Bastien Augusto is strong on 10 km in Valence

Like Bastien Augusto who smashed his personal best over 10 km in Valence in 28’35, many French riders took advantage of their form to set a good time this weekend.

After training for six weeks at altitude in Font-Romeu, following his title of champion of France hopes of the 10 km (29’08) at Langueux, Bastien Augustus sought to surf on his peak form. The representative of the US Berry has set its sights on the 10 km of Valence (Spain) this Sunday morning. Son the Mediterranean coast, the 22-year-old runner crossed the line in eighth position, in the time of 28’35, now ranking 24th in French records in history. « I had prepared well for this race, and the last weeks of training showed that I had made good progress and that I had passed a good course since this summer. I had been waiting for a stopwatch under 29 minutes for a while. We quickly found ourselves in a hunting group behind a small peloton of African runners, I followed the pace and we went 14’15 in the 5th km. From the 6th km, the group I was in started to slow down, so I decided to lead until the start of the last mile He explained to Stadion.

Morhad Amdouni on the move

In Geneva (Switzerland), the very rolling course and perfect weather conditions favored top-notch lap times on 10 terminals. The victory went to Kibiwott Kandie in 26’51, ahead of his compatriots Felix Kipkoech (26’57) and Boniface Kibiwott (27’13). Fifth in 28’32, the French Morhad Amdouni set a similar time to the one that allowed him to win the gold medal at the national 10 km meeting (28’27). Mehdi Brother (8th and 28’49), Baptiste Guyon (12th in 29’21) and Joan Chenais (14th in 29’39) gave satisfaction. The European 10 km and half-marathon record holder Julien Wanders finished eleventh in 28’59 while dOn the women’s side, the Bahraini Kalkidan Gezahegne has set herself the world record in… 29’38. A global brand that until now belonged to the Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei in 29’43, established in Prague in September 2017.

Yann Schrub and Aurore Fleury show up in Nancy

A week after his big victory in the adidas 10K Paris in 29’22, Yann Schrub took a good second place in the Nancy half-marathon this Sunday morning, in 1:03:32, a time that would have allowed him to win the silver medal at the French Championships in the specialty in Les Sables d’Olonne on September 19 latest. The AS Sarreguemines-Sarrebourg half-founder was surpassed by the Kenyan Jamal Kiprono in 1h02’17. The French Elite 1500m champion and author of a reference in 4’03 ″ 35 over the distance at Monaco July 9, Aurore Fleury made his comeback race on his homeland, with a victory in 1h19’27. ” How lucky to have been able to come first on our magnificent Place Stanislas “, She rejoiced on social networks.

On the trail side, Catalan star Kilian Jornet made a comeback in ultra-trail, after three years of absence, with a victory in 10:24:44 on the Salomon Ultra Pirineu (100 km, 6600 m D +) from Bagà (Spain) , at an average speed of 9.68 km / h. A competition marked by the third place ofAurélien Dunand-Pallaz (10h44’29) for his first bib more than a month after his second place in the UTMB of Chamonix.

Photo credit: STADION

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