Bij de mannen slaagde Marko Mamba er niet in om een historische 4e overwinning te halen want John Wachira was 46 seconden eerder aan de streep. Bij de vrouwen gingen de tweelingzussen Nurgalieva zij aan zij met grote voorsprong over de finish. {i}(Martien Baars){ei}
Op de site van de Two Oceans staan inmiddels alle resultaten. Men kan daar ook zoeken op ‘Country’. De resultaten van de eerste 50 heren en eerste 50 dames staan onder het kopje uitslagen op Ultraned. De gefinishte Beneluxlopers staan onder een apart kopje. Wat vooral opvalt is de knappe dertiende plaats van de Amsterdamse Inez (Anne) Haagen bij de dames overall. Inez Haagen liep in 2007 in Berlijn een marathon van 3.01. Over de 56 km deed zij 4.24.15. Zij liep een mooi opgebouwde race. Bij het marathonpunt (3.19.37) lag zij nog een-en-twintigste.
Zie http://www1.twooceansmarathon.org.za/results
{b}Results of the Old Mutual Two Oceans 56km run in Cape Town on Saturday 11 April 2009{eb}
56km: Men, seniors – 1 John Wachira (ADT) 3:10:06; 2 Marko Mambo (MP) 3:10:52; 3 Mpesela Ntlotsoeu (Toy) 3:11:56; 4 Stephen Muzhingi (Zim) 3:12:05; 5 Henry Moyo (MP) 3:12:23; 6 Butiki Jantjies (MP) 3:13:53; 7 Modibe Mamabolo (MP) 3:14:43; 8 Lephetesang Adora (Toy) 3:15:48; 9 Melikhaya Sithuba (MP) 3:16:40; 10 Sipho Ncube (MP) 3:17:11
Women, seniors – 1 Elena Nurgalieva (MP) 3:40:43; 2 Olesya Nurgalieva (MP) 3:40:43; 3 Samukeliso Moyo (MP) 3:58:47; 4 Farwa Mentoor (Bon) 3:59:45; 5 Adinda Kruger (N) 4:03:36; 6 Suzette Botha (CH) 4:05:28; 7 Joanna Thomas (VOB) 4:08:41; 8 Jane Madau (N) 4:10:06; 9 Ursula Frans (Adidas) 4:10:35; 10 Maya Lawrie (Boxer) 4:13:12
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Dit was de voorbeschouwing van de Two Oceans.
{b}Mambo ’to run away with 4th Two Oceans title'{eb}
{i}Cape Times, 9 April 2009+
By Stephen Granger{ei}
Had there been a Two Oceans Marathon Hall of Fame, it would be a betting certainty that Marco Mambo would be inducted into it after Saturday’s 56km race.
The 37-year-old smooth-striding Zimbabwean, who has already earned his place in Two Oceans history, is the strong favourite to secure a fourth win in the country’s biggest-ever road-running event, to be contested over the traditional scenic route in the southern Peninsula.
No man has won the 56km Two Oceans more than three times, but Mambo appears set fair to emulate Monica Drogemoller’s brilliant ultra-distance running of the 1980s when she bagged four titles.
Zimbabwean men’s dominance of recent years is likely to continue into the race’s fifth decade as an increasing number of leading runners from north of the border head south in search of a cut of the generous prize money on offer.
Mambo’s hat trick in 2008 marked the fourth Zimbabwean triumph in five years, and the defending champion, 2006 winner Moses Njodzi and Prodigal Khumalo, who placed fifth in 2hr 16min 3sec at the SA marathon championships in Durban in March, all have the ability and current form to increase that tally.
In 2008, Mambo thwarted a strong challenge by Mzanele Maphekula to cross the line in 3:11:35, less than a minute ahead of the Eastern Cape runner. Mapekhula is again in the field, aiming to go one better than his excellent effort on that occasion.
Apart from Maphekula, Teboho Sello, competing over 56km for the first time, could prove South Africa’s strongest hope of a top finish.
He has been a consistent road runner over the past 12 months, highlighted by his biggest-ever payday when he finished second in the Soweto Marathon last November.
Strong-running Bethuel Netshifhefhe is the only South African to have won the Oceans in recent years, clocking 3:07:56 in 2007, and seems certain to among the leaders on Saturday too.
Simon Peu, his Central Gauteng teammate, is also likely to challenge for a podium finish, while 2003 winner Mluleki Nobanda, even in his 40s, and Cape runner Neo Molema can never be ruled out.
While Zimbabwe is likely to rule the men’s race, it is virtually certain that Russians will dominate the women’s competition.
Twins Olesya and Elena Nurgalieva, who rate the Two Oceans as one of their favourite events worldwide, are tipped to once again lead their rivals a merry dance to the finish line on the Groote Schuur campus.
Elena, the winner in 2004 and 2005, was denied a hat trick by 32sec by her sister in 2008, with Olesya’s 3:34:53 being the third-fastest time ever for the event .
In the interim, fellow Russians Tatyana Zhirkova and Madina Biktagirova took line honours, decisively shutting out any South African challenge in the women’s competition.
If the European country’s sequence of victories is to be ended, another Zimbabwean, in the form of talented 35-year-old Samukaliso Moyo, is most likely to be responsible.
Moyo, making her 56km debut, placed third in last year’s Two Oceans Half-Marathon in 1:16:48 and has since achieved a string of marathon successes.
She started with a 2:42:12 victory in the Cape Town Marathon, and lately won the SA marathon championships in 2:43:11 and finished second in the Johannesburg City Marathon.
Cape hopes in the women’s race rest once again with Farwa Mentoor, who often uses the Two Oceans as preparation for her assault on the Comrades Marathon in May, but is seldom if ever outside the gold-medal positions.
While the likes of Mambo and the Nurgalieva twins have their sights set on line honours, many others in the field of 6 700 will merely be aiming to reach the finish line in under seven hours.
The 36-year-old Paul Dolman is one such runner. What makes his story remarkable is that he was born with cystic fibrosis, a disease expected to kill him over 28 years ago.
He received the “Spirit of the Comrades” award in 2007, which inspired him to take part in road shows across the country to speak about of his life, his disease and his battle to stay positive and healthy through it all.
The 21km-race gets underway in Main Road, Newlands, at 6am, with the 56km ultra-marathon starting 25 minutes later.
The leading half-marathon runners are expected at the finish at the University of Cape Town just after 7am.
The leaders in the main race should come home from shortly after 9.30am.
Bron: http://www.iol.co.za/