IAAF World 1/2 Champs: Dathan Takes the Bronze!, by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder

Zersenay Tadesse won the men’s title in 59:35 and Mary Keitany won the women’s title in 1:06:36. Congrats to Dathan Ritzenhein who took the bronze, here in 1:00:00, the second best EVER by an American, with only Ryan Hall’s 59:43 in front of him!

Dathan Ritzenhein, 10,000m, World Champs, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Keitany and Tadese taking the gold medals
BIRMINGHAM (GBR, Oct 11): Kenyan world leader Mary Keitany (1:06:36) and Eritrean title defender Zersenay Tadese (59:35) won the World Half Marathon titles in Birmingham. For Keitany also another world leading mark of the year and second fastest ever if not taking into account slightly downhill courses in South Shields and Lisbon. For Tadese fourth consecutive title. Only two non-African medalists US Dathan Ritzenhein as third (1:00:00) and Russian women team as 3rd. Best individual Europeans were Inga Abitova of Russia as 9th (1:09:53) and Italian Daniele Meucci (18th, 1:02:43).
Special thanks to Alfons Juck, EME News.
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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