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.

Una prueba récord para el patinaje en cantidad de inscriptos con 45 naciones participantes en los mayores varones, la lluvia por momentos complicó la prueba pero el remate final mostró todo el potencial de nuestro deporte con victoria para Joey Mantia escoltado por Yan Guyader y Francesco Zangarini.

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.

La colombiana Cecilia ¨Chechi¨ Baena se adjudicó la victoria en los 42 km de las damas mayores en un espectacular remate final donde con lo justo superó a la neocelandesa Nicole Begg y a la alemana Jana Gegner que llegó en un meritorio cuarto lugar.

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.

El neocelandés Peter Michael volvió a brillar en Anyang y logró un nuevo título del mundo al vencer en un gran remate final superando al francés Ewen Fernandez y al surcoreano Kim Ju Kim. Otro surcoreano había llegado tercero pero fue descalificado.

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.

Seul Lee de Corea del Sur se quedó con la medalla dorada en las damas juveniles en una maratón cubierta por la lluvia. No paró de llover en toda la mañana. India Kuhn de Suiza fue segunda y el tercer lugar quedó para Heather Richardson de Estados Unidos. Numerosas caídas hubo durante toda la prueba.