2010 Event – 28th February
Limassol Marathon GSO | May 25th, 20101 Comment »The organizers, GSO and Olympus Events Management were delighted by the success of last year’s Marathon event on the 28th February, which became the biggest athletic event in the history of road running in Cyprus, with over 1400 participants in all events.
As well as the many Cypriots who took part, there was a big entry from Greece, and runners featured from over 20 countries including UK, Russia, Poland, Romania, Germany, Austria, Italy, Finland, Lebanon, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kenya and Ethiopia.
The Charity Walks encouraged a lot of people to participate, and the total participation fees of these events, was distributed to the following Charities:
- Make A Wish – Cyprus
- Volunteer Doctors – Cyprus
- Europa Donna -Cyprus
- People Support Association Alzheimer’s Disease
- Children’s Home Nicosia
The Marathon winner was Moses Kibet of Kenya with a PB 2:13:29, followed by compatriots Julious Karinga (2:14:45) and Momanyi Basweti (2:17,19) all of whom broke the old course record. First Greek runner Pavlos Tzanavaras was 13th in 2:35:07. First Female was Russian Natalia Sergeeva in 2:38:56. Second was Hungarian Andrea Tacaks (2:44:19) and third Russian Nadezda Semiletova (2:45:48). All three broke the old record (2:46).
Half Marathon, winner was Champion and holder of the Balkan Marathon Record, Iaroslav Musinchi of Moldavia in an excellent time of 1:04:19. Second was Poland’s Kleczek Radoslaw, in 1:04:32 and third was Russian Artem Ekimov in 1:05:24. First Female was Russian Natalia Volgina in 1:12:35, followed by the Poland’s Katia-Ustianowska Dorota in1:13:16 and Russian Svetlana Semova in 1:14:44.
From Greece, Triathlon Champion Deniz Dimaki finished the Half Marathon in 6th position with a time 1:18:09 and in 7th position came Marathon Champion Magda Gazea with 1:19:31. Best Greek Male was Kostas Ifantis who was 10th in 1:15:39
A day of excitement was honoured by the presence of Paul Tergat, former World Record Holder in 10,000m, Half-Marathon and Marathon as a guest, and he was kept busy signing autographs for his many admirers from different countries. He remarked to a reporter that he believed the course was good enough for a very much faster time in the future.
2010 Top 5 Results
The 2010 version of the Limassol Marathon Results.
The first five men and women to cross the Limassol Marathon 2010 finish line were:
Top 5, Limassol Marathon 2010, MEN
- Kibet Moses, 13, 2:13:29
- Karinga Julius, 15, 2:14:45
- Basweti Momanyi, 14 2:17:20
- Gur Oleg, 5, 2:18:08
- Prodius Roman, 10, 2:19:14
Top 5, Limassol Marathon 2010, WOMEN
- Sergeeva Natalia, 16, 2:38:56
- Takacs Andrea, 23, 2:44:20
- Semiletova Nadezda, 19, 2:45:49
- Kamila Hanipova, 69, 2:49:42
- Marina Myshlyanova, 68, 2:57:26
The first five men and women to cross the Limassol Half Marathon 2010 finish line were:
Top 5, Limassol Half Marathon 2010, MEN
- Musinschi Iaroslav, 409, 1:04:19
- Kleczek Radoslaw, 401, 1:04:32
- Ekimov Artem, 415, 1:05:24
- Auada Husein, 413, 1:05:28
- Yury Vinogradov, 503, 1:05:44
Top 5, Limassol Half Marathon 2010, WOMEN
- Volgina Natalia, 412, 1:12:35
- Kata-Ustianowska Dorota, 405, 1:13:16
- Svetlana Semova Demedenko, 461, 1:14:44
- Sisoeva Yulia, 416, 1:16:37
- Nituelasa Alina 406, 1:17:53
The first three men and women to cross the Limassol Marathon 2010 10KM Health Run finish line were:
Top 3, Limassol Marathon 2010 10KM Health Run, MEN
- Uciechowski Marcin, 1254, 0:35:36
- Przymusinski Filip, 1361, 0:35:38
- Szolowski Filip, 1359, 0:35:40
Top 3, Limassol Marathon 2010 10KM Health Run, WOMEN
- Eleni Christoforou, 1208, 0:43:20
- Papaconstandinou Alexantra, 1325, 0:43:24
- Archbold Caroline, 1430, 0:44:41
