seven seconds back. Hao’s performance was the second fastest ever in Rio Maior, and Rubino’s the third fastest ever at the event.
The first five all clocked season’s bests, with Mexican Jesus Sánchez (pb: 1.23.02) who was third in the Chihuahua 50 km this year, clocking a personal best 1:21:14 to finish fifth, just behind China’s Yafei Chu (1:21:10).
António Manuel Fernandes for the IAAF
Women 20km
1. Kjersty Plätzer NOR 1:30:35
2. Vera Santos POR 1:30:49
3. Inês Henriques POR 1:31:05
4. Kristina Saltanovic LTU 1:31:26
5. Claudia Stef ROM 1:31:54
6. Tatyana Sibileva RUS 1:31:59
7. Ana Cabecinha POR 1:33:05
8. Ana Maria Groza ROM 1:35:03
Men 20km
1. Hao Wang CHN 1:19:27
2. Giorgio Rubino ITA 1:19:37
3. Erik Tysse NOR 1:19:44
4. Yafei Chu CHN 1:21:10
5. Jesus Sánchez MEX 1:21:14
6. Andre Höhne GER 1:21:30
7. Ivan Trotski BLR 1:22:33
8. Jose Alessandro Bagio BRA 1:22:53
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