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2006 September 09th, Saturday
Anyang 2006: 42km Marathons

Joey Mantia tops off a memorable world championships to win the Senior Men’s Marathon in a huge bunch sprint. Yan Guyader of France was second followed by the two Italians Francesco Zangarini and Massimiliano Presti. The rain stopped for the race, but it was still extremely wet.

There were a huge number of break aways but in the conditions, none could get more than 10m on the pack. Iran did a number of breakaways to the surprise of the crowd.

Cecilia Baena wins the Senior Women’s Marathon! In another bunch sprint, Ceci out sprinted Nicole Begg New Zealand who was second and Jana Gegner Germany who was third. Ceci’s father was over the moon and the Colombian journalists went nuts.

Peter Michael of New Zealand wins gold in the Junior Men's relay in a huge bunch sprint in the wet. Ewen Fernandez from France was second and the third place Korean was disqualified for pushing in the sprint. Kim Ju Kim was promoted to the bronze medal.

Seul Lee of Korea has just won the Junior Women’s marathon in pouring rain. The rain has not let up all morning. India Kuhn of Switzerland was 2nd and Heather Richardson of the USA was 3rd. There were a number of falls in the race including 5 of the Korean team. They all got up quickly and got back in the pack. There were only 2 break away attempts by Belgium and Switzerland.

Thank you for all the support we had bringing this wonderful coverage to you. The Anyang World Championships will be remembered as one of the best World Championships ever! Thanks to Guido for his live coverage and the Spanish articles, Soo Yeon for the Korean articles and Sara Bont for the English. Until next year in Cali Colombia, it's bye for now.

By Alexander Bont
 
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