Musinschi runs 2:08:32 at METRO Dusseldorf Marathon, by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder

Iaroslav
Musinschi runs 2:08:32, setting Moldavian, Balkan records
and European leader at the METRO Dusseldorf Marathon, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Iaroslave Musinschi won the Metro Dusseldorf marathon, and even with his European
leading performance, has made it quite clear that he will not run the marathon at the
European Championships in Barcelona this coming summer.

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MUSINSCHI
EUROPEAN LEAD 2:08:32
DUSSELDORF (GER, May 2): Moldovan record holder Iaroslav
Musinschi took the 8th edition of the METRO Group Duesseldorf Marathon with a great course record of 2:08:32.
The 33 year-old Moldavian also established a Balkan and national record and
European 2010 lead. Additionally he is the first European marathon runner this
year to clock a sub 2:10 time. Russia’s Natalya Volgina won the
women’s race with 2:30:47. Adding all running events a record number of
13,000 athletes had entered the METRO Group Duesseldorf Marathon.
Among them were 4,200 marathon runners.n ideal weather conditions with
temperatures of around 12Â° degrees at the start Musinschi ran his own pace
right from the start. Guided by a pacemaker he reached the half way mark in
64:04 minutes and then almost kept his pace. Musinschi was more than three and
a half minutes ahead of Andrej Toptun (Ukraine/2:12:08) and Pawel Ochal
(Poland/2:13:23). Germany’s
Falk Cierpinski came in fourth with 2:17:18. Organizers are informing
in a release. Musinschi also said after the race he is not planning for
marathon at European Championships in Barcelona. He
earned 21 000 Euros of prize and bonus money, his next marathon will likely
be the Frankfurt Marathon on October 31.In the women’s race Mehtap Sizmaz had
been well ahead early in the race. Passing the 10 k mark in 34:26 minutes she
was on target for a time of around 2:25. But that was too fast for the
runner from Turkey, who had come to Duesseldorf with a personal best of 2:31:13.
She slowed, got problems and finally dropped out of the race. Russian Natalya
Volgina, who has a PB of 2:27:32, had taken the lead after around 25 k. At
the finish she was almost one minute ahead of Volha Salevich (Belarus/2:31:41)
and Svetlana Semova (Russia/2:33:01). German Melanie Kraus was fourth
with2:36:00 and missed the national qualification time for the European
Championships by three minutes. Norway’s
Kirsten Otterbu took fifth place with 2:36:22 and it is understood
that she has qualified for Barcelona with
this time. Volgina will get 7000 Euros.

Natalya Volgina, of Russia, just after her win in Metro Dusseldorf Marathon, photo by PhotoRun.net.

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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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