It was festive, in style and crowded in Gothenburg on Saturday when the enormous half-marathon Gothenburg Lap was determined. Quickest of all runners from Swedish golf equipment have been Johanna Larsson and Samuel Russom.
The warmth turned, similar to final 12 months, an element to be reckoned with in the course of the Göteborgsvarvet half-marathon, which was selected Saturday afternoon on Might 18. The beginning shot went at 1:00 p.m. and the afternoon solar was as cruel to the runners because it was pleasant to the people pageant that took over Gothenburg.
The epicenter of the race was, as regular, the newly renovated Slottsskogsvallen, the place this 12 months the runners needed to end after a brief riot on synthetic grass, whereas ready for the newly laid operating tracks to harden.
Among the many runners from Swedish golf equipment, Örgrytes went the quickest Johanna Larsson on the ladies’s aspect and Hässelby’s Samuel Russom on the lads’s aspect.
Abdelhafiz Ibrahim, who competes for Sävedalen AIK, was the primary Swede as much as 5 kilometers along with Samuel Russom. The quickest Swedish lady at 5 kilometers was Örgryte’s Johanna Larsson within the firm of Lovisa Modig from Torsby LK. And these 4 runners remained within the Swedish lead all the best way to the end line.
Behind Samuel Russom, who got here sixth within the race in a time of 1:06:03, got here his membership mate Linus Rosdahl in seventh place in a time of 1:06:17. The second quickest Swede was Abdelhafiz Ibrahim, who got here in ninth in 1:06:56. (Samuel Russom competes for Hässelby however just isn’t a Swedish citizen.)
– It is lots of enjoyable, nevertheless it was robust as we speak. The final bit I struggled, it was extremely popular and actually robust. However now afterwards it feels nice, says a cheerful Samuel after the end line.
The Swedish ladies’s prime got here in with Johanna Larsson shut behind in sixth place within the race in a time of 1:16:51. The place after, as seventh, Lovisa Modig completed in a time of 1:17:19 and the third quickest Swede was Liduina van Sitteren from Örebro AIK in 1:20:47, which was sufficient for eighth place.
Kenyan dominance on the prime
Early on, a trio of males and a quartet of girls left the remainder of the beginning discipline, Jackson Kavesa Muema, Moses Koech and Edward Koonyo from Kenya on the lads’s aspect and Kenyans Susan Chembai, Janet Ruguru and Ethiopian Nigsti Haftu on the ladies’s aspect.
To start with to complete was Moses Koech with a time of 1:02:56. Unsurprisingly, he was not the one Kenyan on the rostrum. Edward Koonyo got here second in 1:03:15 and in third place Jackson Kavesa Muema in 1:03:55.
On the ladies’s aspect, it was double Kenya on prime with Janet Ruguru first in 1:11:35 and Susan Chembai second in 1:11:50. Ethiopian Nigsti Haftu ran in third in 1:12:10.
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