COPENHAGEN, Denmark--On Monday, June 12, at the Broloppet Half-Marathon, a
first-time race record of 80,000 runners celebrated the new bridge between
Copenhagen to Malmo, Sweden. According to Peter Larsson, a Swedish
statistician, over 96,000 entered the race with over 80,000 starters.
Broloppet is also the largest half-marathon (13.1 miles) ever.
The first part of the race went through a tunnel over 4 kilometers long
(approximately 2.5 miles). The bridge, which opens for vehicular traffic on
July 1, is 7,845 meters long or nearly five miles. The race is likely to be a
one-time only event. The entry fee was 550 Swedish Kronor or 450 Danish Kroner
(about $60).
The male and female winners were Tesfaye Tola of Ethiopia and Resituta
Joseph of Tanzania in 59:51 and 1:07:59 respectively. The runners had a
tailwind on the point-to-point course. For more information on the Broloppet
2000, go to its website at
http://www.broloppet.com
.
MEN
1) Tesfaye Tola, ETH, 59:51, $10,000
2) Philip Rugut, KEN, 60:00
3) Faustin Baha, TAN, 60:05
4) Robert Stefko, SVK, 60:29
5) Gezahenga Abera, ETH, 60:30
WOMEN
1) Resituta Joseph, TAN, 67:59, $10,000
2) Joyce Chepchumba, KEN, 68:18
3) Lyubov Morgunova, RUS, 68:45
4) Abeba Tola, ETH, 68:48
5) Maria Guida, ITA 69:00
Special thanks to
Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Coordinator for providing us this press
release.
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